DSA Conspiracy... Facebook Hate... Paramount Merger....

Weekly Update: August 14, 2026

Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. You can help us spread the word by forwarding this email to friends, and by sharing our stories on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and Bluesky.

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Corporate Media Portray DSA’s Grassroots Organizing as a Sinister Conspiracy
ACTUP NY Turns Down Newsweek's Invitation to Denounce Solidarity With Palestine
Fuhrerbook: How Meta Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Far Right
When Is a Victory 'Stunning'? When It 'Shows the Limits of the Left'

Latest episode of FAIR's radio show CounterSpin:

Jessica Gonzalez on Paramount Merger, Isabel MacDonald and Steve Rendall (2008) on Islamophobia

Latest CounterSpin transcript:

Gina Plata-Nino: 'There Should Never Be Losers and Winners When It Comes to Food'

FAIR Cites:

El Siglo de Torreon: The Media's 'Watchdog': What Does an Audience Advocate Do? (Spanish)
Institute for Middle East Understanding: Four Questions for an Expert: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza