Archive - Press Watch

June 2025

Three huge truths the media leaves out of its Iran coverage

It’s all about Trump’s ego, it’s illegal, and it’s war

Jun 23 •

The press needs to push back as Trump careens into war with Iran

Journalists have a unique role in the runup to war

Jun 17 •

‘How many people were arrested?’ is a lousy way to cover protests

Protests are big news now. I'm calling for better reporting on them.

Jun 12 •

Journalists are aiding and abetting Trump’s incitement in LA

The “crisis in LA” is entirely created by Trump, and the coverage should reflect that

Jun 10 •

May 2025

Mainstream media inches closer to addressing Trump’s racism

Still too many euphemisms and anodyne headlines, but it’s a start

May 22 •

The truth about Donald Trump rarely makes it into the news

Mainstream journalists are depriving their audiences of crucial context

May 16 •

We need a way to aggregate what Donald Trump is doing to this country

I'm calling for an army of volunteers to build a massive wiki that enumerates the things that are broken and will need fixing

May 5 •

April 2025

Trump’s ludicrous tattoo tirade ought to raise a lot of questions

It’s Trump in a microcosm – terribly, insistently wrong -- and a great case study for journalists to explore

Apr 30 •

The pushback Trump should have gotten from Time

Journalists should confront Trump with the truth and see how he reacts

Apr 25 •

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