Counterpunch cried wolf, donor dollars didn't show up

Jeff St. Clair talked about "the wolf at our door" two weeks ago. I was going to write about that then, but now?

They're $5,000 short of their goal as of the end of last week. And, that was announced with another existential title, "the threats ahead." So, they're going to accept the fundraising results as is. Interesting is that more people donated, but fewer dinero per person.

Well, if you had a more coherent editorial philosophy, were less BlueAnon-leaning on U.S. electoral politics coverage, including knowing reality vs memes, only talking about GOP election subversion, not that of Democrats, and other things, like putting Eve Ottenberg's "Biden as Lame Duck" behind your paywall (really? yes, really), and, even if it's not me, find a better "Counterpunch poet laureate" than your current contender, and maybe other things, like be on the better lookout for occasional antisemitism from a regular contributor? (And, yes, it's antisemitism, not anti-Zionism.)

Or beyond that? Better analysis from this Ottenberg piece. Uhh, Eve, Russia doesn't get the resale price on its oil, only the original price. Corporate insolvencies? That's as much or more a failure to pivot to keep up with China on EVs and other things than it is Russia. Or this piece about BRICS. Dearie, "dedollarization" is happening no time soon.

Or, when one of your editorial staff has a mendacious — and ironically mendacious — bio of Dear Old Dad?

 

I wrote a year ago about why I don't give you money. Everything there, plus the additional stuff above, all still holds true.