How ‘Big Oil’ Works the System and Keeps Winning
Oil and gas interests have refined their techniques to stay a step ahead over decades. Don’t look for those plans to stop anytime soon.
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Omicron Happy Talk in the US v. Toughening Restrictions in UK, Israel
An attempt to pull some signal out of a lot of Omicron noise.
Read more...The PR Industry Has Been a ‘Major’ But ‘Overlooked’ Influence in Climate Politics for Decades, Says Study
PR firms have played a key role in obstructing action on climate change over the past 30 years.
Read more...Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting the Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
ions on how the press is a reliable Pentagon cheerleader.
Read more...New, Radically Different Covid Variant Getting Footholds Now as Media and Officials Remain Complacent
A very different Covid variant has made its way out of Africa into Europe and the US. How worried should you be?
Read more...3 Ways Congress Could Hold Facebook Accountable for Its Actions
Zuckerberg benefits from the lack of consensus on what to do about Facebook.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Provides New Evidence of Facebook Politically-Driven Intervention in Content
Some Facebook internal chats reveal its censorship, um, moderation to be a hot mess.
Read more...Lee Camp: The Four Layers of Reality — And Why We’re Only Allowed to Talk About One
On how the media does (and doesn’t) construct reality.
Read more...Villeneuve’s Dune: Reviewing the Reviewers (and a Review)
I would go see it again.
Read more...Jared Holst: RBG – Political Incorrectness v. the Merch Machine (From the Archives)
Thanks to Katie Couric, we’ve learned RBG had more to say about all that kneeling during the anthem stuff.
Read more...Bad Reporting On Latest Sveriges Riksbank Prize In Memory Of Nobel
Not only has the not-really-a-Nobel-prize in economic regularly promoted neoliberal ideology, but even when it doesn’t, the press messes up.
Read more...Popularism and the Child Tax Credit
On the use and misuse of popularism as a tool to inform policy decisions.
Read more...Did Labor Action Over Vaccine Mandates Compel Southwest to Cancel Thousands of Flights?
The strange story of Southwest’s operational collapse this weekend
Read more...Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?
Details on why Congress is addicted handing out military pork as opposed to spending money on citizens’ needs.
Read more...When the New York Times Colludes With the Billionaire Class
The New York Times a bit too obviously curries favor with the very best people.
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