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A report of poverty and systemic failures becomes a tale of individual moral failings.

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This past week, NBC News, ABC News, Fox and CBS News ran a total of 1 min 40 seconds of coverage of the 48,000-strong California University system…

Nov 21

It turns out media content isn't simply an organic expression of consumer demand.

Nov 18

Billionaire “philanthropy” as transparent PR device.

Nov 14

The Musk Twitter meltdown shows how warped notions of who has power and who doesn’t define right-wing grievance politics.

Nov 11

We routinely accept that large chunks of the public are misled about key political issues. Why is crime off limits for similar criticism?

Nov 4

Other political assassination attempts are not put in the context of broader local crime statistics. So why was this one?

Oct 31

A popular media mode of punching left involves inventing a theoretical Republican attack line, or “swing voter concern,” and repeating it over and over…

Oct 27

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