When MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah () said that Bernie Sanders “made [her] skin crawl,” though she “can’t even identify for you what exactly it is,” she was just expressing more overtly the that pervades the network.MSNBC‘s Mimi Rocah () explaining how Bernie Sanders makes her “skin crawl.”The hostility is so entrenched, in fact, it seems to have corrupted MSNBC’s mathematical reasoning and created a new system of arithmetic. The cable news network has repeatedly made on-air and online mistakes about Sanders’ polling and other numbers—always to his detriment, and never with any...… When MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah () said that Bernie Sanders “made [her] skin crawl,” though she “can’t even identify for you what exactly it is,” she was just expressing more overtly the that pervades the network.MSNBC‘s Mimi Rocah () explaining how Bernie Sanders makes her “skin crawl.”The hostility is so entrenched, in fact, it seems to have corrupted MSNBC’s mathematical reasoning and created a new system of arithmetic. The cable news network has repeatedly made on-air and online mistakes about Sanders’ polling and other numbers—always to his detriment, and never with any...WW…

How does this man still have a job? I wish the NYT would hire me. I’m not sure I could match his stupidity, but I’d try my best.How does this man still have a job? I wish the NYT would hire me. I’m not sure I could match his stupidity, but I’d try my best.Patents are not inherently bad. As with anything else, gaming the system by applying them to extremes is bad.A patent is supposed to give an inventor a limited monopoly to profit from his/her invention. (Used to be for 17 years, now 20.)Companies with armies of lawyers find ways to essentially corrupt this simple premise, harming us all...…How does this man still have a job? I wish the NYT would hire me. I’m not sure I could match his stupidity, but I’d try my best.How does this man still have a job? I wish the NYT would hire me. I’m not sure I could match his stupidity, but I’d try my best.Patents are not inherently bad. As with anything else, gaming the system by applying them to extremes is bad.A patent is supposed to give an inventor a limited monopoly to profit from his/her invention. (Used to be for 17 years, now 20.)Companies with armies of lawyers find ways to essentially corrupt this simple premise, harming us all...WW…

 The 2020 presidential candidacy race is in full (absurdly early) swing, and there is a clear and obvious internal battle currently raging for the soul of the Democratic Party. One faction is attempting to pull the party in a more populist, social-democratic direction, while another favors maintaining a neoliberal, pro-business course.We all know the most prominent members of the first group: The likes of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and freshmen representatives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley are constantly referred to (accurately)...… The 2020 presidential candidacy race is in full (absurdly early) swing, and there is a clear and obvious internal battle currently raging for the soul of the Democratic Party. One faction is attempting to pull the party in a more populist, social-democratic direction, while another favors maintaining a neoliberal, pro-business course.We all know the most prominent members of the first group: The likes of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders and freshmen representatives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley are constantly referred to (accurately)...WW…

 Bloomberg (3/20/20)Though many public officials and media outlets seem increasingly convinced that we are fighting a war against Covid-19, framing the pandemic in military terms obscures what we need to know and how we can cope with this virus.At a press conference on Wednesday, March 18, President Donald Trump offered this grammatical hash: “I view it—in a sense as a wartime president.” Translating the mangled discourse into a coherent statement, CNN () reported, “Trump said that he sees the country on wartime footing and himself as a wartime president amid the coronavirus...… Bloomberg (3/20/20)Though many public officials and media outlets seem increasingly convinced that we are fighting a war against Covid-19, framing the pandemic in military terms obscures what we need to know and how we can cope with this virus.At a press conference on Wednesday, March 18, President Donald Trump offered this grammatical hash: “I view it—in a sense as a wartime president.” Translating the mangled discourse into a coherent statement, CNN () reported, “Trump said that he sees the country on wartime footing and himself as a wartime president amid the coronavirus...WW…

 Coda () appears to have been the first to break the story of Instagram’s Soleimani censorship, as part of the site’s focus on “authoritarian tech.”Instagram, and its parent company Facebook, took down posts regarded as too sympathetic to Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was January 3 in a controversial US airstrike. The news website Coda () was credited with breaking the news, and Newsweek () also reported thatIranian journalists have reported the censorship of their Instagram accounts. Posts about Soleimani have disappeared from Instagram, which is currently the only operational...… Coda () appears to have been the first to break the story of Instagram’s Soleimani censorship, as part of the site’s focus on “authoritarian tech.”Instagram, and its parent company Facebook, took down posts regarded as too sympathetic to Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was January 3 in a controversial US airstrike. The news website Coda () was credited with breaking the news, and Newsweek () also reported thatIranian journalists have reported the censorship of their Instagram accounts. Posts about Soleimani have disappeared from Instagram, which is currently the only operational...WW…

