With the New York Times finally agreeing to name politicians’ lies where they belong—in the headlines of the stories where they first occur—it’s time to end the failed experiment of factchecking columns. Not only do these projects give the false impression that checking facts is a sidelight rather than central to the journalistic mission, they are fatally compromised by … [Read more...] about WaPo Factcheck Attack on Sanders’ ACA Warning at Odds With Actual Facts
Follow Up on Thyroid Cancer! Patient Group Voices Opposition to Scaling Down the Fukushima Prefectural Health Survey¹
Aihara HirokoTranslation by Yuki MiyamotoIntroduction by Eiichiro OchiaiJanuary 15, 2017 Volume 15 | Issue 2 | Number 3This article first appeared in Japan Focus. Please support them here.INTRODUCTIONMore than five years have elapsed since the great earthquake and the accompanying huge tsunami (on 3.11 of 2011), and its … [Read more...] about Follow Up on Thyroid Cancer! Patient Group Voices Opposition to Scaling Down the Fukushima Prefectural Health Survey¹
NYT Ignored Reality at 2001 Bush Inauguration; Now Ignorance Is History
It was much harder for TV than for newspapers to downplay the reality that George W. Bush was greeted in 2001 by massive protests. As demonstrations begin in the run up to the Trump inauguration, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting notes the downplaying of protest at the George W. Bush inauguration: Discussing the security challenges posed by the inauguration of Donald Trump, … [Read more...] about NYT Ignored Reality at 2001 Bush Inauguration; Now Ignorance Is History
Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know
The first video is of of Martin Luther King speaking on the Merv Griffin show about the war in Vietnam and communism. Below that is his speech at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967. When you see a military band performing in an MLK day, ask yourself what is wrong with that image. When you see the prosecutors of our modern wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan … [Read more...] about Not the whitewashed Martin Luther King that most people know
Obama Fact Sheet
Yes, Trump is bad news. But too many people are so taken in by these 4-year election cycles that they lose all sense of perspective. George W Bush and company rightly gave rise to huge anti-war demonstrations, but then too many people were lulled to sleep by the promises of Barack Obama that the anti-war movement simply disappeared. Though the warning signs were there (his … [Read more...] about Obama Fact Sheet