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October 11, 2019 at 4:18 PM

Mike Elk on GM Strike, Trinity Tran on Public Banking

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October 10, 2019 at 11:03 PM

Actually, Giuliani Has Always Been Like This

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October 10, 2019 at 4:33 PM

Major Media Bury Groundbreaking Studies of Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Bootprint

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October 8, 2019 at 10:33 PM

WaPo Goes After Warren With a Posse of Centrist Sources

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October 8, 2019 at 8:18 PM

‘Political Interference in the Whistleblower Disclosure Process Is Horrifying’ - CounterSpin interview with Dana ...

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October 7, 2019 at 11:03 PM

How Ageist Is Too Ageist to Be Published?

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October 4, 2019 at 10:37 PM

Trump's Whistleblower... Bill Maher's Phony Liberalism... Medicare for All Attacks....

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October 4, 2019 at 2:48 PM

Dana Gold on Whistleblower Protections, Craig Aaron on Net Neutrality Setback

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October 4, 2019 at 12:32 AM

Atlantic Calls on Hollywood to Produce More Government Propaganda

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October 3, 2019 at 9:18 PM

HELP FAIR: Want a Better World? Fight for Better Media

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October 2, 2019 at 11:03 PM

NYT Perp Walks a Bronx Neighborhood

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October 2, 2019 at 8:48 PM

Corporate Journalists Push Tax Attack on Medicare for All

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October 2, 2019 at 3:33 PM

The Phony Liberalism of Bill Maher - Despite everything he does and says, media still call HBO host a 'liberal'

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October 1, 2019 at 10:18 PM

Relaying Views of US’s Top General, Newsweek Sees No Need for Countervailing Facts

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October 1, 2019 at 8:04 PM

‘Poverty Is Not Just a Measure of How Much Cabbage and Potatoes You Need to Live On’ - CounterSpin interview with...

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September 30, 2019 at 9:48 PM

In Media Newspeak, a ‘Peace Plan’ for Israel/Palestine Is Anything US Proposes

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September 30, 2019 at 7:33 PM

‘Maybe It’s Time We Broaden What We Mean by “Poor”‘ - CounterSpin interview with Shailly Gupta Barnes on de...

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September 27, 2019 at 10:52 PM

Trump & Impeachment... What Media Like About Warren... Venezuela Drug Smear....

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September 27, 2019 at 10:17 PM

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September 27, 2019 at 8:48 PM

Corporate Media Still Waiting for Trump to Knock Over a Bank

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September 27, 2019 at 8:17 PM

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September 27, 2019 at 3:48 PM

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September 26, 2019 at 9:18 PM

Richard Cohen: Gone but Not Forgotten

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September 24, 2019 at 9:33 PM

Media Continue to Push Misinformation About Venezuela and Drug Trafficking

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September 24, 2019 at 3:48 PM

Support FAIR: Corporate Media Sidetracking Real Election Issues—Again – copy

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September 23, 2019 at 10:18 PM

What Media Like Best About Elizabeth Warren: She’s Not Bernie Sanders

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September 20, 2019 at 10:19 PM

US Oligarchs... WaPo, Bezos and Uber... Amazon's Venezuela Propaganda....

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September 20, 2019 at 9:33 PM

Media Omit Context Behind Latest North Korean Missile Tests

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September 20, 2019 at 4:33 PM

Maha Hilal on Anti-Muslim Watchlist, Dana Brown on Public Option for Pharmaceuticals

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September 19, 2019 at 3:48 PM

WaPo No Longer Discloses Its Owner’s Uber Investment - Even when quoting Uber’s legal theories as legal fact

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September 18, 2019 at 7:33 PM

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September 18, 2019 at 4:47 PM

Reuters’ Can’t Find US Critics to Question Amazon’s Anti-Venezuela Propaganda

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September 17, 2019 at 5:19 PM

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September 16, 2019 at 9:48 PM

The Incredible Belief That Corporate Ownership Does Not Influence Media Content

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September 14, 2019 at 11:48 PM

Russia Has ‘Oligarchs,’ the US Has ‘Businessmen’ - In 150 NYT, CNN and Fox articles, ‘oligarch’ seems res...

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September 13, 2019 at 10:08 PM

Debate Lowlights... 'Premature' Afghan Withdrawal... Biden's Tragedy Exploitation....

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September 13, 2019 at 8:03 PM

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September 13, 2019 at 3:33 PM

Marjorie Cohn on Afghanistan’s Unending War, Amit Narang on Deregulation & Corporate America

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September 11, 2019 at 10:48 PM

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September 10, 2019 at 10:17 PM

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September 10, 2019 at 3:33 PM

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September 9, 2019 at 8:48 PM

As Biden Invokes Dead Family Members Against Medicare for All, Media Play Along

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September 6, 2019 at 9:33 PM

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September 6, 2019 at 8:05 PM

Climate Minimizers Don’t Deny Climate Change—but Find Endless Reasons to Reject Sanders’ Plan to Stop It

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September 6, 2019 at 5:48 PM

CNN Town Hall Went Deep on Climate Crisis—but Was Anyone Listening?

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September 6, 2019 at 3:33 PM

Hassan El Tayyab on US Out of Yemen, Kate Bronfenbrenner on Labor Board vs. Labor

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September 5, 2019 at 9:33 PM

NYT Remembers David Koch More as ‘Philanthropist’ Than Polluter

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September 5, 2019 at 3:04 PM

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September 4, 2019 at 3:18 PM

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August 30, 2019 at 9:18 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Presents Murder of a Palestinian Boy as ‘National Trauma’—for Jewish Israelis

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