Justin Anderson
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New York, NY, United States
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YouTube Continues to Selectively Enforce Its Terms of Service
YouTube’s decision seems to solidify that the video platform will continue to be a welcoming home for channels that promote hate speech and harassment, and serve as a conduit for laundering far-right ideology—as long as those channels continue to make YouTube money. → Read More
MSNBC Loves Biden Because He Won’t Break Up Telecom Companies
Comcast would surely come under the antitrust microscope if Sanders or Warren were to win the Democratic nomination. → Read More
Comcast-Owned MSNBC in the Tank for Joe Biden’s Presidential Run
Comcast, one of the biggest lobbying spenders in Washington, also owns MSNBC, which has showered Joe Biden with favorable coverage both before and since his announcement. → Read More
Finding Excuses to Blame the Left in the Wake of Right-Wing Terror
Clearly, left-wing violence is near nonexistent when compared to the rising levels of right-wing extremism. → Read More
Minimal Media Attention Helped Sink Crucial Climate Initiatives
Climate change took a backseat to other issues in this year’s midterm elections, and humanity may end up paying the price. The majority of climate change-related ballot measures failed, many climate deniers in the Republican party won or kept their seats, and even Democratic winners were not pressed on their commitment to climate change legislation during their campaigns. In their minimal and… → Read More
Blaming ‘Both Sides’ for Hate Plays Into Hands of Right-Wing Media
The political violence whipped up by the GOP was treated by many in corporate media as part of an ongoing duel between left and right. → Read More
WaPo Picks a Side in Maryland Race—the Side That’s Offering Billions to Amazon
Looming over Washington Post coverage of the Maryland governor’s race is Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s ingratiating support for Amazon. → Read More
Corporate Media Counted Democratic Left Out Too Soon
Despite these eager obituaries, there were plenty of wins for insurgent Democrats in the August 7 primaries. → Read More
Establishment Media Shy Away From Claims of Perjury by Kavanaugh
While some outlets have addressed perjury allegations against Kavanaugh in depth, other media have been quite cagey about the issue. → Read More
By Inviting and Disinviting Bannon, New Yorker Fell Into Its Own Trap
Thanks to his dismissal from the festival, Steve Bannon can continue to claim that he is being censored for having “conservative” views. → Read More
Media Continues Writing Premature Obituaries for the Democratic Left
Even if insurgent Democrats haven’t won every primary race , it's apparent progressives are winning the battle of ideas within the party. → Read More
‘Liberal’ MSNBC Runs All-Star Lineup of Awful Right-Wing Guests
Please send your suggestions to MSNBC about who would make better guests than mercenary entrepreneurs, former CIA directors and white nationalists. → Read More
Reporting on Medicare for All Makes Media Forget How Math Works
Scary headlines missed an important point about a new study: In terms of total spending on healthcare, Sanders’ Medicare for All plan is actually projected to cost $2.1 trillion less than projections of spending under the current US healthcare system. → Read More
Key Fact Obscured in Immigration Coverage: MS-13 Was Made in USA
Much media coverage of immigration misses out on why large numbers of people from the Northern Triangle are migrating to the US in the first place. Over the past three generations, the Northern Triangle countries, long marked by profound levels of inequality, have each experienced horribly destructive civil wars and military coups--with the US intimately involved in each of these. → Read More
The Economist’s Premature Obituary for the Sanders Movement
The Economist maintains Sanders' time in the sun has passed, and the popularity of his brand of progressive populism is vastly overstated. → Read More
Elon Musk’s Latest Brainstorm Takes Aim at Meddlesome Media
Tesla's CEO has taken aim at the very press that has lauded his vision and business acumen in the past. → Read More
Media Quote Frank on Rolling Back Dodd/Frank–Not Disclosing He’s Now a Bank Director
The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to roll back key provisions of the landmark Dodd/Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a 2010 law that increased regulatory scrutiny of banks following the 2008 financial crisis. One of the many provisions of the original Dodd/Frank law subjected banks with over $50 billion in assets to annual economic “stress tests” to gauge their… → Read More
Who Will Take on the 21st Century Tech and Media Monopolies?
Waves of consolidation have concentrated power over media content and delivery into just a handful of companies. → Read More
YouTube as Conspiracy Conduit
As radio hosts have in recent decades, right-wing YouTube videos now indoctrinate in conspiratorial right-wing politics. → Read More
Media Embrace New ‘Reform’ Group as Bulwark Against Guaranteed Healthcare
In recent years, there has been rapid growth in support for Medicare for All, a single-payer healthcare system that would guarantee the universal medical coverage that the Affordable Care Act failed to achieve with its passage in 2010. Sixty-four percent of Democrats support single-payer healthcare, while over half of Americans believe that the government should be responsible for ensuring… → Read More