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  FAIR · [email protected]
June 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM

Corporate Pundits Defend Academic Freedom From Protesters, Not Government

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Corporate Pundits Defend Academic Freedom From Protesters, Not Government Raina Lipsitz ([link removed]) Harper's October 2020: The Harper's Letter and Its Discontents The Harper's letter (7/7/20 ([link removed]) ) iden…
  FAIR · [email protected]
June 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM

40 years…and counting! Help power FAIR forward. ⏩

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** 40 years…and counting! Help power FAIR forward. ⏩ ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ Dear FAIR family, This month, we’re officially launching our …
  FAIR · [email protected]
June 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM

DC Mayor's Race... Data Centers... Iran War....

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June 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM

WaPo Tries Old Tricks to Smear DC's DSA-Backed Mayoral Candidate

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) WaPo Tries Old Tricks to Smear DC's DSA-Backed Mayoral Candidate Pete Tucker ([link removed]) I’d like to think it was a dare that prompted veteran Washington Post reporter Paul Schwartzman ([link removed]) to include Nick…
  FAIR · [email protected]
June 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM

'You Have This Assumption That It's Going to Be Easy to Overthrow the Iranian Government':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'You Have This Assumption That It's Going to Be Easy to Overthrow the Iranian Government': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed the Quincy Institute's Annelle Sheline about Iran War questions for the …
  FAIR · [email protected]
June 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM

Melissa Garriga on Data Centers

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Melissa Garriga on Data Centers CounterSpin ([link removed]) Subscribe: RSS ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as..."). CounterPunch: The Dark …
  FAIR · [email protected]
June 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM

40 years is no small feat! 🎂

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** 40 years is no small feat! 🎂 ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ Dear FAIR Family, This month officially marks FAIR’s 40th anniversary. A small, pr…
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May 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM

Mark Fuhrman... Iran War Questions... Cuba Intervention....

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May 29, 2026 at 7:41 PM

Fuhrman Left His Mark on Media

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Fuhrman Left His Mark on Media Ari Paul ([link removed]) NYT: Mark Fuhrman, Flawed Witness in O.J. Simpson Trial, Dies at 74 The New York Times' obituary (5/18/26 ([link removed]) ) for former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrma…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM

Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions CounterSpin ([link removed]) Subscribe: RSS ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as..."). New Republic: The…
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May 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM

'The US Has Been Intervening Very Heavily in Cuba Since 1960':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'The US Has Been Intervening Very Heavily in Cuba Since 1960': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Economic and Policy Research's Alex Main about the potential war on Cuba for the May 22…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 27, 2026 at 7:39 PM

'Education Is Dangerous Because It Encourages Students to Challenge What Those With Power Take for Granted':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'Education Is Dangerous Because It Encourages Students to Challenge What Those With Power Take for Granted': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed UT Austin's Karma Chávez about assaults on academic fr…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 22, 2026 at 10:18 PM

'Buffer Zones'... Land Theft Protests... Academic Freedom....

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May 22, 2026 at 9:48 PM

Media Twist Opposition to Land Theft Into Hatred of a Religion

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Media Twist Opposition to Land Theft Into Hatred of a Religion Ari Paul ([link removed]) NCR: Protesters outside churches call for Wuerl's resignation, church reform You did not have to be anti-Catholic to protest sexua…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM

Karma Chávez on Academic Freedom, Alex Main on War on Cuba?

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  FAIR · [email protected]
May 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM

'This Is the People's Game, and They Are Turning It Into the Plutocrats' Game':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'This Is the People's Game, and They Are Turning It Into the Plutocrats' Game': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed author Jules Boykoff about the World Cup and sportswashing for the May 15, 2026, ep…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM

'Buffer Zone' Is Media's Euphemism for Israeli Occupation

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'Buffer Zone' Is Media's Euphemism for Israeli Occupation Gregory Shupak ([link removed]) WSJ; Israel Wants to Retain Buffer Zone, Freedom of Action in Any Lebanon Cease-Fire Wall Street Journal (4/16/26 ([link removed]) ):…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 15, 2026 at 10:12 PM

Alex Jones... Met Gala... Media Matters v. FTC....

