The Column

The ADL Ignores Yet Another Elon Musk ‘Great Replacement’ Meltdown

Why does the alleged civil rights group continue to give a free pass to America’s most prominent antisemite?

Sep 12 • 

Adam Johnson

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August 2025

It’s Not Just 'Netanyahu': The Rise of Liberals’ One Bad Man Theory to Explain Away Gaza Genocide

Attempts to pin the horrors on “Netanyahu" obscure the reality of just how popular genocide is with US elites and within Israel itself.

Aug 9 • 

Adam Johnson

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July 2025

Child Amputees, Aid Massacres, Mass Starvation—the Israeli War Crimes NYT Covers Less than Mamdani and 'Globalize the Intifada'

Theoretical, third order, speculative violence must be condemned while actual, real world mass violence, that actually exists in reality, is seen as…

Jul 19 • 

Adam Johnson

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June 2025

Lawmakers and Pundits Speed Run Iraq WMDs-Level Lies About Iran

The US intelligence consensus is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program. Why does our media and political class keep implying—and explicitly…

Jun 22 • 

Sarah Lazare

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Adam Johnson

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Israeli Leaders Hiding in Tunnels, Underground IDF Bases in ‘Populated Areas’: US Media’s Human Shields Double Standard

Why is Jake Tapper not lamenting the IDF doing the exact same things he accuses Hamas of doing?

Jun 16 • 

Adam Johnson

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May 2025

If Harris Opposes Trump’s Horrific Gaza Policies, She Should Say So

Her defenders insist she would have been “better on Gaza.” This is very possible. But why doesn’t she explain how in her own words?

May 19 • 

Adam Johnson

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April 2025

As Trump and Israel Escalate Genocide in Gaza, Popular Media Continues to Ignore It

Under Biden, Gaza was excused, downplayed and natural disaster-rized. Under Trump it’s simply not a priority at all.

Apr 24 • 

Adam Johnson

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March 2025

Jeffrey Goldberg Dismissing Yemeni Deaths Is Why He Was in the Group Chat to Begin With

As someone who launders pro-Israel, pro-US government talking points for a living, Goldberg being on Trump officials’ speed dial makes perfect sense—and…

Mar 27 • 

Sarah Lazare

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Columbia Pulitzer Board Member Explicitly Advocated Killing Palestinian Journalists. Does This “Threaten the Safety” of Palestinian…

Why does the “safety” framework never apply to Arab students?

Mar 14 • 

Adam Johnson

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February 2025

US Media's Credulous Depiction of 'DOGE' as a Good Faith "Efficiency Panel" Has Aged Poorly

New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN took a pathological liar with a clear ideological agenda at his word for the sole reason he’s rich and…

Feb 3 • 

Adam Johnson

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January 2025

ABC, CBS and NBC Evening News Reports on LA Wildfires Ignore Climate Change’s Role Entirely

That climate change is fueling devastating extreme weather events is beyond dispute. Why does corporate media continue to downplay or ignore it?

Jan 8 • 

Adam Johnson

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December 2024

As Genocide Rolls on, Gaza is Gone from the Front Page of NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LA Times, USA Today, CNN, and MSNBC

Measuring indifference is not a perfect science, but there are signs that ongoing ethnic cleansing and killing in Gaza has become the New Normal.

Dec 17, 2024 • 

Adam Johnson

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