CBS Does CIA PR
60 Minutes' interview with former CIA official Mike Morell was more like a press briefing than an interview with a powerful figure who has never been asked questions by a TV journalist.
View ArticleNo, You Still Can't Trust What the NSA Says
One of the most incendiary revelations from the documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden suggests that the NSA's mass collection of phone records isn't confined to the United States....
View ArticleNSA Stenography at CBS
CBS covers latest NSA revelations by telling viewers that the NSA is getting better at rebutting its critics.
View ArticleIt's Sunday and It's Snowden
It's Sunday, and that means time for the network chat shows to present one-sided discussions about the NSA, Edward Snowden and mass surveillance.
View ArticleSnowden Is a Janitor Working for the Russians
If lawmakers are making unfounded allegations about a whistleblower, and those allegations are being repeated across the media, one might think the real problem is with a media culture.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Snowden on Sunday TV, New Pundits, USA Today on Fracking's Riches
Everyone seems to agree that Edward Snowden started an important debate over NSA surveillance. But on the Sunday chat shows, debate isn't what you're likely to see. And CNN and CBS add new...
View ArticleThe NSA Built a 'Time Machine'–but Washington Post Won't Say Where
The Washington Post is reporting that the NSA is able to store every phone call made in an entire nation and replay them for up to 30 days. Not only can the agency do this, but there is a country where...
View ArticleABC's 'Raging Debate' Over Edward Snowden
ABC's This Week: Edward Snowden sparked a "raging debate"--so here are two guests who don't like what he did.
View ArticleEdward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and the Courtier Press
Glenn Greenwald's new book tells the Snowden story--and takes aim at the corporate media.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Snowden, Palestinian Brass Knuckles, Rubio's Climate Denial
This week: ABC talks about a "raging debate" over Edward Snowden. They must mean the one that's not on their show. Plus: The New York Times takes a long time to correct a story about Palestinian teen's...
View ArticleAmerican TV to Chinese Spies: Do as US Says, Not as US Does
US TV networks played up the FBI's economic espionage charges against China--without mentioning that the NSA does something very similar.
View ArticleBrian Williams Frantically Tries to Prove He's No Glenn Greenwald
Before NBC aired its Edward Snowden special, its evening newscast presented a lengthy report presenting the case against the NSA whistleblower.
View ArticleMeet the Press's Snowden Debate: Traitor or Criminal?
The main debate about Snowden boiled down to one side saying he's a traitor and the other side saying he should come home and do prison time, perhaps as a lesson to children.
View ArticleNPR Presents CIA-Backed Group as Independent Expert on Snowden's 'Harm'
Greenwald called the NPR report "a pure and indisputable case of journalistic malpractice and deceit." It's hard to say he doesn't have a point.
View ArticleIf Social Media 'Silence Debate,' What Do Corporate Media Do?
A new study has some outlets saying that social media inhibit debate. You want to compare Twitter's record to the corporate media on that score?
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