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June 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM

NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage Ari Paul   The New York Times (12/2/19) apparently doesn't think Greta Thunberg is an icon Gaza desperately needs. When Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was fighting for climate jus…
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June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM

Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread

All posts View article on FAIR's website Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread Julie Hollar   New York Times promo for an upcoming podcast on how "medical treatment for transgender young people, and how the care got pulled into a political fig…
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June 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM

'Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed guitarist Tom Morello about music as protest for the May 30, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.bl…
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June 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign

All posts View article on FAIR's website Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign Gregory Shupak   In The Political Economy of Human Rights (South End Press, 1979), Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman argued that the American ruling class and corporate media regard blood…
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June 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Support Fiercely Independent Media

Support Fiercely Independent Media View this email in your browser   Support Fiercely Independent Media! Dear FAIR Friend,  As the Trump administration’s attacks on the First Amendment intensify, …
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May 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Embassy Shooting... Trans Athletes... Tom Morello....

Embassy Shooting... Trans Athletes... Tom Morello.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: May 30, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for…
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May 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices  

All posts View article on FAIR's website Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices   Olivia Riggio   The New York Times (5/28/25) gave the last word to a Trump official who framed trans participation in high school sports as "violating women…
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May 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM

'Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed independent journalist Bryce Covert about Medicaid work requirements for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. …
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May 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Tom Morello on Music as Protest

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tom Morello on Music as Protest CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250530.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Tom Morel…
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May 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM

'The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Erin in the Morning's Erin Reed about transgender care "questions" for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpi…
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May 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM

NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack Ari Paul   Ken Klippenstein (Substack, 5/22/25) published a statement, ostensibly from embassy shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez, "citing the war in Gaza as its central grievance and f…
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May 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Israel vs. Journalism... Democracy Warnings... Trans Care 'Questions'....

Israel vs. Journalism... Democracy Warnings... Trans Care 'Questions'.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: May 23, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has…
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May 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM

An 'Objective' Press Won't Alert You to Threats to Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website An 'Objective' Press Won't Alert You to Threats to Democracy Jim Naureckas   Natasha Lennard (Intercept (5/20/25): "News organizations should...have long ago stopped affording the Trump administration such credulous coverage." A…
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May 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM

'I'm Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'I'm Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed UNRWA USA's Mara Kronenfeld about Israel's aid blockade for the May 16, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…
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May 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care 'Questions'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care 'Questions' CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250523.mp3 Right-click here to download this epi…
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May 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM

NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism's Worst Enemy

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism's Worst Enemy Ari Paul   New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger (5/13/25) says the press should ask itself, "Were we open-minded enough to unexpected facts?" It's a…
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May 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM

Weaponized Famine... Human Shields... Crypto Corruption....

Weaponized Famine... Human Shields... Crypto Corruption.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: May 16, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working …
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May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM

How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don't Have to Give a Damn

All posts View article on FAIR's website How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don't Have to Give a Damn Janine Jackson   The World Health Organization (5/12/25) "calls for the protection of health care and for an immediate end to the aid blockade, which is starvi…
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May 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM

'This Budget Would Give Polluters the Green Light'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Budget Would Give Polluters the Green Light' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Biological Diversity's Ashley Nunes about the selloff of public lands for the May 9, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This i…
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May 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM

With Friends in Media, Brazil's Coffee Workers Don't Need Enemies

All posts View article on FAIR's website With Friends in Media, Brazil's Coffee Workers Don't Need Enemies Brian Mier   It seems like an odd moment for the US media to do a hit job on Brazil's coffee industry. Protective tariffs have been used since the 1800s in the US to…
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May 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's Aid Blockade

All posts View article on FAIR's website Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's Aid Blockade CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250516.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   …
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May 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM

'Crypto Is the Biggest Corruption Issue With Trump'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Crypto Is the Biggest Corruption Issue With Trump' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Bartlett Naylor about Trump's crypto grift for the May 9, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited trans…
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May 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM

One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That's Usually Blamed

All posts View article on FAIR's website One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That's Usually Blamed Gregory Shupak   Since the earliest days of the post–October 7 US/Israeli genocide in Gaza, corporate media outlets have claimed that Hamas uses P…
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May 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM

Spanish Blackout... Taibbi vs. FAIR... Trump Crypto Grift...

Spanish Blackout... Taibbi vs. FAIR... Trump Crypto Grift... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: May 9, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working …
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May 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM

'Black History Is American History':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Black History Is American History': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the African American Policy Forum's Tanya Clay House about erasing history for the May 2, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited trans…
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May 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift, Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bartlett Naylor on Meme Coin Grift, Ashley Nunes on Public Land Selloff CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250509.mp3 Right-click here to download this ep…
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May 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM

'Our Position on Palestine Is Not Fringe':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Our Position on Palestine Is Not Fringe': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed CODEPINK's Danaka Katovich about attacks on activists for the May 2, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https:/…
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May 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Jumping to Blame Renewables for Iberian Outage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jumping to Blame Renewables for Iberian Outage Ari Paul   The world doesn’t know yet what caused the dramatic power outage on the Iberian Peninsula (BBC, 4/28/25). Nevertheless, the right-wing press both in the US and Britain quick…
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May 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM

