[link removed]

FAIR
View article on FAIR's website ([link removed])
Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT's Vanishing Sports Section CounterSpin ([link removed])


Subscribe: RSS ([link removed])

[link removed]


Razor wire deployed by Texas in the Rio Grande to injure migrants

Houston Chronicle (7/11/23 ([link removed]) )

This week on CounterSpin: Listeners may have heard that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed barrels wrapped in razor wire in some parts of the Rio Grande to block migrants from crossing and harm those that try. As revealed ([link removed]) by the Houston Chronicle, Texas troopers have been ordered to push people back into the river, and to deny them water. The cruelty is obvious; the Department of Justice is talking about suing.

But there are other ways for immigration policy to be inhumane. Advocates have long declared ([link removed]) that Biden’s asylum restrictions (which look a lot like Trump’s asylum restrictions) are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just agreed ([link removed]) . We learn about that from a participant in the case, Melissa Crow, director of litigation at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies ([link removed]) .

[link removed]


NYT: Why The Athletic Wants to Pillage Newspapers

New York Times (10/23/17 ([link removed]) )

Also on the show: In October 2017, the New York Times ran a story ([link removed]) headlined "Why the Athletic Wants to Pillage Newspapers," that began, “By the time you finish reading this article, the upstart sports news outlet called the Athletic ([link removed]) probably will have hired another well-known sportswriter from your local newspaper.” In January 2022, the Times bought the Athletic for $550 million, saying ([link removed]) that “as a stand-alone product…the Athletic is a great complement to the Times.”

It’s now July 2023, and the New York Times has announced ([link removed]) it’s shutting down its sports desk, outsourcing that reporting to…the Athletic. Dave Zirin ([link removed]) joins us to talk about that; he’s sports editor at The Nation, ([link removed]) host of the Edge of Sports ([link removed]) podcast, and author of many books, including A People’s History of Sports in the United States ([link removed]) .

[link removed]


Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at some recent press coverage of Europe's economy ([link removed]) .

[link removed]



Read more ([link removed])

Share this post: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="Twitter"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="Twitter" alt="Twitter" class="mc-share"></a>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="Facebook"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook" class="mc-share"></a>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="Pinterest"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="Pinterest" alt="Pinterest" class="mc-share"></a>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="LinkedIn"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="LinkedIn" alt="LinkedIn" class="mc-share"></a>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="Google Plus"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="Google Plus" alt="Google Plus" class="mc-share"></a>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="[link removed]" title="Instapaper"><img border="0" height="15" width="15" src="[link removed]" title="Instapaper" alt="Instapaper" class="mc-share"></a>
​

© 2021 Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. All rights reserved.
You are receiving this email because you signed up for email alerts from
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

Our mailing address is:
FAIRNESS & ACCURACY IN REPORTING
124 W. 30th Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10001

FAIR's Website ([link removed])

FAIR counts on your support to do this work — please donate today ([link removed]) .

Follow us on Twitter ([link removed]) | Friend us on Facebook ([link removed])

change your preferences ([link removed])
Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp
[link removed]
unsubscribe ([link removed]) .