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  FAIR · [email protected]
May 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM

Jules Boykoff on World Cup and 'Sportswashing'

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Jules Boykoff on World Cup and 'Sportswashing' CounterSpin ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as..."). FIFA, the governing body ofassociation football…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM

Slashing Climate, Weather and Ocean Research to Pay for 32 Hours of Iran War

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Slashing Climate, Weather and Ocean Research to Pay for 32 Hours of Iran War Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Emily Atkin of Heated (5/7/26 ([link removed]) ): "The numbers are revealing, in that they show the Trump administr…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 13, 2026 at 5:13 PM

'It Was About Using the Levers of Government to Bully or Intimidate': 

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'It Was About Using the Levers of Government to Bully or Intimidate': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Media Matters' Angelo Carusone about Media Matters v. FTC for the May 8, 2026, episode ([link …
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM

Alex Jones... Met Gala... Media Matters v. FTC....

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  FAIR · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM

The AI Mythos: If We Can Destroy the World, Imagine What We Can Do for Your Hedge Fund

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) The AI Mythos: If We Can Destroy the World, Imagine What We Can Do for Your Hedge Fund Jim Naureckas ([link removed]) Futurism: [link removed] Futurism (12/16/26 ([link removed]) ): "At NeurIPS, one of the big AI resear…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM

NYT on Met Gala: If You Don't Like It, Shut Up

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) NYT on Met Gala: If You Don't Like It, Shut Up Janine Jackson ([link removed]) NYT: Love It or Hate It, the Met Gala Is Here New York Times (5/4/26 ([link removed]) ): "The Costume Institute is important for preserving …
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone CounterSpin ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as..."). Media Matt…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 6, 2026 at 10:07 PM

You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones?

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones? Ari Paul ([link removed]) AP: The Onion’s bid to take over Alex Jones’ Infowars is in limbo as new court battles emerge A lawyer representing some Sandy Hook parents said th…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 5, 2026 at 10:01 PM

'Five Prices for the Same Product Is Price Manipulation':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'Five Prices for the Same Product Is Price Manipulation': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Consumer Reports' Derek Kravitz about dynamic pricing for the May 1, 2026, episode ([link removed]) of Co…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 10:15 PM

Assassination History... Violent Rhetoric... Natalist Ideologies....

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  FAIR · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM

The Regressive Ideologies Behind the 'Baby Bust' Panic

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) The Regressive Ideologies Behind the 'Baby Bust' Panic Julie Hollar ([link removed]) Atlantic: The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse Marc Novicoff (Atlantic, 6/30/25 ([link removed]) ): "The agin…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 7:37 PM

The 'Heated Rhetoric' That Doesn't Make CNN's Bash Think Twice

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) The 'Heated Rhetoric' That Doesn't Make CNN's Bash Think Twice Janine Jackson ([link removed]) CNN's Dana Bash and Rep. Jamie Raskin CNN's Dana Bash (4/26/26 ([link removed]) ) confronts Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) over D…
  FAIR · [email protected]
May 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Derek Kravitz on Dynamic Pricing CounterSpin ([link removed]) Subscribe: RSS ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as..."). Yahoo Finance: Marylan…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 30, 2026 at 8:17 PM

'Criminal Penalties Will Remain in Place Unless Marijuana Is Completely Descheduled':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'Criminal Penalties Will Remain in Place Unless Marijuana Is Completely Descheduled': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Drug Policy Alliance's director of federal affairs Maritza Perez Medina about…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 29, 2026 at 10:03 PM

'The Targeting of Homelessness Has Been a Tactic of Authoritarian Regimes'

