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‘It’s as if Korea as a Country Just Doesn’t Exist to Them’
"The fact that the two leaders are meeting and trying to work out a peace is just seen as a negative, and even almost a crime."
‘The Violence Elliott Abrams Supported Is Unspeakable’
"Elliott Abrams supported Latin American democracy pretty much like Jeffrey Dahmer supported all the people that he brought to his apartment."
‘This Policy Has Led to Reduced Access to Critical Health Services’
"This policy does nothing to reduce the amount women need abortion services. It just makes those services harder to access, and harder to access in safe and legal settings."
Facebook Wants You to Know if You’re Getting Your News From the Wrong Government
If you’re thinking that Facebook--90 percent of whose customers are not in the United States--should treat Russian-backed outlets differently than US-backed outlets because the US supports peace and democracy,
Tim Shorrock on Korea Summit, Jon Schwarz on Elliott Abrams
The last thing you'll get from US media's assessment of the prospect of peace on the Korean peninsula? What Koreans think.
‘It Was a Remarkably Successful Grassroots Campaign to Target Amazon’s Credibility’
"Somehow, when it's giving money to a large corporation, that’s suddenly, 'Well, this isn't really an expense or a giveaway. This is an investment.'”
New York Times Provides Cover for Austerity Cranks
Incredibly, instead of pointing out that the advocates of austerity have been shown wrong, most reporting continues to treat their policies as being credible, and in fact often works to hide evidence of its failure.
‘The Afghan Government Is as Corrupt as Governments Come’
"How much better is it for women under areas not controlled by the Taliban, controlled by what I believe to be an incredibly misogynistic gang of ruthless warlords that's called the Afghan government, backed by the United States?"
Neil deMause on Amazon’s Retreat, Nina Besser Doorley on Women’s Healthcare Restrictions
Surprisingly, some media followed the lead of community organizers and questioned the Amazon deal—questions Amazon pulled out over rather than engage.
US Media Erase Years of Chavismo’s Gains
Venezuela's years of social gains have been almost entirely written out of media coverage of the effort to overthrow the Venezuelan government by the US, Canada and their right-wing partners in Venezuela and the region.