Archive - Lee Fang

Nondisclosure: Vaccine Ad Blitz Sidestepped Transparency Rules

The FDA's emergency approval of the mRNA vaccines required enhanced disclosure in all vaccine advertising and marketing. Pfizer and Moderna dodged the…

Oct 3 •

Longshoremen Strike Highlights Deep Problems with American Organized Labor

The American "enterprise union" model incentives corruption and contentious fights. There are better paths for both business and workers.

Oct 2 •

September 2024

Marriott Issues Internal Alert in Lebanon Fearing Walkie-Talkie Bombs Still Unaccounted For

Marriott’s Four Points by Sheraton Le Verdun discarded pagers and walkie-talkie batteries in response to ongoing Israeli bombings in Lebanon

Sep 24 •

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Should the U.S. Still Police the World?

I'll be debating the topic in New York City next month alongside Matt Taibbi.

Sep 20 •

Video: Lawmakers Tap Expense Accounts, Use Taxpayer Money for Reelection Ads

I joined Rising to discuss our new investigation this week.

Sep 19 •

Mimicked Brand Behind Walkie-Talkie Devices Transformed into Bombs Supplies the U.S. Military

The second round of exploding devices were linked to ICOM, a Japanese manufacturer that supplies the Pentagon.

Sep 18 •

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Lawmakers Tap Taxpayer Expense Accounts to Run Reelection Ads

Democrats and Republicans alike brazenly ignore ethics rules to use government money for ads clearly designed to influence voters.

Sep 16 •

New York Times’ Previous Reporting Undermines Its War Escalation Journalism

Warnings about major escalation of war -- and potential nuclear war -- take a backseat to think tank experts from the defense industry.

Sep 13 •

August 2024

TikTok Influencers Take Dark Money for Election Messaging

The FEC lacks any clear payola disclosure rules for payments to individual influencers, but here's an attempt to dig through campaign finance data.

Aug 27 •

Corporate Lobbyists use DNC to Transform into ‘Democracy’ Activists

Raben Group pitches saving democracy while peddling corporate influence

Aug 21 •

Leaked Israeli Docs Reveal Effort to Evade Foreign Agent Lobbying Law

Former general counsel of Democratic National Committee secretly advised the Israeli government on how to avoid FARA registration of its U.S. propaganda…

Aug 17 •

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Debanking Realignment: CFPB to Protect Christian Free Speech

Populist realignment brings some voices in the Biden administration into a tacit alliance with Christian conservatives against Wall Street.

Aug 14 •

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