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Mamdani vs. Wealthy... Caricaturing El-Sayed... Dissent as 'Terrorism'....

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September 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM

NY Post Makes Up Horror Stories About Wealthy Fleeing Mamdani

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September 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM

Samer Araabi on Dissent as 'Terrorism'

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September 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM

'Medicare for All Is a System That Can Absolutely Be Built in the US':

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September 2, 2026 at 3:41 PM

Is He a Jihadist? A Commie? Cartoonists Can't Decide How to Smear El-Sayed

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September 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM

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August 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM

Corporate Media Worried Second Homes of ‘Blue-Collar’ Millionaires Might Be Taxed

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August 31, 2026 at 5:51 PM

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August 28, 2026 at 10:49 PM

Trump Censorship... Abolishing ICE... Medicare for All....

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August 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM

Abolish ICE? Perish the Thought, Says Press

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August 28, 2026 at 3:38 PM

Abdullah Shihipar on Medicare for All

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August 26, 2026 at 11:12 PM

'They Only Care About Women’s Rights When It Becomes Important to Justify the War':

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August 26, 2026 at 7:22 PM

Networks Were Ordered to Stop Filming Trump—and They Didn’t Protest the Illegal Censorship

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August 24, 2026 at 3:34 PM

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August 21, 2026 at 10:44 PM

Ro Khanna... 'Saving' Colombia... SWANA Life....

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August 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM

'Actual Violence Against Muslims Can’t Help But Be Exacerbated by Islamophobes in Media'

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August 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM

NYT Reduces Israel's Arrest of Ro Khanna to a Politician's Publicity Stunt  

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August 21, 2026 at 6:47 PM

'The Facts Have Paramount Nervous'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Facts Have Paramount Nervous' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Jessica Gonzalez about the Paramount/Warner attempted merger for the August 14, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tran…

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August 21, 2026 at 4:05 PM

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August 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM

A Look at Arab and Persian Life in NYC Puts the Right in a Panic

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August 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM

Media Find a New Man Who Will 'Save' Colombia—de la Espriella Style

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August 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM

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August 14, 2026 at 10:56 PM

DSA Conspiracy... Facebook Hate... Paramount Merger....

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August 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM

Corporate Media Portray DSA’s Grassroots Organizing as a Sinister Conspiracy

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August 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM

ACTUP NY Turns Down Newsweek's Invitation to Denounce Solidarity With Palestine

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August 14, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Jessica Gonzalez on Paramount Merger, Isabel MacDonald and Steve Rendall (2008) on Islamophobia

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August 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM

Fuhrerbook: How Meta Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Far Right

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August 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM

'There Should Never Be Losers and Winners When It Comes to Food'

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August 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM

When Is a Victory 'Stunning'? When It 'Shows the Limits of the Left'

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August 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM

Attacks on El-Sayed...Fanning the Fauci Flames...Food Aid Cuts..

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August 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM

Carbon Copy Editorials Against El-Sayed

All posts View article on FAIR's website Carbon Copy Editorials Against El-Sayed Ari Paul The Washington Post (8/5/26) wrote that El-Sayed "carries heavy baggage into the general election"—and cited four policy positions that are all supported by a majority of voters. …

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August 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM

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August 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM

Press Opinion Treats US Devastation of Cuba as Reason for More Devastation

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August 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM

Fanning the Fauci Flames for Republicans

All posts View article on FAIR's website Fanning the Fauci Flames for Republicans Ari Paul   Somehow the New York Post (7/30/26) didn't find it as shocking when Donald Trump took the Fifth Amendment more than 400 times during an investigation into fraudulent business pr…

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August 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM

'This decision Is an Erasure of Black Political Power Unlike Anything We've Seen in Our Lifetimes':

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August 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM

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July 31, 2026 at 10:15 PM

Ross Douthat on '60 Minutes'...NYC Stabbings...Black Voting Barriers...

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July 31, 2026 at 9:41 PM

The 'Rigor' and 'Empathy' Ross Douthat Will Bring to 60 Minutes

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July 31, 2026 at 3:07 PM

Vincent Southerland on Black Voting Barriers

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July 29, 2026 at 4:02 PM

'What Was Criminalized Here Is Dissent, Not Terrorism' 

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What Was Criminalized Here Is Dissent, Not Terrorism'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed writer, organizer and minister Dorothee Benz about the Prairieland trial for the July 24, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a l…

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July 28, 2026 at 8:53 PM

In NYC Stabbings, Only Some Victims and Narratives Matter

All posts View article on FAIR's website In NYC Stabbings, Only Some Victims and Narratives Matter Ari Paul A New York Times story (7/24/26) about the stabbing of two men—one Asian, one Jewish—includes the word "Asian" twice and the word "Jewish" 24 times. The nonfatal…

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July 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM

Dorothee Benz on Prairieland Protest Case

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July 23, 2026 at 6:42 PM

NYT's Embarrassing Anti-DSA Meltdown

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July 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Prairieland Was a Test, and Corporate Media Failed

All posts View article on FAIR's website Prairieland Was a Test, and Corporate Media Failed Dorothee Benz It was hard to find urgent headlines like the Intercept's (6/26/26) in corporate media after Prairieland protesters were sentenced to decades in prison. “Thirty-Ye…

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July 21, 2026 at 7:15 PM

'We Need ICE Out of Our Streets':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need ICE Out of Our Streets': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the National Police Accountability Project's Lauren Bonds about murders by ICE agents for the July 17, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly ed…

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July 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM

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July 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM

Lindsey Graham... Venezuela Quakes... ICE Murders....

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July 17, 2026 at 10:14 PM

Remembering Lindsey Graham Not for the Evil He Did But for the Fun He Had Doing It

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July 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM

'This War Was Illegal, Period, Full Stop':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This War Was Illegal, Period, Full Stop': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis about the costs of the Iran War for the July 10, 2026, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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July 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM

Lauren Bonds on ICE Murders

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