Newspaper Publisher McClatchy Files for Bankruptcy Protection

MICHELLE CHAPMAN / The Associated Press Feb 13, 2020 Its 30 newsrooms will continue to operate as it reorganizes in a tumultuous industry; the publicly traded company is expected to go private. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corporate Media Is More Frightened of Sanders Than of Trump

Julie Hollar / FAIR Jan 27, 2020 A spate of recent op-eds have compared the Vermont senator to our authoritarian president. Their agenda couldn't be any more transparent. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Joe Biden’s Record on Social Security Is Being Whitewashed

Joshua Cho / FAIR Jan 23, 2020 Corporate media has published at least 23 stories obscuring the Democratic hopeful's long history of trying to gut the popular program. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Jeffrey Epstein Reportedly Taken Off Suicide Watch Before Death

JIM MUSTIAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO / The Associated Press Aug 10, 2019 AG William Barr says he is "appalled" by financier's death in federal custody as Epstein awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Won’t the Mainstream Media Call It a Venezuelan Coup?

Alan MacLeod / FAIR May 3, 2019 By refusing to acknowledge efforts to oust Maduro for what they are, the political press has again proved itself a stenographer for power. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Faces Mounting Calls to Resign

JULIA CONLEY / Common Dreams Feb 22, 2019 A judge has ruled that Acosta broke the law in 2007 when, as a prosecutor, he gave a lenient plea deal to an accused sex trafficker. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bank of America Freezing Accounts of Suspected Non-Citizens, Report Finds

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 31, 2018 A spokeswoman says company policy has gone unchanged for at least a decade. Customers tell a different story. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Report of Link Between Nationalists, Shooting Suspect May Be False

The Associated Press Feb 17, 2018 The Associated Press and others in the media quoted a white nationalist leader as saying Nikolas Cruz was a member of his group. That assertion is now in serious doubt. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gary Hart, Harbinger of a New Political Age

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Sep 22, 2014 Had Bill Clinton heeded the glaring signs of the sea change ushered in by that now-infamous scene from a boat in Bimini called the Monkey Business in the spring of 1987, he could have spared himself, not to mention the rest of the country, a big hassle during his presidency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )