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March 26, 2020 at 8:04 PM

March 2020 Note to FAIR friends

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March 26, 2020 at 6:43 PM

The Speed of Economic Recovery Depends on How Soon We Control the Virus

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Speed of Economic Recovery Depends on How Soon We Control the Virus Dean Baker   New York Times (3/21/20) There have been a number of pieces in major news outlets telling us what the recovery will look like from this recession. Most …

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March 25, 2020 at 8:35 PM

Canadian Media Advocate Continued Domination of Indigenous Peoples

All posts View article on FAIR's website Canadian Media Advocate Continued Domination of Indigenous Peoples Gregory Shupak   RCMP arresting Freda Huson, founder of the Unist'ot'en healing center, to clear the way for building a gas pipeline on Wet'suwet'en land (Narwhal, 2/10/20…

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March 25, 2020 at 4:57 PM

Media Struggle to Defend Washington’s Cruelty Toward Venezuela and Iran as Coronavirus Spreads

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Struggle to Defend Washington’s Cruelty Toward Venezuela and Iran as Coronavirus Spreads Joe Emersberger   AP (New York Times, 3/17/20) accepts the IMF's excuse that lack of "clarity" over Venezuela's "rightful leader" prevents it f…

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March 24, 2020 at 7:22 PM

'We Need to Not Just Slow Down the Disease, but Stop It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Not Just Slow Down the Disease, but Stop It' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR’s Jim Naureckas about COVID-19 for the March 20, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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March 24, 2020 at 12:54 PM

In Pursuit of Chinese Scapegoats, Media Reject Life-Saving Lessons

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Pursuit of Chinese Scapegoats, Media Reject Life-Saving Lessons Alan MacLeod   We are barely a few months into the year, but it is already clear that the coronavirus will be 2020’s defining event in media and politics. For weeks, conser…

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March 23, 2020 at 11:17 PM

Presenting Trump and Science as Equals Isn’t Balanced, It’s Dangerous

All posts View article on FAIR's website Presenting Trump and Science as Equals Isn’t Balanced, It’s Dangerous Neil deMause   With more than 32,000 COVID-19 infections and 400 deaths in the US to date, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams predicting that “this week, it’s going to get…

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March 23, 2020 at 7:47 PM

Can the US Pull Off a November Election? Journalists Play a Critical Role

All posts View article on FAIR's website Can the US Pull Off a November Election? Journalists Play a Critical Role Julie Hollar   It might be easy to forget, given all the more worrying news, that the United States is scheduled to hold a very important election in November. But w…

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March 21, 2020 at 9:10 PM

Coronavirus Crisis: Covid-19 Facts... Real-World Models... Retail Workers....

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March 21, 2020 at 12:02 AM

It's Vitally Important for Media to Get Facts Right in a Life-or-Death Crisis

All posts View article on FAIR's website It's Vitally Important for Media to Get Facts Right in a Life-or-Death Crisis Jim Naureckas   The front page of the New York Times (late) print edition for March 20, 2020, bore a large map of the United States, illustrating reported cases …

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March 20, 2020 at 8:24 PM

Retail Chains' Responses to Coronavirus Crisis Require Deeper Digging

All posts View article on FAIR's website Retail Chains' Responses to Coronavirus Crisis Require Deeper Digging Janine Jackson   BuzzFeed News (3/18/20) reported on retailers continuing to operate "in direct opposition to guidelines issued by health officials in the US and around…

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March 20, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Jim Naureckas on Covid-19, Dana Brown on Public Ownership of Pharmaceuticals

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jim Naureckas on Covid-19, Dana Brown on Public Ownership of Pharmaceuticals CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link (cc photo: Jim Naureckas) This week on CounterSpin: The coronavi…

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March 18, 2020 at 6:35 PM

'The US Has Played With Puerto Rico's Economy for the Last 122 Years'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The US Has Played With Puerto Rico's Economy for the Last 122 Years' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Popular Democracy's Julio López Varona about Puerto Rican debt for the March 13, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. T…

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March 18, 2020 at 1:49 AM

To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play 'Simulitis'

All posts View article on FAIR's website To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play 'Simulitis' Jim Naureckas   Every news outlet ought to have a chart like this one, from the Financial Times, featured prominently on their home page—because there i…

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March 16, 2020 at 10:23 PM

Who Wants a Revolution? No One Who Owns a Major Media Outlet

All posts View article on FAIR's website Who Wants a Revolution? No One Who Owns a Major Media Outlet Julie Hollar   Just a few weeks ago, early Bernie Sanders primary victories had media scrambling to turn winning into losing (FAIR.org, 2/24/20) and to find ways to discredit his…

