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April 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM

Protest Coverage... Yemen Bombing... Section 230...

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April 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM

The Resistance Will Not Be Televised 

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Resistance Will Not Be Televised  Miranda C. Spencer   Waging Nonviolence (3/19/25) “Resistance is alive and well in the United States.” So declared the headline of a March 19 article on the nonprofit news site Waging Nonvio…

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April 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM

Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump's FCC

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April 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM

The Real Scandal of Yemen Bombing Is Not That They Used the Wrong App

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Real Scandal of Yemen Bombing Is Not That They Used the Wrong App Paul Hedreen   The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg (3/24/25) complained "the group was transmitting information to someone not authorized to receive it"—an odd cri…

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April 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM

'Momentum Is on the Side of the People Protesting on Behalf of Palestine'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Momentum Is on the Side of the People Protesting on Behalf of Palestine' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Mondoweiss's Michael Arria about Gaza "Power & Pushback" for the March 28, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This …

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April 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM

Stand Strong Against the Oligarchs 💪

Stand Strong Against the Oligarchs 💪 View this email in your browser   Stand Strong Against the Oligarchs 💪 Dear FAIR Friends,  We’re launching into spring with our seasonal fundraising appeal. Our…

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March 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM

With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools 

All posts View article on FAIR's website With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools  Julianne Tveten   Sen. Dick Durbin (Verge, 3/21/25): "I hope that for the sake of our nation’s kids, Congress finally acts.” In a move that threatens to c…

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March 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Ceasefire Broken... Journalists as Targets... Bob McChesney RIP...

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March 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Tufts Grad Student Targeted by DHS Wrote Suspiciously Pro-Humanity Op-Ed

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tufts Grad Student Targeted by DHS Wrote Suspiciously Pro-Humanity Op-Ed Ari Paul   Surveillance footage of Tufts grad student Rumeysa Ozturk being taken away by Homeland Security agents (Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/27/25). The jou…

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March 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback

All posts View article on FAIR's website Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250328.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Mondoweiss…

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March 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Publisher's Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning

All posts View article on FAIR's website Publisher's Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning Hank Kennedy   Jeff Danziger (1/20/25) “Watch your step,” says the soldier as he and a medic lead a hostage over a mound of corpses labeled “Over 40,000 Pal…

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March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy Jeff Cohen   Robert W. McChesney was a leading voice and a precious colleague in the battle for a more democratic media system, and a more democratic society. B…

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March 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat as US Media Look Away

All posts View article on FAIR's website Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat as US Media Look Away Belén Fernández   Hossam Shabat (Al Jazeera, 3/24/25): "“If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation f…

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March 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM

'A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Social Security Works' Nancy Altman about attacks on Social Security for the March 21, 2025, episode of…

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March 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Sanitizing Resumption of Genocide as 'Pressure on Hamas'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sanitizing Resumption of Genocide as 'Pressure on Hamas' Belén Fernández   The New York Times (3/21/25) reports the resumption of Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza as "pressure...to free more hostages." The New York Times produ…

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March 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM

DOGE... Social Security... Columbia....

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March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Elite Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia 

All posts View article on FAIR's website Elite Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia  Ari Paul   Explaining Columbia's capitulation, the Wall Street Journal (3/21/25) reported that "the school believed there was considerable overlap between needed campus cha…

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March 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM

'Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed historian David Perry about MAGA and disability for the March 14, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. …

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March 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM

Decades of Media Myths Made Social Security Vulnerable to Political Attack

All posts View article on FAIR's website Decades of Media Myths Made Social Security Vulnerable to Political Attack Paul Hedreen   As the hack-and-slash crusade of the "Department of Government Efficiency" picked up steam in early February, the Washington Post editorial b…

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March 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Nancy Altman on Social Security Attacks

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March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM

Leading Papers Give Two Cheers for DOGE

All posts View article on FAIR's website Leading Papers Give Two Cheers for DOGE Conor Smyth   Donald Trump is back in office. Tech mogul Elon Musk, now a senior adviser to the president, is helming a government advisory body with an acronym derived from a memecoin: DOGE …

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March 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM

In Return to 'War on Terror' Propaganda, Murdoch Cheers Suppression of Protest

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Return to 'War on Terror' Propaganda, Murdoch Cheers Suppression of Protest Ari Paul   Mahmoud Khalil (In These Times, 3/18/25): "At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all." The arrest and p…

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March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

"Owned"...Anti-Immigrant Panics...ADA

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March 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM

David Perry on MAGA & Disability, Kehsi Iman Wilson (2023) on ADA

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March 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Did Left Journalists Buy Into Right-Wing Ideology--or Were They Bought?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Did Left Journalists Buy Into Right-Wing Ideology--or Were They Bought? Ari Paul Owned (Hachette, 2025), by Eoin Higgins, traces the relationship between tech industry barons and two former left-wing journalists. Matt Taibbi, onc…

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March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM

'These Strikes Are a Good Example of Why We Shouldn't Just Succumb to Despair'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Strikes Are a Good Example of Why We Shouldn't Just Succumb to Despair' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Rutgers University's Eric Blanc about worker-to-worker organizing as a key force of resistance for the March 7…

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March 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM