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'The Targeting of Homelessness Has Been a Tactic of Authoritarian Regimes' Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed the National Homelessness Law Center's Jesse Rabinowitz about criminalizing the unhoused f…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM

48 hours to go: Help us reach our $30,000 goal

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** 48 hours to go: Help us reach our $30,000 goal! ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ Dear Media Activist, Our Spring appeal ends in just two days. W…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 9:01 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Falsely Reports That Attempts on Presidents' Lives Are Rare

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) ACTION ALERT: NYT Falsely Reports That Attempts on Presidents' Lives Are Rare Jim Naureckas ([link removed]) On July 13, 2024, Mr. Trump became the first current or former U.S. president to face an assassination attempt si…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM

Fight for a Brave Alternative Press

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Fight for a Brave Alternative Press ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ Dear Media Activist, When our leaders plunge us into an endless state of wa…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM

Iran Ceasefire... Genocide Language... Harassing the Homeless....

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April 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM

For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic Gregory Shupak ([link removed]) WaPo: How to handle Iran talks The Washington Post (4/8/26 ([link removed]) ) asserts that "the Islamic Republic stands to lose more from…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM

Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Jesse Rabinowitz on Harassing the Unhoused, Maritza Perez Medina on Rescheduling Marijuana CounterSpin ([link removed]) Subscribe: RSS ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download thi…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM

Genocide Doesn't Happen Without Language to Incite It

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Genocide Doesn't Happen Without Language to Incite It Robin Andersen ([link removed]) This is a lightly edited excerpt from Robin Anderson's The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza, published by …
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 4:45 PM

We’re counting on you, so you can count on us!

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** We’re counting on you, so you can count on us! ------------------------------------------------------------ ============================================================ Dear Media Activist, We have just a few more days left of our sp…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM

'The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Fight for the Future's Lia Holland about the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine f…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 20, 2026 at 10:06 PM

'It's All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'It's All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Institute for Policy Studies' Sarah Anderson about "successful" corporations paying poverty…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM

Climate Coverage Collapse... Iran War Origin... CBS + CNN....

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April 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM

Paramount's Purchase of CNN Heralds a New Trump-Friendly Media Empire

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Paramount's Purchase of CNN Heralds a New Trump-Friendly Media Empire Caitlin Scialla ([link removed]) Hollywood Reporter: It’s a Deal: Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery Unveil $111 Billion Megamerger The Hollywood R…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 8:13 PM

NYT's Investigation of How Trump's War on Iran Started Leaves Out the Paper's Own Silence

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) NYT's Investigation of How Trump's War on Iran Started Leaves Out the Paper's Own Silence Luca GoldMansour ([link removed]) New York Times: How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran According to the New York Times (4/7/2…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on Wayback Machine

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Sarah Anderson on Poverty Wages, Lia Holland on Wayback Machine CounterSpin ([link removed]) Subscribe: RSS ([link removed]) [link removed] Right-click here ([link removed]) to download this episode ("Save link as...…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM

Israel Destroys a Synagogue; US Media Yawn

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) Israel Destroys a Synagogue; US Media Yawn Ari Paul ([link removed]) Religion News Service: Tehran synagogue lies in ruins days before ceasefire Religion News Service (4/9/26 ([link removed]) ): "The synagogue was level…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM

'The World Is Only Going to Get Darker if People Get Away With This':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'The World Is Only Going to Get Darker if People Get Away With This': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights and Dissent's Chip Gibbons about holding Donald Trump accountable for the Ap…
  FAIR · [email protected]
April 15, 2026 at 8:59 PM

'It's Been a Setback  for the Trump Administration and the Bipartisan War Party':

[link removed] FAIR View article on FAIR's website ([link removed]) 'It's Been a Setback for the Trump Administration and the Bipartisan War Party': Janine Jackson ([link removed]) Janine Jackson interviewed Center for International Policy's Sina Toossi about the US/Israeli war on Iran fo…