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March 15, 2020 at 12:12 AM

Corporate Media Condone Destruction of Venezuela’s Voting Machines

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Condone Destruction of Venezuela’s Voting Machines Lucas Koerner   Photo of the voting machine warehouse fire released by Caracas firefighters. The vast majority of Venezuela’s voting machines were incinerated on March 7 …

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March 13, 2020 at 9:21 PM

Coronavirus and the Digital Divide

All posts View article on FAIR's website Coronavirus and the Digital Divide Janine Jackson New York Times It is not lost on some that, all of a sudden, paid sick leave is obviously socially important; understaffed hospitals are an outrage; and, really, shouldn't the government …

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March 13, 2020 at 8:23 PM

'It's Not Doing a Service to Anyone but Defense Contractors'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Not Doing a Service to Anyone but Defense Contractors' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Defense Information’s Mandy Smithberger about the military budget for the March 6, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is …

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March 13, 2020 at 3:53 PM

Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico's Disaster Capitalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico's Disaster Capitalism CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link New York Times image (1/11/20) of Puerto Rico earthquake. This week on CounterSpin: R…

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March 12, 2020 at 7:35 PM

Elite Media Dismiss Voter Suppression on Grounds That It’s ‘Complicated’

All posts View article on FAIR's website Elite Media Dismiss Voter Suppression on Grounds That It’s ‘Complicated’ Julie Hollar   Some voters—disproportionately black and brown ones—waited in line for several hours on Super Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary, …

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March 12, 2020 at 3:41 PM

Media Dutifully Report Trump's Fiddling as Coronavirus Burns Through World

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Dutifully Report Trump's Fiddling as Coronavirus Burns Through World Neil deMause CNN (3/11/20) reported that Trump's calling Covid-19 "a foreign virus aligns with how some Trump allies have described the coronavirus in recent days,…

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March 10, 2020 at 9:46 PM

On Coronavirus, 'You Have to Combine Economic and Public Health Measures'

All posts View article on FAIR's website On Coronavirus, 'You Have to Combine Economic and Public Health Measures' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed EPI’s Josh Bivens about coronavirus and the economy for the March 6, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited…

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March 10, 2020 at 6:42 PM

Reading About Coronavirus Without Scaring Yourself Too Much (or Too Little)

All posts View article on FAIR's website Reading About Coronavirus Without Scaring Yourself Too Much (or Too Little) Neil deMause   NPR (3/9/20) If you're like, well, much of the population of the planet right now, you're doing little other than obsessively reading news sites f…

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March 9, 2020 at 9:23 PM

Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not

All posts View article on FAIR's website Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not Dean Baker   New York Times (3/6/20) Many people have become very concerned about the economy because of the stock market’s plunge in the last two weeks. …

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March 6, 2020 at 11:09 PM

How Moderators Frame Debates... Coronavirus... Sanders & Socialism....

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March 6, 2020 at 10:36 PM

Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism Gregory Shupak   When 60 Minutes (2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba’s socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragu…

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March 6, 2020 at 8:46 PM

Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare

All posts View article on FAIR's website Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare Joshua Cho   As an Asian-American, I’m not surprised that there are numerous reports surfacing of racist and xenophobic responses arising in the US (and elsewhere) as a result of the coro…

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March 6, 2020 at 4:01 PM

Josh Bivens on Coronavirus Economics, Mandy Smithberger on Military Economics

All posts View article on FAIR's website Josh Bivens on Coronavirus Economics, Mandy Smithberger on Military Economics Janine Jackson Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: Coronavirus is above all a health st…

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March 5, 2020 at 4:40 PM

WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup Joe Emersberger   The Washington Post editorial board (11/11/19) stated as fact that Bolivian President Evo Morales "moved to falsify the results of the October 20 vot…

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March 4, 2020 at 9:55 PM

For WaPo, Flourishing Elites Are a Matter of Perception

All posts View article on FAIR's website For WaPo, Flourishing Elites Are a Matter of Perception Dean Baker The Washington Post really does not like populism. Yes, I’m talking about its news section, not its opinions pages, where populists are always bashed. This week, the P…

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March 3, 2020 at 11:24 PM

Do Media Really Care About Money in Politics?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Do Media Really Care About Money in Politics? Julie Hollar When the newly formed Persist PAC recently launched a $12 million ad buy in support of Elizabeth Warren, newspaper headlines were pointed. "Super PAC Launches to Support Elizabeth …

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March 3, 2020 at 6:30 PM

'We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction—Unless We Stop It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction—Unless We Stop It' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Emory University's Carol Anderson about voter suppression for the February 28, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This i…

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February 29, 2020 at 4:41 PM

Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics

All posts View article on FAIR's website Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics Julie Hollar   With Super Tuesday around the corner, the Democratic presidential debates are coming to a close. The debates are ostensibly an exercise in democracy, a chance f…

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February 29, 2020 at 12:58 AM

Media's Sanders Panic... Voter Suppression... Vaping & Public Health....