US Media's Sorry History of Abetting Immigration Panics

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media's Sorry History of Abetting Immigration Panics Wilson Korik Donald Trump’s second presidential term has been underway for almost two months now, and every day brings headlines testifying to his determination to fulfil his …

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March 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM

"Free Speech"...No Other Land...Worker-to-Worker Organizing

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March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Media Obscure Message of Oscar-Winning Documentary <i>No Other Land</i>

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Obscure Message of Oscar-Winning Documentary No Other Land Raina Lipsitz   When No Other Land won this year’s Academy Award for best documentary feature, corporate media outlets didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet. Seve…

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March 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Eric Blanc on Worker-to-Worker Organizing

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March 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM

MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors

All posts View article on FAIR's website MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors Luca GoldMansour   Dave Zirin (The Nation, 2/28/25): "MSNBC’s programming is now politically monochromatic—and moving as far to the right as the Democratic Party will allow." At a tim…

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March 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM

'If Energy Transfer Prevails, This Could Really Embolden Other Corporations'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'If Energy Transfer Prevails, This Could Really Embolden Other Corporations' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed EarthRights International's Kirk Herbertson about Big Oil's lawsuit against Greenpeace for the February 28, 2025…

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March 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Trump's Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump's Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some Jim Naureckas   In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow note that the Western notion of freedom derives from the Roman legal tradition, in w…

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February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM

To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo

All posts View article on FAIR's website To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo Pete Tucker   Elon Musk (X, 2/26/25) gives his seal of approval to the new univocal Washington Post. “Bravo, Jeff Bezos!” That was the congratulatory message Elon Musk posted…

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February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM

'Millionaires, Corporations? They're Not Going to H&R Block':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Millionaires, Corporations? They're Not Going to H&R Block': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Color of Change's Portia Allen-Kyle about predatory tax preparers for the February 21, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Kirk Herbertson on Big Oil's Lawsuit Against Environmentalism

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February 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Corporate Media Offer Excuses for 'Powerless' Democrats

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Offer Excuses for 'Powerless' Democrats Julie Hollar   As oligarchs Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives i…

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February 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM

FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment

All posts View article on FAIR's website FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment Ari Paul   Deadline (1/22/25) noted that the last FCC chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, dismissed the complaints Brendan Carr reinstated because "they seek to weaponize the licensing authority o…

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February 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM

NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile 

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile  Raina Lipsitz   Michelle Goldberg (New York Times, 11/6/24): "Gone will be the hope of vindicating the country from Trumpism.... What’s left is the more modest work of trying to ameliora…

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February 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM

'We Have a Widespread Failure to Properly Name This Plan for Ethnic Cleansing

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Have a Widespread Failure to Properly Name This Plan for Ethnic Cleansing Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the University of Guelph-Humber's Gregory Shupak about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine for the February 21,…

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February 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Israel's Ethnic Cleansing... 'Gulf of America'... Bezos & Musk....

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February 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Covering Attack on USAID as if Constitutional Restraints Were Up for Debate

All posts View article on FAIR's website Covering Attack on USAID as if Constitutional Restraints Were Up for Debate Luca GoldMansour   NBC News (2/4/25) put Trump's unconstitutional attack on USAID in a Cold War frame. Are the corporate media outlets reporting on Dona…

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February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Gregory Shupak on Palestine Ethnic Cleansing, Portia Allen-Kyle on Tax Unfairness

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gregory Shupak on Palestine Ethnic Cleansing, Portia Allen-Kyle on Tax Unfairness CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250221.mp3 Right-click here to downlo…

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February 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name Gregory Shupak   News outlets often preferred euphemisms like "displacing" or "resettling" to the more accurate "ethnic cleansing, as in this CBC headline (2/4/25). Earlier this …

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February 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM

ADL's Stats Twist Israel's Critics Into Antisemites

All posts View article on FAIR's website ADL's Stats Twist Israel's Critics Into Antisemites Nora Lester Murad   Media outlets continue to print headlines about antisemitism based on Anti-Defamation League statistics known to be faulty and politicized. In doing so, they gr…

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February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM

The World’s Richest People Look Out for Each Other:

All posts View article on FAIR's website The World’s Richest People Look Out for Each Other: Pete Tucker   The wrap WaPo rejected. The Washington Post won’t say why it cancelled a six-figure ad buy calling for Elon Musk to be fired, but it’s likely the same reason the …

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February 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM

What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy Ari Paul   Selling "freedom fries" at the Nebraska state fair in 2004 (Creative Commons photo: E Egan). If you are younger than 30, you probably don’t remember there was a time in th…

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February 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Musk Coup... Captives Released... Healthcare Study....

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February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM

AP Describes Musk's Coup as 'Penchant for Dabbling'

All posts View article on FAIR's website AP Describes Musk's Coup as 'Penchant for Dabbling' Janine Jackson   AP (2/4/25) concludes with Elon Musk describing his government takeover as a card game: "If we don’t take advantage of this best hand of cards, it’s never going…

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February 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM

WaPo Provides Cover for Musk's Government Takeover

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Provides Cover for Musk's Government Takeover Pete Tucker   Adam Johnson (Column, 2/3/25): "The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN ran with the framing that 'DOGE' was some good-faith, post-ideological effort to 'cut co…

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