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People "Feel Unsafe" Because Visible Poverty Is Everywhere
Media hysteria around “rising crime” works because it touches on something real: a palpable increase in visible human suffering. What matters is how we alleviate that suffering.
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During Record Heatwave NYT, WaPo, Atlantic Run 28 Stories on “Cancel Culture,” Zero on Over Heating Crisis in US Prisons
A lesson in how elite media registers harm.
Adam Johnson
Jul 28
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During Record Heatwave NYT, WaPo, Atlantic Run 28 Stories on “Cancel Culture,” Zero on Over Heating Crisis in US Prisons
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U.S. Media Helping Corporate America Union Bust, Repeal Criminal Reforms, by Mindlessly Citing ‘Crime’ as Excuse for Closures
Is crime one of many factors when making business decisions? Of course. Is it quickly becoming a catch-all to mask corporate mismanagement and misdeeds…
Adam Johnson
Jul 21
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U.S. Media Helping Corporate America Union Bust, Repeal Criminal Reforms, by Mindlessly Citing ‘Crime’ as Excuse for Closures
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Biden’s Routine, Unremarkable Saudi-Israel Trip and the Tedium of Western “Human Rights Concerns” Theater
If the U.S. “abandons its principles” on a daily basis, maybe they’re not really principles. Who benefits from the nonstop pretense of the reluctant…
Adam Johnson
Jul 14
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Discussions of Biden’s Age Are a Distraction From the Actual Problem
Generational differences explain some of the malaise, but the primary problem is—and remains—ideological. Lots of people in establishment media would…
Adam Johnson
Jul 12
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The Economist Magazine, Which Helped Usher in Pinochet Dictatorship in 1973, Opposes Voters Overturning Pinochet Constitution
When railing against egalitarian reforms in 2022, shouldn’t The Economist come clean to readers about the publication’s role in working with right-wing…
Adam Johnson
Jul 8
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The Economist Magazine, Which Helped Usher in Pinochet Dictatorship in 1973, Opposes Voters Overturning Pinochet Constitution
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After the Norms
The Norms aren’t working. In their place we must embrace the dreaded “i” word.
Adam Johnson
Jun 30
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The “Split-Second Decision” Trope: Why Every Media Outlet Does the Exact Same Police Puff Piece on Shooter Simulators
Technology that allegedly “trains” officers for “split-second” “life or death” decisions is far more about P.R. than preventing violence.
Adam Johnson
Jun 24
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