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January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM

ICE Clampdown... Don Lemon Arrest... Iran Unrest....

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January 30, 2026 at 11:15 PM

Lemon Arrest Shows Being Near Protesters Can Make You an Enemy of the State

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lemon Arrest Shows Being Near Protesters Can Make You an Enemy of the State Ari Paul   “Two of the five protesters were not protestors at all," Judge Patrick Schiltz wrote (Politico, 1/30/26). "There is no evidence that those two…

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January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM

'There's an Attack on Racial Equity Analysis Because They Feel It Changes the Conversation':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's an Attack on Racial Equity Analysis Because They Feel It Changes the Conversation': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, abo…

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January 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM

Beyond Corporate Media, Journalists Are Stepping Up and Speaking Up About ICE

All posts View article on FAIR's website Beyond Corporate Media, Journalists Are Stepping Up and Speaking Up About ICE Janine Jackson   CBS News (1/24/26) does not mean to imply that Alex Pretti's death had anything to do with a shooting that coincidentally involved imm…

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January 30, 2026 at 7:40 PM

Social Media Working to Protect ICE Clampdown in Minneapolis

All posts View article on FAIR's website Social Media Working to Protect ICE Clampdown in Minneapolis Ari Paul   Mark Zuckerberg (Politico, 8/26/24) regrets caving in to the wrong White House. There was a time, not terribly long ago, when the right claimed that the big…

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January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM

Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance

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January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM

US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel's Role in It

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel's Role in It Belén Fernández   Reuters (1/14/26): "Asked what he meant by 'help is on its way,' Trump told reporters they would have to figure that out." When protests aga…

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January 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM

WaPo So Worried About Deficit It Wants to Increase Pentagon Budget by Half

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo So Worried About Deficit It Wants to Increase Pentagon Budget by Half Conor Smyth   Left out of the Washington Post's deficits chart (1/11/26): 1943 (26.9% of GDP), 2009 (9.8%), 2020 (14.7%), etc. The Washington Post editor…

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January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM

After Trump Declared Gaza War 'Over,' Media Lost Interest

All posts View article on FAIR's website After Trump Declared Gaza War 'Over,' Media Lost Interest Julie Hollar   Since President Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted. In…

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January 27, 2026 at 9:58 PM

With US's Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause

All posts View article on FAIR's website With US's Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause Olivia Riggio   Johns Hopkins' US Measles Tracker. Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. This was a major public health milestone…

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January 23, 2026 at 11:35 PM

Venezuela Euphemism... WaPo Raid... Kalaallit Nunaat....

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January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM

As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources Drew Favakeh   The New York Times published a seven-day series of editorials (12/8/25–12/14/25) meant to examine, as the initial piece put it,…

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January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM

'We're Looking to Save News for the Folks in Pittsburgh':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We're Looking to Save News for the Folks in Pittsburgh': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Newspaper Guild–CWA's Jon Schleuss about the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette shutdown for the January 16, 2026, episode of CounterSpi…

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January 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026

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January 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM

'We're Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We're Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity': Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Detention Watch Network's Setareh Ghandehari about ICE violence for the January 16, 2026, episode of CounterSpin…

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January 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM

An Inside View of Why NYT's Trans Coverage Has Been So Bad

All posts View article on FAIR's website An Inside View of Why NYT's Trans Coverage Has Been So Bad Julie Hollar   Trans News Network (1/1/26): Billie Jean Sweeney, a former New York Times editor, "witnessed the highest echelons of the paper's management increasingly pu…

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January 22, 2026 at 12:40 AM

Recentering the Debate Over 'Greenland' Begins With Calling Kalaallit Nunaat by Its Actual Name

All posts View article on FAIR's website Recentering the Debate Over 'Greenland' Begins With Calling Kalaallit Nunaat by Its Actual Name Jim Naureckas   New York Times (1/14/26): "Greenlanders are trying to insert themselves into the discussions about their future befor…

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January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM

All Bezos' Groveling Didn't Stop Trump's FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter's Home

All posts View article on FAIR's website All Bezos' Groveling Didn't Stop Trump's FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter's Home Pete Tucker   Hannah Natanson wrote in the Washington Post (12/24/25) about having "1,169 contacts on Signal, all current or former federal employee…

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January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Labeling Kidnapping a 'Capture,' Media Legitimate Violation of International Law

All posts View article on FAIR's website Labeling Kidnapping a 'Capture,' Media Legitimate Violation of International Law Gregory Shupak   By using words like "arrest" (BBC, 1/3/26) and "capture," media evoke a framing where the "good guys" and "bad guys" are preordaine…

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January 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM

Fear of Democracy... Venezuela Nonreporting... ICE Violence....

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January 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM

I Wish I'd Been Wrong About What 'Control of the Border' Would Look Like

All posts View article on FAIR's website I Wish I'd Been Wrong About What 'Control of the Border' Would Look Like Jim Naureckas In 2010 (5/3/10), I responded to a Ross Douthat column (5/3/10) calling for the federal government to "do its job" by “regain[ing] contr…

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January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM

'People in Venezuela Can Oppose the Government But Still Reject US Intervention':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People in Venezuela Can Oppose the Government But Still Reject US Intervention': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed CODEPINK's Michelle Ellner about the US invasion of Venezuela for the January 9, 2026, episode of Counter…

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January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM

Thank you!

