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How far-right media manipulated a father — and a nation
Jen Senko discusses her book and film, ‘The Brainwashing of My Dad,’ and how to help people escape from conspiracist media
By Matthew Sheffield
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Unsuccessful attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson are a sign of political smears to come
By Kristen Doerer
Propaganda websites helped merge far-right conspiracy theories about imaginary child abuse into a narrative that served the GOP elite
We’ll never know how many people are dead because of Rupert Murdoch’s propaganda
By Eric Boehlert
Fearful of far-right competitors, the Fox honcho decided to redouble the toxic lies about Covid-19
Denver shooter’s ties to well-known Republican commentators underline misogyny’s key role in violence
By David Neiwert
Initially ‘proud’ of Capitol attack, some far-right media figures switched to blaming leftists to align with leaders
By Kyle Mantyla
Media elites have missed the damage caused by free trade, and how millions felt betrayed by Democrats
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist Farah Stockman discusses her new book on the meaning of work, and how educated elites have ignored the problems of others
Chris Christie’s book flop exposed the absurdity of establishment media’s search for ‘reasonable Republicans’
By Eric Boehlert
GOP elites occasionally critical of Trump are celebrated in the centrist press, but they actually have no real constituency
Embracing uncertainty may be a better way to cure conspiracist thinking
By Ivan Oransky
If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels can make the truth that much harder to find
Newspapers’ lawsuit against Facebook and Google shows courts may be best for reining in tech abuses
By Cory Doctorow
An online ad marketplace stripped of surveillance can thrive, but it will not happen without government intervention
Tucker Carlson inadvertently attacks his own fan in desperate bid to shift blame for Capitol attack
By David Neiwert
With no real evidence to support his lies about January 6, the Fox News host is resorting to smearing his own fans
The GOP embrace of violence is too important for mainstream media outlets to ignore
By Eric Boehlert
Corporate media journalists aren’t serving the public’s right to know unless they report the story of how far-right Republicans are trying to develop a paramilitary wing
New report examines how fossil fuel industry uses elite PR firms to spread climate misinformation
By Jessica Corbett
‘A major part of the effort to obstruct climate action involves enhancing the positive public reputation for the fossil fuel companies’
Term limits for newspaper columnists would go a long way
By Parker Molloy
American politics has changed a lot in the past 20 years, unfortunately, the New York Times columnists have not
Fox News, right-wing group attack ‘Sesame Street’ for daring to include Asian Americans
By Oliver Willis
In latest effort to keep their voters angry, GOP elites are raging against the pioneering children’s program
How the ‘Steele Dossier’ confused the public and ended up helping Donald Trump
By Matthew Sheffield
Journalist and author Barry Meier discusses how private spy agencies manipulate the media and intimidate whistleblowers for wealthy clients
As media fall for right-wing ‘woke’ hysteria, racial justice advocates are getting pushed to the fringe
By Ari Paul
American workers are seeking a better deal from employers — by staying out of the job market
By Eric Boehlert
Republican governors cut millions of people off their unemployment rolls, but many are staying away from jobs that underpaid
Alex Jones keeps losing defamation lawsuits, but the underlying issues behind them remain unresolved
By Enrique Armijo
The question of whether private figures who become temporarily famous should face stricter defamation claim standards has yet to be resolved in court
The disinformation economy isn’t invincible, meet two women working to end it
By Matthew Sheffield
Nandini Jammi and Claire Atkin of Check My Ads want to make publishing lies unprofitable, while also helping advertisers protect their brands
Virginia’s lesson for Democrats: The mainstream media will not push back against GOP disinformation
By Eric Boehlert
Democrats need to realize that the establishment media has no real interest in opposing institutional lying
Right-wing pundits are glorifying accused murderer Kyle Rittenhouse
By Kristen Doerer
Extremist and establishment Republican commentators are doing more than just defend the accused murderer, they are lionizing him