 When the military forces the elected president to “step down” (New York Times, ), there’s a four-letter word for that.Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not how corporate media are presenting the weekend’s events in Bolivia.No establishment outlet framed the action as a coup; instead, President Evo Morales “resigned” (ABC News, ), amid widespread “protests” (CBS News, ) from an “infuriated population” (New York Times, ) angry at the “election...… When the military forces the elected president to “step down” (New York Times, ), there’s a four-letter word for that.Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not how corporate media are presenting the weekend’s events in Bolivia.No establishment outlet framed the action as a coup; instead, President Evo Morales “resigned” (ABC News, ), amid widespread “protests” (CBS News, ) from an “infuriated population” (New York Times, ) angry at the “election...WW…

The only credulity extant here is that which the corpress fervently hopes we possess, and strives mightily to encourage.The only credulity extant here is that which the corpress fervently hopes we possess, and strives mightily to encourage.New York CRIMES against real journalism. Wow, so a medic tosses a tear gas canister away from patients—-and she’s a terrorist? Wow, # 2 didn’t that canister come from Israel anyway? Wow # 3 I’m sorry Mr. Buchsbaum—–but this is not reporting and you are not a reporter—-this is propaganda———why did you get hired-or is this the NY Times policy now? I am left...…The only credulity extant here is that which the corpress fervently hopes we possess, and strives mightily to encourage.The only credulity extant here is that which the corpress fervently hopes we possess, and strives mightily to encourage.New York CRIMES against real journalism. Wow, so a medic tosses a tear gas canister away from patients—-and she’s a terrorist? Wow, # 2 didn’t that canister come from Israel anyway? Wow # 3 I’m sorry Mr. Buchsbaum—–but this is not reporting and you are not a reporter—-this is propaganda———why did you get hired-or is this the NY Times policy now? I am left...WW…

 Here’s something many Americans would be very interested to know: Is a leading candidate in the Democratic primary a liar? And since a of Americans have cuts to Social Security, the country’s , Democratic voters in particular might be interested to know if a President Joe Biden would try to cut Social Security.Former Vice President Biden has to Social Security for , and is on the record for saying things like:When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security as well. I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits. I meant every single solitary...… Here’s something many Americans would be very interested to know: Is a leading candidate in the Democratic primary a liar? And since a of Americans have cuts to Social Security, the country’s , Democratic voters in particular might be interested to know if a President Joe Biden would try to cut Social Security.Former Vice President Biden has to Social Security for , and is on the record for saying things like:When I argued that we should freeze federal spending, I meant Social Security as well. I meant Medicare and Medicaid. I meant veterans’ benefits. I meant every single solitary...WW…

With Super Tuesday around the corner, the Democratic presidential debates are coming to a close. The debates are ostensibly an exercise in democracy, a chance for voters to evaluate candidates’ positions in order to cast a better informed vote in the nominating contest. But a review of three of the most frequent topics of debate starkly demonstrates how media hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an evenhanded way than to define which positions—and candidates—are acceptable, and which are not. Both Bernie Sanders and other candidates were often asked how Sanders would pay for...…With Super Tuesday around the corner, the Democratic presidential debates are coming to a close. The debates are ostensibly an exercise in democracy, a chance for voters to evaluate candidates’ positions in order to cast a better informed vote in the nominating contest. But a review of three of the most frequent topics of debate starkly demonstrates how media hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an evenhanded way than to define which positions—and candidates—are acceptable, and which are not. Both Bernie Sanders and other candidates were often asked how Sanders would pay for...WW…

 the media “trial of the century,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is currently taking place in London—although you might not have heard if you’re relying solely on corporate media for news. If extradited, Assange faces 175 years in a , often as a “black site” on US soil.The United States government is asking Britain to send the Australian publisher to the US to face charges under the 1917 Espionage Act.  He is accused of aiding and encouraging Chelsea Manning to hack a US government computer in order to publish hundreds of thousands of documents detailing...… the media “trial of the century,” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing is currently taking place in London—although you might not have heard if you’re relying solely on corporate media for news. If extradited, Assange faces 175 years in a , often as a “black site” on US soil.The United States government is asking Britain to send the Australian publisher to the US to face charges under the 1917 Espionage Act.  He is accused of aiding and encouraging Chelsea Manning to hack a US government computer in order to publish hundreds of thousands of documents detailing...WW…