By Michael Socolow/The Conversation

A common practice in American journalism has, once again, sparked outrage.
CNN recently announced the hiring of Sarah Isgur Flores to be “one of several editors” who will help “coordinate [political] coverage across TV and digital.”
Though a CNN spokesperson told Splinter that Isgur “is not leading, overseeing, or running CNN’s political coverage,” the new hire will undoubtedly influence the cable network’s coverage of the 2020 presidential election.
Isgur has no professional journalism experience. But she’s been active politically, which may have qualified her for the job.
Isgur most recently worked as the spokesperson for the Department of Justice, where she disseminated information about the department’s new policies under President Trump and Attorney General Sessions in order to inform and influence journalistic coverage.

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Posted on February 26, 2019

By Jon Queally/Common Dreams

Whether you paid $8.99 for basic, $12.99 for standard, or splurged for the $15.99 premium package so you would have the privilege of watching endless streaming shows and movies on Netflix last month, a new analysis shows you still paid much, much more than the company paid in federal and local income taxes for the entire year.
“The popular video streaming service Netflix posted its largest-ever U.S. profit in 2018­ – $845 million – on which it didn’t pay a dime in federal or state income taxes,” says Matthew Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP),
Not a dime. Not one penny.

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Posted on February 6, 2019