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March 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM

In Unhiring Ronna McDaniel, NBC Made the Right Move for the Wrong Reason

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Unhiring Ronna McDaniel, NBC Made the Right Move for the Wrong Reason Julie Hollar   NBC created a stir when it announced on Friday that it had hired former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel to be a paid on-air contributor. After three d…
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March 27, 2024 at 9:34 PM

'Free Speech' Fan Elon Musk Enlists State Allies to Silence Critics

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Free Speech' Fan Elon Musk Enlists State Allies to Silence Critics Ari Paul   I wrote last November (FAIR.org, 11/22/23) about how Twitter owner Elon Musk’s lawsuit against Media Matters—alleging the group’s research "manipulated"…
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March 26, 2024 at 7:48 PM

'In Even the Best Coverage There Is No Accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'In Even the Best Coverage There Is No Accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Media Matters' Evlondo Cooper about climate coverage for the March 22, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. Th…
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March 25, 2024 at 9:43 PM

'This Decline in Local Journalism Was Noticed First by Journalists Themselves' 

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Decline in Local Journalism Was Noticed First by Journalists Themselves'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed filmmaker Rick Goldsmith about his documentary Stripped for Parts for the March 22, 2024, episode of Counte…
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March 22, 2024 at 10:41 PM

Climate Coverage... Flour Massacre... Genocide Case....

Climate Coverage... Flour Massacre... Genocide Case.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: March 22, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on…
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March 22, 2024 at 10:40 PM

What the Chuck? Murdoch Defends Bibi From Senate Leader

All posts View article on FAIR's website What the Chuck? Murdoch Defends Bibi From Senate Leader Ari Paul The United States government has historically exercised a lot of opinions when it comes to who should be in charge of Middle Eastern countries. Former President Barac…
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March 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM

Flour Massacre Called 'Aid-Related Deaths'—Rather Than Part of Israel’s Engineered Famine

All posts View article on FAIR's website Flour Massacre Called 'Aid-Related Deaths'—Rather Than Part of Israel’s Engineered Famine Robin Andersen   Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people appro…
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March 22, 2024 at 4:18 PM

Evlondo Cooper on Climate Coverage, Rick Goldsmith on Stripped for Parts

All posts View article on FAIR's website Evlondo Cooper on Climate Coverage, Rick Goldsmith on Stripped for Parts CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240322.mp3   KXAS (3/19/24) This week on Cou…
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March 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM

Establishment Papers Fell Short in Coverage of Genocide Charges

All posts View article on FAIR's website Establishment Papers Fell Short in Coverage of Genocide Charges Lara-Nour Walton   South Africa on December 29 presented a historic case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—the highest court in the world. In an 84-page laws…
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March 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM

'The US State Department Is Complicit With Juan Orlando Hernández' 

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The US State Department Is Complicit With Juan Orlando Hernández'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Pitzer College's Suyapa Portillo Villeda about the conviction of Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández for t…
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March 20, 2024 at 3:38 PM

'They're Marketing to Us That We're Too Stupid to Fix Our Stuff'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'They're Marketing to Us That We're Too Stupid to Fix Our Stuff'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Repair Association's Gay Gordon-Byrne about the right to repair for the March 15, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This …
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March 15, 2024 at 10:21 PM

TikTok Ban... WSJ vs. Democracy... Food Prices....

TikTok Ban... WSJ vs. Democracy... Food Prices.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: March 15, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for …
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March 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM

Gay Gordon-Byrne on Right to Repair, Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Ex-President Conviction

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gay Gordon-Byrne on Right to Repair, Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Ex-President Conviction CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240315.mp3   (image: Re…
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March 14, 2024 at 8:06 PM

House Votes Against TikTok—and for More Cold War

All posts View article on FAIR's website House Votes Against TikTok—and for More Cold War Ari Paul A bipartisan effort to effectively ban the social media network TikTok in the United States has taken a great leap forward. The House of Representatives voted 352–65 that th…
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March 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM

'That's What US Capitalism Does Right Now. It Jettisons Its Elders.'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'That's What US Capitalism Does Right Now. It Jettisons Its Elders.' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed May First's Alfredo Lopez about Radical Elders for the March 8, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited…
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March 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM

NYT's Morning Newsletter Blames Everyone but Israel for Israeli Crimes

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT's Morning Newsletter Blames Everyone but Israel for Israeli Crimes Harry Zehner   With over 17 million subscribers, the Morning, the New York Times’ flagship newsletter, is by far the most popular newsletter in the English-spea…
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March 13, 2024 at 3:55 PM

'This Court Is Not Going to Protect Us From Donald Trump'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Court Is Not Going to Protect Us From Donald Trump' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Vox's Ian Millhiser about the Supreme Court's protection of Donald Trump for the March 8, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…
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March 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM

WSJ Speaks Out Against Threat of Politicians Responding to Voters

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Speaks Out Against Threat of Politicians Responding to Voters Ari Paul   The Wall Street Journal (2/26/24) is concerned that they live among us. They are Arab Americans. And what are they doing to threaten the United States? Vo…
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March 11, 2024 at 10:16 PM

LA Times Shortchanges Readers With Deficient Explanation for Rising Food Prices

All posts View article on FAIR's website LA Times Shortchanges Readers With Deficient Explanation for Rising Food Prices Jim Naureckas   LA Times columnist Steve Lopez (3/10/24) offers, as an example of "fighting inflation," a woman for whom cereal "has replaced meat fo…
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March 8, 2024 at 9:31 PM

Missing Sinema... Lunar Cheerleading... Radical Elders....

Missing Sinema... Lunar Cheerleading... Radical Elders.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: March 8, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been working …
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March 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM

US Media and Factcheckers Fail to Note Israel's Refutation of 'Beheaded Babies' Stories

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media and Factcheckers Fail to Note Israel's Refutation of 'Beheaded Babies' Stories David Knox   The Washington Post (11/22/23) said it couldn't make a definitive assessment of whether Biden's atrocity claims were true. But I…
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March 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM

Voters Won't Miss Sinema—but Corporate Media Already Do

All posts View article on FAIR's website Voters Won't Miss Sinema—but Corporate Media Already Do Julie Hollar   When Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I–Ariz.) announced that she would not seek re-election in 2024, few of her constituents likely mourned. After launching her political …
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March 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Trump Protection, Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Trump Protection, Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240308.mp3   Vox (3/4/24) This week on…
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March 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM

Applause for Lunar Failure Follows Decades of Space Program Cheerleading

All posts View article on FAIR's website Applause for Lunar Failure Follows Decades of Space Program Cheerleading Karl Grossman   “In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon touched down on February 22,” the journal N…
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March 6, 2024 at 4:18 PM

'We Need to Separate Capitalism and Journalism'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Separate Capitalism and Journalism' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Victor Pickard on the crisis of journalism Janine Jackson interviewed U Penn's Victor Pickard about the crisis of journalism for the March 1,…
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March 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM

'What in the Slaughter of Palestinians Is So Important to the US?'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What in the Slaughter of Palestinians Is So Important to the US?' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Trita Parsi on Gaza assault Janine Jackson interviewed the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi about the Gaza assault for the F…
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March 4, 2024 at 9:53 PM

NYT Reported Japanese Internment as 'Pioneering Chapter in US History'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Reported Japanese Internment as 'Pioneering Chapter in US History' Jim Naureckas   The New York Times (3/24/42) covers Japanese internment: "Good Humor Prevails." On this day in 1942 (3/24/42), the New York Times reported on…
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March 1, 2024 at 10:44 PM

Crisis of Journalism...Gaza Assault

Crisis of Journalism...Gaza Assault Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: March 1, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. Y…
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March 1, 2024 at 8:34 PM

'Israeli violence is legitimized and Palestinian counter-violence is delegitimized'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Israeli violence is legitimized and Palestinian counter-violence is delegitimized' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Gaza assault   Janine Jackson interviewed Gregory Shupak about the Gaza assault for the…
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March 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM

Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240301.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: Years ago when media critics called atten…
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February 24, 2024 at 12:23 AM

Gag Rules... Gaze Update... 10/7 Friendly Fire....

