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The Globe Still Needs to Apologize for Cheerleading the GE Boston Deal

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 23, 2022 Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave ... ." Effects by Jason Pramas on a selection from a photo by Chris Faraone. Copyright 2022 Chris Faraone and Jason Pramas.

As the one-time corporate behemoth slinks away from the chaos it created in the Bay State (yet again)

While my DigBoston and BINJ colleagues and I do occasionally skewer the Boston Globe ...  read more

Filed Under: Analysis, Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: BINJ, Boston, Boston Globe, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brian McGrory, Column, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, flack, GE Boston Deal, General Electric, Globe, Jason Pramas, Jon Chesto, Journalism, marketing, Massachusetts, newspaper, PR, propaganda, Shirley Leung

BEWARE ASTROTURF GROUPS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted May 3, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Mass rideshare, delivery, and real estate industries gearing up propaganda campaigns to convince working people to vote against our own interests

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, astroturf, Boston, Column, corporation, Democracy, DoorDash, gig work, Housing, human rights, Instacart, Jason Pramas, labor, Lyft, Massachusetts, policy, Politics, propaganda, Real Estate, rent control, renter, Uber, worker

THERE IS NOTHING ‘VOLUNTARY’ ABOUT WORKING BAD JOBS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 28, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A brief defense of AOC’s critique of billionaires

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Apparent Horizon, Ben Shapiro, Bernie Sanders, Boston Herald, co-operative, Column, contingent work, criticism, Democracy, DigBoston, Elections, Jason Pramas, jobs, labor, Mondragon, policy, Politics, propaganda, social democracy, socialism, worker

DON’T FALL FOR PROPAGANDA, VOTE BASED ON FACTS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 18, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the 2020 election, working voters need to focus on candidates’ platforms… and actions

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, Democracy, Elections, guide, Jason Pramas, platform, policy, Politics, propaganda, usa, voting

EDITORIAL: WHY ADVERTISE WITH DIGBOSTON?

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 26, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

 

To support independent journalism and beat back marketing propaganda, for starters

 

Many people have taken to loudly bemoaning the supposedly sudden arrival of “fake news” since the 2016 presidential election… while becoming belatedly aware of the accompanying slow decline of print newspapers that are—whatever else one might say ...  read more

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, Boston, DigBoston, Digital, editorial, fake news, Jason Pramas, Journalism, marketing, media, news, print, propaganda, revenue

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #makeGEpay, #mapoli, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston, business, Charlie Baker, GE, heliport, Hub, Innovation District, Jason Pramas, Life Sciences, mainstream media, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, pollution, propaganda

LEFT BEHIND: THE PARIS ATTACKS AND THE NEED TO FUND A MASS INDEPENDENT AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 17, 2015 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

News Corp succeeds in pulling public discourse far to the right in the absence of major outlets willing to confront them when it matters most.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: #parisattacks, America, Apparent Horizon, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Dagbladet Informatio, Die Tageszeitung, Europe, European media, Fox News, German media, Independent Media, Jason Pramas, mainstream media, nonprofit media, Open Media Boston, Paris attacks, propaganda, Switzerland, WOZ Die Wochenzeitung

THE PROTESTS ARE ONLY BEGINNING; MIGHT AS WELL GET TO KNOW THE ACTIVISTS BLOCKING TRAFFIC AROUND BOSTON

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 14, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Images by Chris Faraone unless otherwise noted

 

First some disclaimers for positive measure …

 

This post is not intended to suggest or imply either bonds or divisions between movements or organizations. Members of some groups we included may have ideological differences with ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Blackstonian, body cameras, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, civilian review board, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Mass State Police, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, propaganda, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis

MEDIA FARM: WHY IS THE BOSTON GLOBE PRETENDING THAT POLICE VIOLENCE DOESN’T HAPPEN IN MASSACHUSETTS?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted December 10, 2014 Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image of stop-and-frisk outside the Boys & Girls Club on Talbot Ave in Dorchester (Nov. ’14)

 

Just a few months ago, the Boston Globe informed us of an ACLU study about the epidemic of stop-and-frisk in the Hub. From their reporting:

 

Boston police officers disproportionately ...  read more

Filed Under: Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Globe, BPD, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Mass State Police, Missouri, organizing, peaceful protests, police brutality, propaganda, racism, Roxbury, St. Louis

MOCKINGJAY, OR THE TEENAGER’S GUIDE TO PROPAGANDA AND REVOLUTION

Written by SUSANNA JACKSON Posted November 20, 2014 Filed Under: Film

It’s a teenager’s guide to propaganda and revolution, but for those who are familiar with these narratives, its lesson feels heavy-handed, like a fictional—but not exactly literary—application written specifically for a history book.

Filed Under: Film Tagged With: Bella, District 13, Donald Sutherland, Edward, Elizabeth Banks, Gale, Game of Thrones, Hunger Games, Jacob, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Katniss, Liam Hemsworth, Mockingjay, Natalie Dormer, Peeta, Philip Seymour Hoffman, President Snow, propaganda, revolution, trilogy, Twilight, Woody Harrelson, young adult

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