The New York Times Bestirs Itself to Report on ObamaCare Problems Naked Capitalism Readers Have Known About for Years
Naturally, the Times suppresses any mention of single payer Medicare for All.
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“John Doe’s Manifesto”: Panama Papers Source Blasts Lack of Media Interest, Calls for Prosecutions, Whistleblower Protection
Martha r flagged a new story at Suddeusche Zeitung from “John Doe,” the source for the Mossack Fonseca revelations, on what he intended to accomplish and what he feels needs to be done. I’m posting on his manifesto to encourage you to read it in full and circulate it. The whistleblower, John Doe, states his […]
Read more...American Police State: Secret Service Controlling Journalist Access to Conventions by Arbitrary, Secretive, No Appeal Screening Process
Welcome to a press gag Secret Service style.
Read more...Spontaneous Protests in Baghdad Green Zone Show Cracks in the Security Apparatus
The occupation of Parliament in Iraq’s Green Zone is a secular, cross-ethnic group effort.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Politico – Less than 1% of the Hillary Victory Fund Benefited State Parties
The Hillary Victory Fund exposed as a campaign-finance-law-breaking money laundering operation.
Read more...Andrew Ross Sorkin Helps Obama Airbrush His “Economic Legacy” with Obsequious Exclusive Interview in the New York Times
Obama’s “economic legacy” contextualized.
Read more...Credentialism and Corruption: Neoliberalism in The “News” Room
Corruption at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the New York Times.
Read more...How the New York Times Helped Hillary Hide the Hawk
Hillary Clinton’s macho, um, muscular stance in foreign affairs has delivered a series of disasters. Yet she remains a true believer in the idea that the US is and should remain the world’s sole superpower. And the New York Times pointed that out only after the New York state primary (well, they glossed over the disasters part).
Read more...Boston “T” FOIA Fight v. Boston Globe Over $25 Million Loss-Making Hedge Fund Investment
The Boston Globe is fighting the MBTA pension fund to obtain records about an investment gone bad recommended by a former insider.
Read more...Robert Reich: Why Is One of Sanders’ Most Important Proposals Being Ignored?
Sanders’ financial transactions tax plan hasn’t gotten the hearing it deserves.
Read more...Bill Black: Adam Davidson, the 1%’s Lord Haw-Haw, Mangles Economic Theory to Attack Sanders
Adam Davidson makes numerous misrepresentations about economics in a salvo against Bernie Sanders’ economic plans. Does he really not know better, or has he really drunk the orthodox Kool-Aid?
Read more...Market Fundamentalism on ObamaCare at the New York Times
A close reading of a Times story showing the ideology of market fundamentalism in action.
Read more...Bill Black: Andrew Ross Sorkin Makes a Hash of Met Life “Too Big to Fail” Decision
Andrew Ross Sorkin yet again misinforms readers, to the benefit of Big Finance.
Read more...The Dirty German Ditty That Got Erdogan So Angry That He Sued
It appears that Erdogan never got the memo: if you are going to be in politics, you need to have a thick skin.
Read more...Who Got Reuters to Pull Article on Sanders’ “Left Hook” TV Ad?
Reuters deep sixed a favorable article about a hard-hitting Sanders ad. The only plausible explanation is pressure from the Clinton campaign.
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