As Al Jazeera America Launches, Concerns Over Corporate-Driven Agenda Persist

As Al Jazeera America Launches, Concerns Over Corporate-Driven Agenda Persist

Al Jazeera America boasts a new, advertiser-revenue-driven dynamic; it has taken compromising stances in its courtship of U.S. cable distributors; ...
This American Life Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

This American Life Whitewashes U.S. Crimes in Central America, Wins Peabody Award

In its treatments of Guatemalan and Honduran violence and instability, NPR's This American Life edited out essential lines of inquiry ...
On Edward Snowden, UNASUR and Double Standards

On Edward Snowden, UNASUR and Double Standards

On Friday, I participated in a panel discussion hosted by Al Jazeera English's weeknight news program "Inside Story Americas," along ...
Noam Chomsky, Scholars Ask NY Times Public Editor to Investigate Bias on Honduras and Venezuela

Noam Chomsky, Scholars Ask NY Times Public Editor to Investigate Bias on Honduras and Venezuela

Over a dozen experts on Latin America and media studies have signed a petition encouraging New York Times public editor ...
The New Yorker Should Ignore Jon Lee Anderson and Issue a Correction on Venezuela

The New Yorker Should Ignore Jon Lee Anderson and Issue a Correction on Venezuela

As a result of many dozens—possibly hundreds—of messages from readers over the past few weeks that criticized The New Yorker's ...
The New Yorker Corrects Two Errors on Venezuela, Refuses a Third

The New Yorker Corrects Two Errors on Venezuela, Refuses a Third

While issuing a correction to reporter Jon Lee Anderson's third Venezuela article over the past year would have been embarrassing ...
On Venezuela, The New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson Fails at Arithmetic

On Venezuela, The New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson Fails at Arithmetic

The New Yorker Magazine's Jon Lee Anderson has provided coverage on Hugo Chávez and Venezuela that is rife with errors ...
Chávez's Legacy for Venezuelan Youth

Chávez’s Legacy for Venezuelan Youth

NACLA writer Keane Bhatt speaks to Al-Jazeera about the legacy of Chávez for the youth of Venezuela ...
What if The New York Times Covered the United States Like Venezuela?

What if The New York Times Covered the United States Like Venezuela?

The New York Times reinforces attitudes that Latin American politics can be little more than a primitive charade, starring authoritarian ...
The Miami Herald Offers Free Publicity to Rightwing Lobbyist Jose Cardenas

The Miami Herald Offers Free Publicity to Rightwing Lobbyist Jose Cardenas

José Cárdenas has concealed the financial benefits he's accrued from lobbying precisely because they make his espoused views both easily ...
Interview: Noam Chomsky on Latin America

Interview: Noam Chomsky on Latin America

Renowned linguist, political analyst, and activist Noam Chomsky offered his thoughts on the hemisphere and the role of the United ...
What U.S. Voters Can Learn from Venezuela’s Election

What U.S. Voters Can Learn from Venezuela’s Election

The paradigm that has emerged during Chávez’s presidency is threatening to the dominant political discourse in the United States. So ...
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