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February 29, 2020 at 12:47 AM

Media Stoop to ‘Russian Assistance’ to Explain Sanders’ Rise

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Stoop to ‘Russian Assistance’ to Explain Sanders’ Rise Alan MacLeod   For over three years, Russia has been an issue of great concern, if not panic, in our media. Back in 2018, FAIR (7/27/18) warned that if Bernie Sanders or another …

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February 28, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression

All posts View article on FAIR's website Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link   This week on CounterSpin: When Florida passed an amendment to return the right to vote to people who had …

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February 27, 2020 at 10:31 PM

WaPo Backing Limited Impeachment Was Constitutional Disaster

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Backing Limited Impeachment Was Constitutional Disaster Joshua Cho   Mehdi Hasan (Intercept, 9/26/19) was one of numerous journalists and activists who urged Democrats not to pursue a narrow impeachment strategy. FAIR (11/26/19, 2/4…

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February 27, 2020 at 4:58 PM

Media Vapors Over Vaping Cloud Public Health Goals

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Vapors Over Vaping Cloud Public Health Goals Teddy Ostrow by Teddy Ostrow The "vaping-related" injuries in NPR's headline (12/19/19) are not caused by e-cigarettes like the one in NPR's photo. There's been a moralist war on nicotin…

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February 26, 2020 at 9:30 PM

Bernie Sanders Can't Win (by as Much) Unless Youth Vote Surges (Like It Recently Has)

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bernie Sanders Can't Win (by as Much) Unless Youth Vote Surges (Like It Recently Has) Jim Naureckas by Jim Naureckas “The first thing is to raise hell,” said labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. “That’s always the first thing to do …

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February 25, 2020 at 10:04 PM

NYT's Look at Democratic Tax Plans Is an Orgy of Really Big Numbers

All posts View this email in your browser   NYT's Look at Democratic Tax Plans Is an Orgy of Really Big Numbers by Dean Baker I have often gone after the media on printing large numbers that are meaningless to almost all their readers. The point is that when you throw out numbers…

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February 25, 2020 at 7:10 PM

'We Have to Look at the Underpinnings of Environmental Degradation'

All posts View this email in your browser   'We Have to Look at the Underpinnings of Environmental Degradation' The February 21, 2020, episode of CounterSpin was a special archival show about environmental justice, cross-national organizing and solidarity, featuring excerpts of in…

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February 24, 2020 at 11:55 PM

Bernie Sanders Plunges to First Place

All posts View this email in your browser   Bernie Sanders Plunges to First Place by Jim Naureckas Remember when the big winner of New Hampshire was third-place finisher Amy Klobuchar (FAIR.org, 2/14/20)? “Bernie Sanders may have come first in New Hampshire, but Amy Klobuchar won,…

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February 21, 2020 at 11:05 PM

NPR vs. Bernie Sanders... 'Our' Protests & 'Theirs'... Environmental Justice....

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February 21, 2020 at 10:31 PM

'What Does Criminalizing People Get Us, and What Does It Get Them?'

All posts View this email in your browser   'What Does Criminalizing People Get Us, and What Does It Get Them?' Janine Jackson interviewed Nina Luo about decriminalizing sex work for the February 14, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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February 21, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity

All posts View this email in your browser   Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link New York Times (2/10/20) This week on Counter…

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February 20, 2020 at 9:17 PM

Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists?

All posts View this email in your browser   Cop-Hating Vandals or Pro-Democracy Activists? by Alan MacLeod The "cop-hating vandals" poured glue on three turnstiles and "placed large stickers throughout the subway station" (New York Post, 2/5/20). The New York Police Department (…

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February 19, 2020 at 5:40 PM

'Corporate Media Are Not Observers of the Electoral Process; They Are Participants'

All posts View this email in your browser   'Corporate Media Are Not Observers of the Electoral Process; They Are Participants' Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR’s Jim Naureckas about the Democratic primaries for the February 14, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edite…

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February 18, 2020 at 4:27 PM

Factchecking NPR’s Attempted Takedown of Bernie Sanders

All posts View this email in your browser   Factchecking NPR’s Attempted Takedown of Bernie Sanders by Robin Andersen The Iowa caucuses officially began the Democratic primary, and even in this ongoing, extended battle for the White House, Iowa remains an important marker for cand…

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February 15, 2020 at 11:47 PM

New Hampshire Primary... Bloomberg as Savior... 'No. 1 Sponsor of Terrorism'....

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February 15, 2020 at 1:45 PM

'This Is an Apocalyptic Future That We're Facing'

All posts View this email in your browser   'This Is an Apocalyptic Future That We're Facing' Janine Jackson interviewed EnviroVideo’s Karl Grossman about the weaponization of space for the February 7, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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