Paul Hedreen @phedreen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025For the NYT, group chat blunders take center stage over actual war crimes. Read my latest in @fairmediawatch.bsky.social 075
Reposted by Paul HedreenFAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Repeating the “flat Earth–type lie” of looming Social Security insolvency has been a longtime hobby horse of corporate media. They still push the pernicious myth that the popular social program is struggling and nearing insolvency, with few viable options for its rescue. fair.org/home/decades...fair.orgDecades of Media Myths Made Social Security Vulnerable to Political AttackLeading newspapers still push the pernicious myth that Social Security is struggling and nearing insolvency, with few viable options for its rescue. 082
Paul Hedreen @phedreen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025DOGE's threats to Social Security weren't created in a vacuum. Media alarmism, past and present, laid the groundwork for the latest (potential) cuts. Check out my story in FAIR @fairmediawatch.bsky.social fair.org/home/decades...fair.orgDecades of Media Myths Made Social Security Vulnerable to Political AttackLeading newspapers still push the pernicious myth that Social Security is struggling and nearing insolvency, with few viable options for its rescue. 020
Reposted by Paul HedreenFAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) @fairmediawatch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Reporting on protests in Pakistan without mentioning US involvement in domestic politics creates a perception that Pakistani chaos is a concern mostly for Pakistani people, and readers in the United States need not examine the role of their own government. fair.org/home/as-paki...fair.orgAs Pakistan Murders Protesters, Leading US Papers Play Down Washington’s RoleMissing from the coverage of Pakistan protests in leading US papers was the ongoing support the government has received from the Biden administration. 1139
