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White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speaks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kirby updated reporters about the humanitarian aid ostensibly being delivered to the Gaza Strip using a floating platform and pier built by the United States military. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

Biden’s ‘failed’ humanitarian pier in Gaza was a stirring success

by Adam Johnson June 2, 2024June 2, 2024

The pier cost $320 million, delivered virtually no aid, then collapsed. But it achieved its primary goal: good headlines for the Biden administration.

Baby triplets of Palestinian mother Nuzha Awad face the threat of dying from malnutrition and lack of medical care due to constant Israeli attacks and blockades as they take shelter in Nuseirat camp in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on March 25, 2024.

Politics and Movements: International

‘The killing in Gaza will stop when Hamas releases the hostages’ is a pro-war crime argument

by Adam Johnson March 29, 2024March 29, 2024

Palestinian children, holding empty pots, wait in line to receive food prepared by volunteers for Palestinian families, displaced to Southern Gaza due to Israeli attacks, between rubble of destroyed buildings in Rafah, Gaza, on Feb. 10, 2024.

Politics and Movements: International

Media continues to frame mass starvation in Gaza as natural disaster rather than deliberate siege tactic

by Adam Johnson March 15, 2024March 15, 2024

Screenshot: Norah O’Donnell in the CBS 60 Minutes report “Inside look at US Navy response to Houthi Red Sea attacks,” Feb. 18, 2024.

Politics and Movements: US

A guide to Norah O’Donnell’s wide-eyed military infomercials

by Adam Johnson February 23, 2024February 23, 2024

In an aerial view, migrants are seen grouped together while waiting to be processed on the Ciudad Juarez side of the border on Sept. 21, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.

Politics and Movements: US

Media ‘border deal’ coverage erases actual human stakes

by Adam Johnson February 13, 2024February 13, 2024

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) speaks to reporters before a Senate luncheon at the US Capitol on Dec. 12, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Politics and Movements: US

Fetterman’s ‘maverick’ rebrand passes off banal corruption as truth-telling conviction

by Adam Johnson January 17, 2024January 20, 2024

US President Joe Biden (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meet in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 18, 2023.

Politics and Movements: US

The Biden White House’s feigned ‘concern’ over Gaza deaths

by Adam Johnson December 22, 2023January 18, 2024

Former National Security adviser John Bolton speaks on stage during a public discussion at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on Feb. 17, 2020.

Politics and Movements: International

Bombing Palestinians is good for Palestinians, say America’s elite pundits

by Adam Johnson December 12, 2023December 12, 2023

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel in the State Dining Room of the White House Oct. 10, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Politics and Movements: US

Biden tanks in polls, but media downplays impact of Gaza on voters

by Adam Johnson November 18, 2023January 18, 2024

Injured Palestinians, including children, are taken to the Al-Shifa Hospital following the Israeli attacks on the Nasirat Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on November 3, 2023.

Politics and Movements: US

Three ways our media is militarizing the civilian population in Gaza

by Adam Johnson November 3, 2023January 20, 2024