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US Media’s “Chinese Spy Balloon” Meltdown Shows Intellectual Vacuity of “National Security” Coverage
Was it a “spy balloon” at all? To US media outlets it didn’t matter, what matters is something Bad And Dire and Sinister has happened and we must all…
Adam Johnson
Feb 6
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January 2023
Washington Post Editorial on the Tyre Nichols Murder Shows Liberal Reformers Are All Out of Ideas—Even Fake Ones
A phoned-in editorial shows that elite consensus makers aren’t even bothering to run through the motions of substantive reform.
Adam Johnson
Jan 31
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Washington Post Editorial on the Tyre Nichols Murder Shows Liberal Reformers Are All Out of Ideas—Even Fake Ones
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Despite “Costing Taxpayers” $366 Million, NYPD Overtime Overages Get Zero Critical Coverage in “Fare Evasion” Obsessed NY Media
Both are costing the public hundreds of millions of dollars, but only one generates outrage and cries for crackdowns.
Adam Johnson
Jan 17
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Despite “Costing Taxpayers” $366 Million, NYPD Overtime Overages Get Zero Critical Coverage in “Fare Evasion” Obsessed NY Media
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4 Euphemisms Our Media Uses to Avoid Talking About the Rightwing Incitement Campaign Against Trans People
We cannot name the hate campaign against LGBTQ people, because to do this we would have to acknowledge it’s not simply a “gender issue”—but a campaign…
Adam Johnson
Jan 9
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December 2022
Southwest Airlines' Christmas Meltdown Shows How Corporations Deliberately Pit Consumers Against Low-Wage Workers
Our system is set up to create mutual antagonism between members of the working class. Meanwhile, faceless corporate executives remain shielded like mob…
Adam Johnson
Dec 27, 2022
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Southwest Airlines' Christmas Meltdown Shows How Corporations Deliberately Pit Consumers Against Low-Wage Workers
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On Cue, Saudi and Weapons-Contractor-Funded Pundits Attack Bernie Sanders' Yemen War Powers Resolution
The past few days shows how undisclosed influence by weapons makers and Gulf despots defines the foreign policy “think tank” world.
Adam Johnson
Dec 16, 2022
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On Cue, Saudi and Weapons-Contractor-Funded Pundits Attack Bernie Sanders' Yemen War Powers Resolution
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TV News Covered British Royal Visit 5,668% More Than Largest Academic Strike in U.S. History
Over the past three weeks, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, and ABC News have dedicated a total of 1 minute and 40 seconds to the 50,000-strong California…
Adam Johnson
Dec 6, 2022
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TV News Covered British Royal Visit 5,668% More Than Largest Academic Strike in U.S. History
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November 2022
The Most American News Story
A report of poverty and systemic failures becomes a tale of individual moral failings.
Adam Johnson
Nov 23, 2022
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Evening News, Sunday Morning Shows Ignore Largest Academic Strike in U.S. History
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…
Adam Johnson
Nov 21, 2022
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Midterm Voters Say Climate Change Was Just as Important as Crime. But Crime Got 3X More Coverage.
It turns out media content isn't simply an organic expression of consumer demand.
Adam Johnson
Nov 18, 2022
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Midterm Voters Say Climate Change Was Just as Important as Crime. But Crime Got 3X More Coverage.
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In Amazing Coincidence, Jeff Bezos Makes Meaningless Announcement He’s “Giving Way” Fortune After Stories of Racist Worker Abuse, Mass…
Billionaire “philanthropy” as transparent PR device.
Adam Johnson
Nov 14, 2022
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In Amazing Coincidence, Jeff Bezos Makes Meaningless Announcement He’s “Giving Way” Fortune After Stories of Racist Worker Abuse, Mass Amazon Layoffs
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Associate Editors at Teen Vogue Are Not “The Elite”
The Musk Twitter meltdown shows how warped notions of who has power and who doesn’t define right-wing grievance politics.
Adam Johnson
Nov 11, 2022
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Associate Editors at Teen Vogue Are Not “The Elite”
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