Credentialism and Corruption: Neoliberalism in The “News” Room
Corruption at the Las Vegas Review-Journal and the New York Times.
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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.
Read more...Open Thread: Reader Takes on Sanders/Clinton Brooklyn Debate
Seeking reader reactions to last night’s Sanders/Clinton debate.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Pamama – Laundering Haven for War Budgets
Michael Hudson explains the history of Panama as a center to launder earnings for the oil and the gas industries, and the mining industry.
Read more...Krugman Kinda, Sorta Retracts a Key Part of Last Friday’s ‘Sanders Over the Edge’ Op-ed
Being Paul Krugman means never having to say you’re sorry.
Read more...Gillian Tett Shows She Does Not Understand Offshore “Profits,” Parrots Corporate Propaganda Instead
Repeat after me: Apple and Big Pharma companies are not keeping cash offshore as a result of tax rules, but they are successfully misleading the press and politicians.
Read more...#panamapapers – Why Critic Craig Murray Needs the Scorecard Before He Can Name The Players
Craig Murray keeps jumping the gun with his panamapapers pieces
Read more...New Zealand Foreign Trusts and the Unaoil Scandal: More Chickens Coming Home to Roost, and They’re Big
First a political fracas in Malta, now a giant international bribery scandal: New Zealand Foreign Trusts cover themselves in more glory
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