Conservative Media Conglomerate Amplifies Misleading Attacks on Biden’s Fitness
Trump’s victory, former Sinclair CEO David Smith told an audience the day after the 2016 election, was “a really serious opportunity to seek complete deregulation” of broadcasting. Steve Ruark/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on Judd Legum’s Substack, Popular…
“Antisemitism” vs. “Anti-Semitism”: The Style Debate Is Settled, But the Hate and Harm Are Rising
Mother Jones; Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty, Jeff Swensen/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“Is it antisemitism or anti-Semitism?” a Mother Jones reporter asked me last week, a question freshly in focus as campus protests grow. It’s been six months since the FBI announced that antisemitism…
Sen. Tim Scott, a Rumored VP Pick, Backs Trump’s Election Denial
Sen. Tim Scott, a rumored Trump VP contender, repeatedly refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results no matter the outcome.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the November election approaches, several of Donald Trump’s vice presidential contenders have taken…
Why Are Some Latinos Drifting to the Right?
Joel Martinez/The Monitor/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 6, Gabriel Garcia—a first-generation Cuban American and former member of the Proud Boys—livestreamed his attempt to breach the Capitol. “How does it feel being a traitor to the country?” he screamed at police officers as…
“Shame On You!”: Anti-War Protesters Picket White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Protesters boycotted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night.Probal Rashid/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before guests could get inside last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, they had to wade through a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters who reminded them of the journalists who have…
Trump Denies the Affairs at the Heart of the Hush-Money Case. Almost No One Believes Him.
Mother Jones illustration; Glenn Francis/Wikimedia; Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump is on trial in Manhattan facing 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of another crime: conspiring to influence the 2016 election. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg argues that,…