US media turns back on minorities

US media turns back on minorities




As more minorities fall through the cracks that the CIA has created through drug addiction, why has mainstream media largely ignored this epidemic or discounted any investigation into this problem? Georgetown University Professor Chris Chambers says investigative reporting has been suffering for a number of years and good reporting is bad business, so you have the corporatization of mainstream media.

Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities

Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities


There is still a double standard between how the American mainstream media treats US officials and foreigners. Has the American press become too soft on its politicians or are they concerned with other things? Russ Baker says the American media owned by corporations are driven by profits and why they flaunt celebrities over facts

US police target journalists

US police target journalists


Most of the mainstream media coverage of the arrest of RT correspondent Kaelyn Forde has focused on what happened, rather than why or how it happened. Many media members are targeted by police, not being distinguished from any of the activists in favor of repressing free speech. Peter Hart from Fairness and Accuracy Reporting believes the police have embraced that the media is part of the problem.

DrinkingWithBob mad at Jon Stewart

DrinkingWithBob mad at Jon Stewart

More than 200,000 Americans packed the National Mall to take part in comedian Jon Stewart's "Rally to Restore Sanity". But was the message these people were receiving from Jon Stewart outdated? According to Bob Thompson from drinkingwithbob.com, Stewart's message of the mainstream media and cable media is out of control is old news.

Will Rousseff continue in Lula's footsteps?

Will Rousseff continue in Lula's footsteps?

More than 100 million Brazilians came out to vote for Dilma Rousseff; electing Brazil's first female president. Rousseff has promised to continue her predecessor's (Lula de Silva) policies but there are still many issues that linger. In Brazil many impoverished farmers are fighting for their right to live their life and sustain themselves. Reporter Pepe Escobar from The Asia Times believes that the upper class in Brazil is trying to expel peasants to the cities to create a work force that will make exported commodities.

Jon Stewart: 'US media failed'

Jon Stewart: 'US media failed'


The Rally to Restore Sanity brought thousands of people to the National Mall in Washington DC Halloween weekend. Much of the US mainstream media was criticized by comedians John Stewart and Stephen Colbert for failing to report in a way that informs people. Stewart tried to make the point that corporate media is only part of a bigger problem that the US is facing currently.