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January 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM

Setareh Ghandehari on ICE Violence, Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh Paper Shutdown

All posts View article on FAIR's website Setareh Ghandehari on ICE Violence, Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh Paper Shutdown CounterSpin   Fox 9 (1/15/26) This week on CounterSpin:  Headlines today on January 15: “North Minneapolis ICE shooting: Children Hospitalized After F…

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January 14, 2026 at 10:56 PM

'A Tribe of Rebels, People Who Struggle, Those Are the Stories That Rarely Get Heard'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A Tribe of Rebels, People Who Struggle, Those Are the Stories That Rarely Get Heard' Janine Jackson   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin260102.mp3   Janine Jackson: Welcome to The Bes…

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January 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM

What Scares Establishment Media Most Is Not Socialism But Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website What Scares Establishment Media Most Is Not Socialism But Democracy Raina Lipsitz   The New York Times (11/4/25) explains that Zohran Mamdani won the mayor's race by "delicately disarming" New York City's "all-powerful establishm…

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January 13, 2026 at 9:34 PM

ACTION ALERT: Why Didn't NYT, WaPo Report What They Knew About Venezuelan Invasion?

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Why Didn't NYT, WaPo Report What They Knew About Venezuelan Invasion? Drew Favakeh   Semafor (1/3/26): "The decision...to hold the news reflected the time-honored deference that some major news outlets afford the Wh…

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January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM

'You Cannot Change a Reality That You Cannot Name':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You Cannot Change a Reality That You Cannot Name': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, co-founder of the African-American Policy Forum, about anti-Blackness for the December 26, 2025, episode of …

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January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM

Media Baffled by Wheelchair 'Miracles' Because They Don't Understand Disability

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Baffled by Wheelchair 'Miracles' Because They Don't Understand Disability Justine Barron   "There’s typically no request for proof of a disability" from people who request wheelchairs at an airport, the Wall Street Journal …

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January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM

Venezuela Invasion... Renee Good Murder... Missing Billionaires....

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January 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM

The First Amendment Allows You to Report Things the Government Doesn't Want Reported

All posts View article on FAIR's website The First Amendment Allows You to Report Things the Government Doesn't Want Reported Jim Naureckas GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Washington Post, 1/8/26) called reporting basic information about a top military official "dishonorabl…

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January 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM

Think You Saw State-Sanctioned Murder? You Failed Media's 'Rorschach Test'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Think You Saw State-Sanctioned Murder? You Failed Media's 'Rorschach Test' Janine Jackson   Moments before the murder of Rachel Good by federal secret police (X, 1/7/26). Millions have seen the video, but some reports suggest th…

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January 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM

Michelle Ellner on Venezuela Invasion

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January 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM

Billionaire's Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires

All posts View article on FAIR's website Billionaire's Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires Jim Naureckas   The Washington Post (1/1/26) illustrates an article on why states should worry about taxing billionaire's wealth with a photo of Peter Thi…

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January 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM

'These Two Powerful Corporations Have a Shared Interest in Trying to Bust This Union':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Two Powerful Corporations Have a Shared Interest in Trying to Bust This Union': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed historian Derek Seidman about the Starbucks strike for the December 19, 2025, episode of CounterSpin…

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January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM

'Is It Worth Running a Race Where the Prize Is Some Dystopian Future?':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Is It Worth Running a Race Where the Prize Is Some Dystopian Future?': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Food and Water Watch's Mitch Jones about artificial intelligence versus the environment for the December 19, 2025, …

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January 6, 2026 at 9:25 PM

Editorial Boards Cheer Trump Doctrine in Venezuela

All posts View article on FAIR's website Editorial Boards Cheer Trump Doctrine in Venezuela Ari Paul   “History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain allegedly quipped. On January 3, 1990, Panamanian Commander Manuel Noriega surrendered to US forces, who…

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January 2, 2026 at 3:21 PM

Best of CounterSpin 2025

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December 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM

New Year, Same Fight

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December 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2025

All posts View article on FAIR's website Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2025 Jim Naureckas Here's the ten posts that got the most views on FAIR.org in 2025: As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media (Ari Paul, 9/19/25) ACTION ALERT: Snopes Thinks Kirk Was Kidd…

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December 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM

Final stretch: Begin 2026 ready to fight for truth!

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December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Kimberle Crenshaw on Anti-Blackness

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December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM

The antidote to misinformation

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December 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM

Bondi Beach... Rebranding Genocide... Starbucks Strike....

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December 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM

'You Have a Double Standard About Which Populations Are Considered Roulette Chips'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You Have a Double Standard About Which Populations Are Considered Roulette Chips' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Popular Information's Judd Legum and Citations Needed's Adam Johnson about gambling on the news for the …

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December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM

FCC Fights First Amendment and 'Democracy Itself'

All posts View article on FAIR's website FCC Fights First Amendment and 'Democracy Itself' Janine Jackson   Variety (12/17/25): FCC chair Brendan Carr "suggested that he was simply holding broadcasters to a legally required 'public interest standard' when he...threatene…

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December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Nonprofits Purge Websites of Diversity Language in Futile Attempt to Appease MAGA Inquisitors

All posts View article on FAIR's website Nonprofits Purge Websites of Diversity Language in Futile Attempt to Appease MAGA Inquisitors Janine Jackson   ProPublica (12/17/25) offered examples of mission statements revised to avoid suggestions of supporting diversity, equ…

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December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Derek Seidman on Starbucks Strike, Mitch Jones on AI vs. Environment

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December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM

The Gaza Genocide Continues, Rebranded as a 'Ceasefire'

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Gaza Genocide Continues, Rebranded as a 'Ceasefire' Robin Andersen     Dalia Abu Ramadan (ScheerPost (12/5/25): "The occupation has convinced the world that the bloodshed in Gaza has stopped, while in reality families are sti…

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December 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Pundits Blame Sydney Slaughter on Protest Slogan

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pundits Blame Sydney Slaughter on Protest Slogan Ari Paul   For David Frum (Atlantic, 12/14/25) "people who dress up like Hamas terrorists"—that is to say, like Palestinians, by wearing keffiyehs—"are not merely opining. They are…

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