Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson is a freelance writer and contributing analyst to Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. FAIR.org

Modernization: The Media’s Code for Military Build-Up

The mainstream media treats shelling out trillions on the military like it’s a simple iPhone update.

12 апреля, 2018

Modernization: The Media’s Code for Military Build-Up

One of the most effective rhetorical tools in normalizing massive military budgets is to treat spending billions — and sometimes trillions — of dollars as something one has to do in order to be “modern.” “Modernization” is, after all, an attractive label. Who doesn’t want to be modern? Consider just a few examples from recent reporting on

Fossil Fuel Lobbyist By Day, WaPo Columnist By Night

Ed Rogers continues to embarrass the Washington Post.

08 сентября, 2017

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Fossil Fuel Lobbyist By Day, WaPo Columnist By Night

What is the point of Ed Rogers, the Washington Post’s most conflict-ridden, mediocre columnist (FAIR.org, 4/23/15)? He doesn’t add a lot to the discourse, his boilerplate Republican talking points could be better

For Media, Driving Into A Crowd of Protesters Is a ‘Clash’

The ‘T’ word is glaringly absent from mainstream media coverage of white supremacist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

14 августа, 2017

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For Media, Driving Into A Crowd of Protesters Is a ‘Clash’

The Washington Post, Boston Globe, AOL News, The Hill,

Conspiracies Pushed By Atlantic’s Editor Excluded From Atlantic’s Denunciation Of Conspiracy Theories

In exploring how “America lost its mind,” The Atlantic let everyone in corporate media off the hook, saving most of the ire for obscure hippies, rednecks and postmodern academics.

11 августа, 2017

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Conspiracies Pushed By Atlantic’s Editor Excluded From Atlantic’s Denunciation Of Conspiracy Theories

Which “conspiracy theories” the media decide to care about and which they don’t is largely a function of who is advancing those conspiracy theories, and whose interests they serve. The Atlantic published a 12,000-word cover story by Kurt Andersen on

The Media’s Odd Obsession With Perseverance Porn

On the broader media culture of anecdotes in lieu of the macro, moralizing “success” rather than questioning systemic problems.

04 августа, 2017

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The Media’s Odd Obsession With Perseverance Porn

You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college, a man with unmatched moxie

World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals

With Amazon’s stock surging to well over $1,000 a share, and its head recently crowned the richest person in the world, the stakes for putting Amazon and Bezos in a critical light couldn’t be higher

29 июля, 2017

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World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals

The three most prominent US newspapers haven’t run a critical investigative piece on Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in almost two years, a FAIR survey finds. A review of 190 articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Bezos-owned Washington Post over the past year paints a picture of almost uniformly uncritical–ofttimes

WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That’s Never Existed

If one had to sum up McCain’s political career, you could do worse than “aggressive wars”—seeing as how there’s never been one McCain didn’t promote with “verve and tirelessness.”

25 июля, 2017

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