Mike Madden

Feb 29, 2024 | laprogressive.com | Mike Madden

While Mr. Brangham questioned whether Assange is a journalist, his guest, Jamil N. Jaffer, outright denied it saying “Julian Assange is not a real journalist”On 20 February 2024, PBS NewsHour aired a segment titled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes last ditch attempt to avoid U.S. extradition. It functioned less as a report on the legal case than it did as a virtue signal that Julian Assange is a bad man.

Jan 26, 2024 | worldbeyondwar.org | Mike Madden |David Swanson

By Mike Madden, Veteran For Peace Chapter 27, January 26, 2024Viewers of the PBS NewsHour who are media literate have long recognized the pro-U.S. bias in its coverage of U.S. foreign policy. Those who have written to the state media outlet in attempt to right the listing journalistic ship know that their critiques will fall on deaf ears.

Jan 16, 2024 | nowthisnews.com | Mike Madden

John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, is expected to leave his position in the next few weeks and will reportedly join President Joe Biden's re-election campaign efforts. Kerry, 80, was selected by Biden for the role shortly after the 2020 presidential election. During his tenure, he's shaped how world governments collaborate with each other in order to fight the climate crisis.

Dec 4, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Elana Gordon |Monica Campbell |Sean Carter |Mike Madden

The internet has been awash with social media rants lately about the high cost of fast-food. One video in particular keeps making the rounds, nearly a year on. Jeff Stein, The Post’s White House economics reporter – and self-proclaimed fast-food connoisseur – joins “Post Reports” to break down what these reactions do and don’t tell us about the actual state of the economy, and what it may foreshadow for President Biden’s 2024 reelection bid.

Nov 28, 2023 | technicianonline.com | Mike Madden

To the Editor:I recently read Technician’s recent debate regarding the two libraries at NC State. I will now offer my opinion. During my tour of Hunt Library as a first-year graduate student, my first thought was “Where are the books?” Later, I observed a majority of the books were kept behind a sterile pane of glass — or whatever it is. You select a book, and it is then retrieved by the bookBot, which is placed within a long and towering series of metallic stacks. This, to me, begs for apocalypse.