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At RNC, Media Put a Happy Face on Suppression of Speech
Originally published at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. News media could either be our ally or our enemy—we wanted them as an ally,” Laurie Pritchett said in a 1985 interview about his strategy as police chief in Albany, Georgia, during Martin Luther King, Jr.’s desegregation efforts in 1962. Pritchett famously ordered his officers to enforce…
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Prophets of Rage Take Over Streets of Cleveland on Day One of Republican National Convention
Day one of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, began with an eerie hush. The streets were empty for much of the morning as a few drivers and walkers (including Wolf Blitzer) alike tried to figure their way around the 10-foot tall fence – plastered with “No Drone Zone” signs courtesy of the…
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The Fordham Observer’s Milquetoast Journalism Manifests Itself Perfectly in Story About Its Own Well-Being
The Fordham Observer failed to alert its readers to an administrative decision that threats its well-being and long-standing structure.
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How the Supreme Court Authorized Racial Profiling
Originally published at Huffington Post. After the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s dismantled explicitly racist laws, racism became colorblind to survive. Today, although no law explicitly allows for racial profiling by law enforcement, it still happens at an institutional level. What’s often left out of the discussion about why racial profiling happens…
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What Gets Asked at Debates–and Who Gets Asked It?: A FAIR study of presidential primary debate questions
Originally published at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted at Common Dreams. It’s not 2016 yet, but the 2016 presidential election cycle has already seen two Democratic primary debates, four Republican primary debates and four Republican “undercard” debates (for the GOP candidates who weren’t considered ready for primetime). A fifth pair of Republican debates will…
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Fordham Students Condemn Revelations in the ‘Drone Papers’
Originally published in the Fordham Observer. In what NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden called the “most important national security story of the year,” The Intercept has published an eight-part exposé about the U.S. drone assassination program based on documents provided by a whistleblower within the intelligence community. The Drone Papers reveal the inner workings of President…
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Interview: Uprising with Sonali
Uprising with Sonali had me on to talk about my piece for FAIR about the disparity between the media and online polls regarding who won Wednesday’s CNN Democratic Presidential Debate.
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Pundits Thought Clinton Beat Sanders – But Did Viewers?
Originally published at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted at Common Dreams. A New York Times article (10/14/15) by Alan Rappeport about who won last night’s Democratic presidential debate reported today that “Hillary Rodham Clinton was the clear victor, according to the opinion shapers in the political world (even conservative commentators).” The Times quoted National…
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Marginalizing the Momentum of the BDS Movement
Originally published at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted by In These Times. Despite increasingly frequent victories for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement confronting the state of Israel, and the heightened panic expressed by its critics, the New York Times virtually ignores the movement’s momentum. When attention is paid to BDS, coverage doesn’t focus on…
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Iran’s ‘Nuclear Ambitions’ Go Unquestioned in Coverage of Iran Deal Momentum
Originally published at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. Reposted at Common Dreams. As Democratic senators declared their support for the deal struck between Iran and six world powers–an agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action–corporate media coverage of this momentum is leaving out at least one crucial detail: the lack of evidence that…
Gunar Olsen 