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October 23, 2019 at 7:48 PM

Media Failed to Connect Climate Crisis and Utility Blackouts

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October 23, 2019 at 7:04 PM

SUPPORT FAIR: Pass Our Fall Fundraising Goal!

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October 23, 2019 at 3:06 PM

Ecuador’s Austerity Measures, Repression Based on Lies AP Happily Spread

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October 22, 2019 at 7:18 PM

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October 20, 2019 at 11:03 PM

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October 19, 2019 at 10:48 PM

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October 18, 2019 at 10:33 PM

Media Alarmed by Imaginary US Pullout From Syria

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October 18, 2019 at 7:34 PM

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October 18, 2019 at 4:18 PM

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October 17, 2019 at 11:18 PM

In Ohio Debate, Media Stuck to an Increasingly Rigid Script

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October 17, 2019 at 12:18 AM

‘People Taking Action Inspires Other People’ - CounterSpin interview with Mike Elk on the GM strike

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October 16, 2019 at 3:48 PM

WSJ, NYT Celebrate ‘Shale Revolution’ for Investor Class, Despite Its Leading to Our Doom

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October 11, 2019 at 9:03 PM

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October 11, 2019 at 8:04 PM

Britain’s Pro-Brexit Press: When in Doubt, Blame the Irish

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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September 27, 2019 at 8:17 PM

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September 27, 2019 at 3:48 PM

Shailly Gupta, Frances Fox Piven on Defining and Ending Poverty

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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

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September 20, 2019 at 10:19 PM

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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

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September 19, 2019 at 3:48 PM

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September 18, 2019 at 7:33 PM

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September 18, 2019 at 4:47 PM

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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

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September 13, 2019 at 10:08 PM

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