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‘A Lot of That Science They Point to Is Science They Paid For’
April 03, 2019

"We're allowing these companies, a handful of very powerful companies, to really dominate the regulatory system, the political system, food policy matters, agricultural policy, in which we all are just exposed to pesticides and chemicals that can do ha...

Carey Gillam on Monsanto Lawsuit
March 29, 2019

How much power we will grant profit-driven corporations to determine not just what we're exposed to, but what we're permitted to know about it?

‘They Had Already Decided They Wanted to Invade Iraq’
March 27, 2019

Corporate media's role in the run-up to—and the ongoing aftermath of—the war on Iraq.

Pathological Deceit: The NYT Inverts Reality on Venezuela’s Cuban Doctors
March 26, 2019

A New York Times "exposé" of Cuban doctors' supposed interference in Venezuelan elections was riddled with inaccuracies, omissions and misrepresentations.

Robert Dreyfuss and Diana Duarte on the Media’s Role in Iraq War
March 22, 2019

Corporate media's role in the lead up to and the ongoing aftermath of the war on Iraq.

‘We Already Spend More Than Medicare for All Would Cost Us’
March 19, 2019

"It’s broken and they know it, and we all feel it, and it's unjust. And there is an easy solution."

Diane Archer on Medicare for All
March 15, 2019

The Partnership for America’s Health Care Future (PAHCF), a coalition of drugmakers, insurance companies and private hospitals, is lobbying hard to sink the popular Medicare for All proposal. Which side are corporate media on?

Worry About the Old, Not the Rich, HuffPost Tells Readers
March 14, 2019

There continues to be a large market for pieces saying the big conflict in the US is generational rather than class. The HuffPost made its latest contribution this week.

‘Washington Doesn’t Like Countries to Have Influence if They Can’t Control Them’
March 14, 2019

"If you have oil, and you're not doing what Washington wants, you're bound to run into some kind of trouble."

Venezuela in the US Press
March 08, 2019

the history of coverage of Venezuela is illustrative of what it looks like when elite media work strenuously to maintain the storyline on an "official enemy."