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ISIS Killed More Americans in Beirut Than in Paris — but Only Their Hometown Papers Noticed | FAIR

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Neil deMause

The debates continue over whether last week’s ISIS terror bombing in Beirut was undercovered by the media or just unappreciated by an uninterested public — even though, as Jim Naureckas pointed out on Tuesday, US news outlets overwhelmingly skewed their … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, Violence

What the Summer of ‘Desnudas’ Taught Us About Tabloids, de Blasio, and Who Really Runs New York | Village Voice

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Neil deMause

New York may have recovered nicely from some of the issues that beset it a generation ago — violent crime, large swaths of the city being on fire pretty much 24/7 — but it still has its problems. There’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, New York City

NYT Goes to Baltimore, Finds Only Police Worth Talking To (FAIR)

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Neil deMause

For readers who turned to today’s New York Times site (4/28/15) this morning for news of the ongoing Baltimore protests following the death in police custody of Freddie Gray, they found a terrifying tale of rioters throwing cinder blocks at … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Bad Government, Media Crit

Baseball Park Metal Detectors Fail to Set Off Journalists’ BS Detectors (FAIR)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Neil deMause

The opening of the baseball season this week brought with it an unpleasant surprise for fans: Starting this year, Major League Baseball is requiring walkthrough metal detectors at all entrances, leading to long lines as opening day crowds queued up … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Baseball, Media Crit, Security Theater

The Super Bowl Windfall Myth (FAIR)

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Neil deMause

With Super Bowl Sunday approaching, expect plenty of media reports on the projected economic windfall for host city Glendale, Arizona. Last year, when the NFL announced that its big game would provide a $600 million boost to the New York/New … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, Sports, Stadiums and Arenas, Super Bowl

Both Sides Now (Extra!)

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Neil deMause

Rep. Paul Ryan R.-Wisc. has made a career of proposing to “reform” US poverty programs mainly by trying to eliminate them: calling for “savings” in spending on the poor ThinkProgress, 5/8/12, declaring that “top-down anti-poverty programs” have failed and should … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, Welfare and Poverty

Computer Error (Extra!)

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Neil deMause

It was “artificial intelligence history,” wrote CBSNews.com 6/9/14. We had crossed, according to New York Daily News columnist Harry Siegel 6/10/14, “the latest line we’d drawn separating man from machine.” The news that a supercomputer in England had, for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Computers, Media Crit

Flunking the Revised SATs (Extra!)

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Neil deMause

When the College Board announced on March 5 that it would be revising several elements of its SAT tests, including entirely scrapping the essay section—effectively reversing course on the biggest change in the last half century in the college placement … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Education, Media Crit

No Class Warfare, Please: We’re Americans (Extra!)

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Neil deMause

In a year that has featured increased coverage of rising economic inequality—helped along by President Barack Obama’s call to rebuild the economy from the “middle out,” and New York mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s campaign focus on a “tale of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Income Inequality, Media Crit

Disabled Are New Target for Charges of Cheating (Extra!)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Neil deMause

It was a story that, if true, was certainly alarming: New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof (12/9/12) reported that poor families in Appalachian Kentucky were pulling their kids out of literacy classes. The reason: They feared that if their kids … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Media Crit, Welfare and Poverty

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