analysis

MARKET ORIENTATION, TV NEWS, AND THE AMPLIFICATION OF VIOLENCE

Written by GINO CANELLA and PATRICK FERRUCCI Posted June 18, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Chart of Standing Rock media frames

In 2017, we examined CNN and Democracy Now!’s coverage of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock, North Dakota, to understand how the market orientation of two news organizations influenced the production and distribution of their protest coverage.

REPUBLICANS GET MAULED IN SPECIAL ELECTIONS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS

Written by PATRICK COCHRAN Posted June 5, 2020 Filed Under: Analysis, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Dems now hold 128 of 160 seats in the House. “Two areas that were strong for Trump a few years ago came back home and voted blue.”

LANDLORDS’ VIEWS ON RENT CONTROL… REFUTED

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 1, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

HERALD READERS RESPOND TO ANTIFA COVERAGE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 21, 2018 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Antifascist Action symbol circa 1932. designed by Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists members Max Keilson and Max Gebhard.

Spoiler alert: anti-nazis are somehow nazis

On Saturday, a few hundred left-wing activists showed up to protest a tiny ultra-right wing protest ... read more