Taibbi Cites Government Attacks on Media to Defend Government Attacks on Media

All posts View article on FAIR's website Taibbi Cites Government Attacks on Media to Defend Government Attacks on Media Ari Paul   Ari Paul (FAIR.org, 4/25/25): "Going after public broadcasters is...part of the neo-fascist playbook authoritarian leaders around the world…
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May 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Free Speech...Healthcare Price Battles...Freedom to Learn

Free Speech...Healthcare Price Battles...Freedom to Learn Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: May 2, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on …
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May 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe

All posts View article on FAIR's website Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe Julie Hollar   Green Card–holding students are being abducted from the streets by agents of the state for attending protests and writing op-eds. News outlets are being investigated by the FCC …
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May 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM

Do Mob Wars Help Crime Victims?:

All posts View article on FAIR's website Do Mob Wars Help Crime Victims?: John Canham-Clyne   The Summit (Colo.) Daily (5/2/24) amplified the anxiety health consumers felt in the face of providers' and insurers' threats. This time last year, tens of thousands of people…
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May 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM

Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn, Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tanya Clay House on Freedom to Learn, Danaka Katovich on Attacks on Activists CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250502.mp3 Right-click here to download t…
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April 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM

'The Fact That She Had That Miscarriage Was Enough to Justify Arresting Her':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Fact That She Had That Miscarriage Was Enough to Justify Arresting Her': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Pregnancy Justice's Karen Thompson about criminalizing pregnancy for the April 25, 2025, episode of CounterSpi…
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April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM

'There's Never Been a More Blatant Corporate Incursion Into the Public Sector Than DOGE':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's Never Been a More Blatant Corporate Incursion Into the Public Sector Than DOGE': Janine Jackson         Janine Jackson interviewed the Revolving Door Project's Jeff Hauser about DOGE's infiltration for the April 25, 2025, …
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April 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM

One More Day!

One More Day! View this email in your browser   One More Day! Dear FAIR Friend, It's the last day of our April fund drive, and we need your help to push us toward our $30,000 goal. Can you help u…
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April 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM

Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar

All posts View article on FAIR's website Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar Ari Paul   Wikipedia editor Molly White told the Washington Post (4/25/25) that the Trump administration was “weaponizing laws to try to silence high-quality independent infor…
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April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Francis Obits... Gaza Starvation... Eliminating CPB....

Francis Obits... Gaza Starvation... Eliminating CPB.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: April 25, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on…
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April 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM

As Israel Openly Declares Starvation as a Weapon, Media Still Hesitate to Blame It for Famine

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Israel Openly Declares Starvation as a Weapon, Media Still Hesitate to Blame It for Famine Belén Fernández   Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted that Republican officials at Mar-a-Lago "expressed support…
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April 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM

'Yemen Has Been a Place the US Has Seen Fit to Bomb With Little Public Discussion':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Yemen Has Been a Place the US Has Seen Fit to Bomb With Little Public Discussion': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Institute for Policy Studies' Khury Petersen-Smith about Yemen distortions for the April 18, 2025, …
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April 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM

Cuts to PBS, NPR Part of Authoritarian Playbook

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cuts to PBS, NPR Part of Authoritarian Playbook Ari Paul   NPR CEO Katherine Maher (center) testifies in Congress against cuts to public broadcasting (NPR, 4/15/25). NPR (4/15/25) found itself having to write its own obituary re…
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April 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM

Jeff Hauser on DOGE, Karen Thompson on 'Fetal Personhood'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Hauser on DOGE, Karen Thompson on 'Fetal Personhood' CounterSpin   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250425.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   …
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April 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Politico Plays With Polling to Manufacture 'Trump-Resistance Fatigue'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Politico Plays With Polling to Manufacture 'Trump-Resistance Fatigue' Julie Hollar   Politico (4/16/25) finds "a disconnect between political elites"—i.e., its own subscribers—"and the electorate." A recent Politico article (4/1…
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April 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on Palestine

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on Palestine Ari Paul   Reuters not only had a stand-alone story (4/22/25) about Palestinians' response to Francis' death, but included his advocacy for Gaza in its main obituary (4/21/25). The obit…
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April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM

Time to Mobilize!

Time to Mobilize! View this email in your browser   Time to Mobilize! Dear FAIR Friend, We’re in the last full week of our spring fundraising appeal, and only about a third of the way to our $30,0…
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April 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM

Constitutional Crisis... Yemen Distortions... Erasing Jewish Protesters....

Constitutional Crisis... Yemen Distortions... Erasing Jewish Protesters.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: April 18, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR…
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April 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Lab Leak: The Official Conspiracy Theory That Still Gets You Credit as a Free Thinker

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lab Leak: The Official Conspiracy Theory That Still Gets You Credit as a Free Thinker Ari Paul Mike Gallagher (Wall Street Journal, 4/15/25) insists the "scientific elite...should have come clean about the pandemic’s laboratory o…
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April 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM

Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions

All posts View article on FAIR's website Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250418.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   …
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April 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Fox News Can't Admit Jewish Identity of Anti-Israel Protesters

All posts View article on FAIR's website Fox News Can't Admit Jewish Identity of Anti-Israel Protesters Wilson Korik   AP (3/13/25): "Demonstrators from [Jewish Voice for Peace] filled the lobby of Trump Tower...to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pr…
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April 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM

Failing to Rise to the Constitutional Crisis

All posts View article on FAIR's website Failing to Rise to the Constitutional Crisis Ari Paul   The Trump administration maintains that it can send people to overseas concentration camps with impunity  because "activist judges do not have the jurisdiction to seize cont…