Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Sep 9, 2025

Why Is the Press Giving Trump’s Declining Health a Pass?

Allison Hantschel Sep 9, 2025

POTUS appears deeply unwell. Just less than two weeks ago, social media was teeming with rumors he was dead. But you wouldn't know it from legacy media, who'd obsessed over Biden's health but seems largely disinterested in the rapid deterioration of our current president.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Aug 12, 2025

Why Are Americans’ Opinions Changing on the Gaza War?

Allison Hantschel Aug 12, 2025

In the past month, an increasing number of Americans are registering their horror at the genocide of the Palestinian people despite the insistent framing by many mainstream news outlets deflecting from Benjamin Netanyahu’s destruction of Gaza.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Jul 15, 2025

The Sane-Washing of Mad King Trump

Allison Hantschel Jul 15, 2025

The more outlandish and dangerous his claims, the more determined is the press to normalize the increasingly delusional occupant of the Oval Office.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Jun 10, 2025

Why Is the Media Still Obsessed With Biden’s Health?

Allison Hantschel Jun 10, 2025

Our current elderly president is destroying the government, imploding international relations, fleecing, abusing, and turning armed forces against the American people, and putting immigrants in foreign prisons. But sure, let's talk about the former president's mental decline.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel May 13, 2025

This Revolution Is Not Being Televised

Allison Hantschel May 13, 2025

Trump is losing at the polls, losing in the courts, and constituents are taking to the streets en masse. But based on media coverage, you’d think his administration is doing just fine.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Mar 18, 2025

The Media Should Be All Over These Unlawful Deportations

Allison Hantschel Mar 18, 2025

The Trump administration is denouncing their perceived enemies as terrorists so they can disappear them without recourse. And the press is cowering, bracing themselves for what—and who’s—next.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Feb 18, 2025

Are We Self-Segregating on Social Media?

Allison Hantschel Feb 18, 2025

After the election, many fled the Musk-owned X for the new Twitter-like platform, Bluesky, which has been criticized by right-wingers because they encourage civil discourse by banning trolls, bots, and other abusive users. Imagine that.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Jan 21, 2025

The Propaganda Wars Are in Full Swing

Allison Hantschel Jan 21, 2025

Following the example of legacy media and every other tech bro, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has bent the knee to the new administration to perpetuate hate speech on his social-media platforms. Will fact-based information be able to break through?

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Dec 10, 2024

Corporate Media Is Obeying in Advance

Allison Hantschel Dec 10, 2024

Political pundits continue to give a pass to an authoritarian Trump, whose proposed kakistocracy cabinet of alleged sex pests, foreign agents, and other wildly dangerous appointments pose a threat to American citizens and our security.

Pressing Matters Allison Hantschel Nov 19, 2024

Democracy Is Dying in Broad Daylight

Allison Hantschel Nov 19, 2024

The media didn’t have to normalize and sanewash a cognitively diminished felon who ran on retribution and destruction. Or memory-hole his disastrous first term. But because they did, we are facing the most terrifying chapter in U.S. history.