Gag Rules... Gaze Update... 10/7 Friendly Fire.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: February 23, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on f…
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February 23, 2024 at 11:49 PM

Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7 Bryce Greene   Since October, the Israeli press has uncovered damning evidence showing that an untold number of the Israeli victims during the October 7 Hamas a…
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February 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM

Government Gag Rules Keep Vital Info From the Public

All posts View article on FAIR's website Government Gag Rules Keep Vital Info From the Public FAIR   Reporting on the government institution charged with saving us from the Covid pandemic was restricted enough to leave real holes in what we knew. The Centers for Disease C…
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February 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240223.mp3   Reuters (2/20/24) This week on CounterSpin: International h…
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February 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM

'Disenfranchised, Under-Resourced Populations Are Burdened with Enforcing Major Federal Regulation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Disenfranchised, Under-Resourced Populations Are Burdened with Enforcing Major Federal Regulation'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Ariel Adelman about disability and civil rights for the February 16, 2024, episode of …
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February 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM

Inequality... Media & Billionaires... Disability Rights....

Inequality... Media & Billionaires... Disability Rights.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: February 16, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been…
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February 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM

Baltimore’s Media Nightmare and the Billionairification of News

All posts View article on FAIR's website Baltimore’s Media Nightmare and the Billionairification of News Justine Barron   David D. Smith, leading stockholder of Sinclair, Inc., announced on January 15 that he was purchasing what is left of the Baltimore Sun, once regarded …
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February 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM

Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240216.mp3   CEPR (1/31/24) This week on CounterSpin: There’s an announcemen…
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February 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM

'It's Important to Focus on Big Companies Using the Cover of Inflation to Jack Up Prices'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Important to Focus on Big Companies Using the Cover of Inflation to Jack Up Prices' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Groundwork Collaborative's Rakeen Mabud about greedflation for the February 9, 2024, episode of…
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February 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Media That Benefit From Inequality Prefer to Talk About Other Things

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media That Benefit From Inequality Prefer to Talk About Other Things Conor Smyth   Chart: Washington Center for Equitable Growth (12/9/19) One of the defining features of contemporary US capitalism is rampant inequality. Though …
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February 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM

Vermin Metaphors... Greedflation... Parody Prosecution....

Vermin Metaphors... Greedflation... Parody Prosecution.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: February 9, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR has been worki…
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February 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM

At Northwestern U, Distributing a Parody Paper Gets You Threatened With Prison

All posts View article on FAIR's website At Northwestern U, Distributing a Parody Paper Gets You Threatened With Prison Janine Jackson   Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school’s paper, the Daily Northwestern, to …
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February 9, 2024 at 8:24 PM

In the Wake of Santos' Lies, Media Double Check Records of Potential Replacements

All posts View article on FAIR's website In the Wake of Santos' Lies, Media Double Check Records of Potential Replacements Karl Grossman   Following the scandal involving serial liar George Santos, there is a welcome push by some major media to conduct intensive research …
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February 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240209.mp3   Other Words (1/31/24) This week on CounterSpin: CNN host Dana Bash asked a …
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February 7, 2024 at 11:03 PM

'Texas Is Fighting for Its Right to Lay Concertina Wire'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Texas Is Fighting for Its Right to Lay Concertina Wire' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Texas Civil Rights Project's Aron Thorn about the Texas border standoff for the February 2, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This…
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February 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM

ACTION ALERT: Friedman's Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Friedman's Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda Jim Naureckas   New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman had a piece in the Point (2/2/24), an online Times feature the paper describes as "conversations a…
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February 2, 2024 at 11:49 PM

Gaza Op-Ed Study... Texas Border Standoff... Prison for Tax Whistleblower

Gaza Op-Ed Study... Texas Border Standoff... Prison for Tax Whistleblower Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: February 2, 2024 Here are the stories FAIR…
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February 2, 2024 at 8:35 PM

Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

All posts View article on FAIR's website Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison Ari Paul   Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in …
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February 2, 2024 at 4:34 PM

Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff

All posts View article on FAIR's website Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240202.mp3   Texas Tribune (1/22/24) This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court …
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February 2, 2024 at 1:34 AM

WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office Pete Tucker   When I became a journalist over 15 years ago, I did so to highlight the voices of activists—not top city officials. But things took an unexpected turn in 2014,…