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September 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Charlie Kirk... CBS Moves Right... Venezuelan Boat....

Charlie Kirk... CBS Moves Right... Venezuelan Boat.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 12, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working…
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September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM

Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA's Culture of Violence

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA's Culture of Violence Ari Paul The Atlantic's Graeme Wood (9/11/25) expressed doubt that "this disgusting scene of high-definition murder...will restore the moral senses of all those who have hithert…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM

When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests Pete Tucker   Thousands of people marching against the military occupation of our nation's capital (Washington Post, 9/6/25) was not a news story to the New York…
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September 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault

All posts View article on FAIR's website Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250912.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Imag…
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September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM

'Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Defend Public Health's Elizabeth Jacobs about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and public health for the September 5, 2025, episode o…
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September 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM

CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television

All posts View article on FAIR's website CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television Saurav Sarkar   Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that Face the Nation (8/31/25) “shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth” because it cut out what AP…
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September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM

Imagining a Better Future

Imagining a Better Future View this email in your browser   Imagining a Better Future Dear FAIR Friend,    It’s the second week of our fall fundraiser, and we’re working to reach a $25,000 goal. We …
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September 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Deportation... Genocide Scholars... RFK Jr....

Deportation... Genocide Scholars... RFK Jr.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 5, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for t…
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September 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM

'Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Green America's Cathy Cowan Becker about insurance and climate disasters for the August 29, 2025, episode of…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health

All posts View article on FAIR's website Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250905.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").…
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September 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM

NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It Saurav Sarkar   The Washington Post's headline (9/1/25) on the IAGS resolution didn't mince words--though it did get Israel calling the resolution "disgraceful"…
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September 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Media Dance Around Illegality of Trump's Third-Country Deportation Scheme

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Dance Around Illegality of Trump's Third-Country Deportation Scheme Belén Fernández   Back in March, 29-year-old Maryland man Kilmar Ábrego García—a Salvadoran native who had lived and worked in the United States for nearly h…
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September 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Help Us Shed Light on the Truth!

Help Us Shed Light on the Truth! View this email in your browser   Help Us Shed Light on the Truth! Dear FAIR Family, We are living in scary times for anyone who values freedom of speech, dissent, …
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August 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Starvation in Gaza... DC Occupation... Gavin Newsom....

Starvation in Gaza... DC Occupation... Gavin Newsom.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: August 29, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working o…
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August 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM

More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage Shirlynn Chan   International human rights organizations have pleaded with governments to oppose Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza for the better part of th…
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August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM

The Miami Herald's Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Miami Herald's Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba Reed Lindsay     This story was written in collaboration with Belly of the Beast, an independent outlet that covers Cuba and US/Cuba relations. The Miami Heral…
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August 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers' Voices

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers' Voices CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250829.mp3 Right-click h…
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August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM

Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump? Raina Lipsitz   NBC News (8/21/25): "the Democratic Party’s base above all else is itching for a fighter to take on Trump and the GOP"—but can Newsom "overcom…
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August 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM

WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters' Vital Work on DC Occupation

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters' Vital Work on DC Occupation Pete Tucker     When the Washington Post (8/20/25) asked 604 DC residents about Trump's takeover, Post editors didn't like what they said, so they to…
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August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM

On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires

All posts View article on FAIR's website On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires The Public Source Editorial Committee On Sunday, August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement: After 674 days of barring foreign media from Gaz…
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August 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM

'The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Joseph Torres about the FCC and structural racism for the August 22, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. Th…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM

When Israel Kills Reporters... Trump & TikTok... Brazil Tariffs....

When Israel Kills Reporters... Trump & TikTok... Brazil Tariffs.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: August 22, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR ha…
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August 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel's Murder of Palestinian Journalists

All posts View article on FAIR's website Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel's Murder of Palestinian Journalists Emma Lucia Llano   In his last dispatch for Al Jazeera (8/10/25), journalist Anas al-Sharif reported, "For the past two hours, the Israeli aggressi…
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August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250822.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...")…
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August 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM

How NYT's Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump's Tariffs on Brazil

All posts View article on FAIR's website How NYT's Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump's Tariffs on Brazil Brian Mier   The New York Times (9/26/22) has long argued that Brazil's attempts to hold coup plotters accountable are themselves undemocratic--a storyline Donald T…
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August 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM

NYT Complains Trump Isn't Anti-Media <i>Enough</i>

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Complains Trump Isn't Anti-Media Enough Ari Paul   A New York Times editorial (8/8/25) insisted that an anti-TikTok law "did not target speech based on its content, function or purpose"—but in fact congressional opponents ar…
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August 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM

'It's Really a Full-On Attack on the Voting Rights Act':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Really a Full-On Attack on the Voting Rights Act': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Mother Jones' Ari Berman about the erasure of the Voting Rights Act for the August 15, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…
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August 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day Janine Jackson   Common Dreams (8/12/25) noted that "many Americans are persuaded by persistent claims that crime is rising, even when they are not." Trump has commandeer…
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August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM

AI Job Loss...Trump Occupies DC...Voting Rights Erasure...

