Jeff Cohen

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Jeff Cohen is co-founder of RootsAction.org, a retired journalism professor at Ithaca College, and author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. In 1986, he founded the media watch group FAIR.

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Media

The Paramount Capitulation

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Jul 21, 2025 The submission of corporate liberals and centrist institutions to the Trump administration is nearly complete. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Why Josh Shapiro Would Be a Dangerous Choice

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jul 29, 2024 Kamala Harris will undermine party unity if she runs with someone that intensely connects her to Joe Biden’s Gaza war policies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politics

Democratic Establishment Seems Dead Set on Losing With Biden

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Nov 6, 2023 A poll released Sunday shows Biden behind Trump in 5 key battleground states for the looming 2024 presidential election. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Activism

A Letter to Progressives in Congress: Break Your Silence on Ukraine

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Oct 18, 2023 As Ukrainian people continue to suffer, there have been disturbing reports that the U.S. and its allies have actually obstructed diplomatic initiatives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

RFK Jr.’s Shifting 2024 Strategy Is Bad News for Progressives

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon / Truthdig Oct 2, 2023 All he has to offer for progressives is a mishmash of appealing statements, “free market” corporatism and assorted political toxins. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

MSNBC's Chris Matthews resigned as host of "Hardball" this week.

The Democratic Establishment May Fear Sanders More Than Trump

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Mar 3, 2020 Chris Matthews abruptly resigned from MSNBC this week, but not before revealing how party elites really feel about the Vermont senator. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina.

Bernie Sanders Faces a Media Rigged Against Him

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Feb 14, 2020 CNN routinely features guests who are critical of the Vermont senator. What it fails to mention is that many are major corporate lobbyists. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg at an Oct. 2019 presidential debate

7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Biases

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Jan 20, 2020 They are worth asking—and here are some of the many reasons why. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks in Des Moines, Iowa.

Bernie Sanders Should Be Democrats’ First Choice

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Dec 12, 2019 While Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg snipe at each other, the Vermont senator has shown why he's best equipped to beat Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Are Democrats Blowing It All Over Again?

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Sep 24, 2019 Joe Biden's approach to politics is long past its expiration date. Nominating him would all but guarantee Donald Trump a second term. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Where’s George Carlin When We Need Him?

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Sep 17, 2019 No one understood media propaganda by omission or the cost of our unequal and unsustainable status quo better than the iconic comedian. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Let’s Not Whitewash or Mythologize Obama

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Mar 22, 2019 After two years of Donald Trump, many Democrats just want their president back. They underestimate the dangers of corporate liberalism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Team Biden in Crisis Mode

Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Nov 28, 2023 Denial has given way to panic as Biden's low popularity paints a grim outlook for the Democratic Party in 2024. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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