The Washington Post – Frank Smyth

The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election

October 28, 2020/in The New Republic/by Frank Smyth

America’s pro-Trump armed right would not be the first to invent a new ideology to justify their violence. Genocidaires developed propaganda ahead of the mass violence in late-1930s Germany and early-1990s Rwanda.

Five Years After Sandy Hook, Major U.S. Papers Still Have a Serious Gun Problem

December 21, 2017/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth

The news and opinion section at each The New York Times and The Washington Post are out of synch whether to identify “independent” gun rights scholar David Kopel’s NRA funding.

Do news blackouts help journalists held captive?

February 26, 2013/in The Comittee to Protect Journalists/by Frank Smyth

News organizations have invoked the captives’ safety in seeking media blackouts. But do the blackouts really benefit the individuals being held captive?

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