Capital Research, March/April 2023
In the March/April 2023 issue of Capital Research, teachers unions push lower standards in public schools. Corporate media degenerates into a de facto Ministry of Truth. Labor builds ever-stronger ties…
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Pushback to Social Justice Unionism at the New York Times
The shock troops of social justice unionism have been the writers’ unions at major media outlets, which are typically affiliated with the NewsGuild. But in a recent controversy at the…
The Murdoch Mission to Save Democracy: The Rest of the Story
On March 14 the New York Times ran a profile of wealthy lefty activist Kathryn Murdoch, daughter-in-law of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, under the cloying headline “How a Murdoch Hopes…
Russiagate Had a Prequel Hoax
Almost exactly a century after the Sisson Hoax—documents claiming that Lenin and Trotsky were German agents—came the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax. Once again, top-level American politicians credulously swallowed and investigated a…
New York Times Op-Ed Admits Zuck Bucks Boosted Democrats in 2020
The Left has spent a year ignoring the threat of Zuck bucks to our elections. But now—surprise, surprise—the public can add the Gray Lady to the list of groups admitting…
The Left’s Narrative on “Dark Money” Collapses
In a tremendous blow to the narrative that conservative “dark money” dominates politics, reporters Ken Vogel and Shane Goldmacher of the New York Times explored the world of “dark money”…
Independent Redistricting Commissions Are Problematic, Says . . . the New York Times?
Recently, readers of the New York Times learned what readers of Capital Research already knew. Independent redistricting commissions fail to generate fairer maps than traditional legislative redistricting. In fact, commissions…
Defending Philanthropy
Charitable givers on the political left are celebrated by those in the mainstream media. Charitable givers on the political right, however, are rebuked and accused of being part of a…
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Media State of Play
In early 2019, we surveyed the media landscape with a focus on the role of liberal-backed but nominally nonpartisan not-for-profit news outlets like ProPublica and Center for Public Integrity, which…
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Liberal Cancellation Movements
As the for-profit right-of-center media are embroiled in turmoil, left-wing activists in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are seeking to de-platform the right-of-center networks and to silence right-of-center reporting.