AI Job Loss...Trump Occupies DC...Voting Rights Erasure... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: August 15, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been workin…
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August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250815.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Mothe…
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August 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Trump Occupying DC: WaPo Used to Be Disgusted

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump Occupying DC: WaPo Used to Be Disgusted Pete Tucker   The Washington Post's Marc Fisher (8/12/25) envisions "a a scenario in which [Trump's] dramatic takeover of the nation’s capital and his pronouncement that he will mirac…
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August 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM

'People Don't Know the Deep Inequities Baked Into the Tipped Wage':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Don't Know the Deep Inequities Baked Into the Tipped Wage': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the CHAAD Project's Raeghn Draper about tipped workers for the August 8, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…
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August 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM

AI Job Loss Hype Could Serve as Smokescreen for Trump Recession

All posts View article on FAIR's website AI Job Loss Hype Could Serve as Smokescreen for Trump Recession Conor Smyth Layoffs are scary. They are also rampant. Over the last 25 years, somewhere in the range of 1.5 to 2 million people lost their jobs in a typical month as a…
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August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM

'DC's Not Making Money Here, DC Is Paying Billions':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'DC's Not Making Money Here, DC Is Paying Billions': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed reporter Pete Tucker about the DC stadium deal for the August 8, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.   …
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August 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM

NYT 'Genocide' Discussion...NYC Shooting...Tipped Workers....

NYT 'Genocide' Discussion...NYC Shooting...Tipped Workers.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: August 8, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been work…
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August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium

All posts View article on FAIR's website Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250808.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save …
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August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM

'The fact that it's happening Shouldn't Be a Surprise': &nbsp;

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The fact that it's happening Shouldn't Be a Surprise':   Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR contributor Ari Paul about genocide in Gaza for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcrip…
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August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM

'Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Scout Katovich about forced institutionalization of poor and disabled people for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This…
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August 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM

NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference Ari Paul   Omer Bartov (New York Times, 7/15/25): "Israel’s actions could be understood only as the implementation of the expressed intent to make the Gaza S…
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August 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani Raina Lipsitz   The New York Times (7/30/25) reported that Zohran Mamdani was "facing growing criticism for his absence overseas"—discovering a new rule that m…
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August 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Gaza Famine... WSJ vs. Mamdani... Criminalizing Poverty....

Gaza Famine... WSJ vs. Mamdani... Criminalizing Poverty.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: August 1, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been workin…
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August 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM

For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes Jim Naureckas   "What Will Chris Smalls Do Next?" asked New York (7/16/22). Apparently it didn't like the answer. US media know who Chris Smalls is. The New York…
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August 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM

'Everything Makes Sense if You Get That Most of the MAGA Base Are Members of a Cult'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Everything Makes Sense if You Get That Most of the MAGA Base Are Members of a Cult' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Hartmann Report's Thom Hartmann about Jeffrey Epstein and the MAGA movement for the July 25, 2025,…
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August 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Forced Institutionalization

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Forced Institutionalization CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250801.mp3 Right-click here to download thi…
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July 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump's Reconciliation Bill

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump's Reconciliation Bill Shirlynn Chan   President Donald Trump on July 4 signed into law an omnibus reconciliation bill, branded in MAGA propaganda (and much of corporate media) as the "Bi…
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July 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM

WSJ Ran 10 Op-Eds in One Week to Try to Take Down Mamdani

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Ran 10 Op-Eds in One Week to Try to Take Down Mamdani Emma Llano   New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, despite corporate media’s best attempts to discr…
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July 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation Julie Hollar   Even as media report more regularly on starvation in Gaza, coverage still tends to obscure responsibility—as with this CNN headline (7/…
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July 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM

CBS Sell Out... Epstein & MAGA... Iran Opinions....

CBS Sell Out... Epstein & MAGA... Iran Opinions.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: July 25, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on …
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July 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM

America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran

All posts View article on FAIR's website America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran Bryce Greene In the four days of coverage after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran (6/21–24/25), the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal…
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July 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM

'People Don't Want to Be Complicit in War Crimes':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Don't Want to Be Complicit in War Crimes': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Iman Abid about the economy of genocide for the July 18, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…