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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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February 14, 2020 at 11:40 PM

Pundits Look to Bloomberg as Their Anti-Sanders Savior

All posts View this email in your browser   Pundits Look to Bloomberg as Their Anti-Sanders Savior by Julie Hollar Coming out of the first two Democratic primary states, with Bernie Sanders leading in votes and Pete Buttigieg leading in delegates, who is "starting to dominate the …

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February 14, 2020 at 9:25 PM

Backlash After Kobe Bryant's Death Illustrates Continued Resistance to Discussing Sexual Assault

All posts View this email in your browser   Backlash After Kobe Bryant's Death Illustrates Continued Resistance to Discussing Sexual Assault by Olivia Riggio In the hours following the helicopter crash that left basketball star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seve…

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February 14, 2020 at 4:49 PM

Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work

All posts View this email in your browser   Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link Reuters (Twitter, 2/11/20) This week on CounterSpin: Remember when Les Moon…

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February 14, 2020 at 12:36 PM

For Media in New Hampshire, Losing Is Winning and Winning Is Losing

All posts View this email in your browser   For Media in New Hampshire, Losing Is Winning and Winning Is Losing by Alan MacLeod The results from the New Hampshire primary are in—mercifully quickly—showing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders victorious with 26% of the vote, ahead of former…

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February 13, 2020 at 12:46 PM

No. 1 Sponsor of Terrorism? US Media Name Iran, but Overlook a Candidate Closer to Home

All posts View this email in your browser   No. 1 Sponsor of Terrorism? US Media Name Iran, but Overlook a Candidate Closer to Home by Joshua Cho After the illegal assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, FAIR (1/9/20) noted that the corporate media offered no moral objecti…

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February 12, 2020 at 8:40 PM

Left Media and Venezuela: An Exchange

All posts View this email in your browser   Left Media and Venezuela: An Exchange  Critique, Solidarity and Movement Building: A Reply to Lucas Koerner by Gabriel Hetland FAIR.org (1/22/20) Lucas Koerner’s recent piece for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, “How Western Left …

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February 12, 2020 at 6:59 PM

ACTION ALERT: NBC Garbles Graph on Democrats' Electability

All posts View this email in your browser   ACTION ALERT: NBC Garbles Graph on Democrats' Electability by Jim Naureckas Many Democratic voters say that the most important thing they're looking for in a presidential candidate is an ability to defeat Donald Trump. NBC News did such…

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February 11, 2020 at 10:57 PM

ABC Asking for Attacks Was a Lazy Way to Run a Debate

All posts View this email in your browser   ABC Asking for Attacks Was a Lazy Way to Run a Debate by Julie Hollar You knew it was going to be a long night when ABC's George Stephanopoulos spent the first 11 minutes of the February 7 Democratic presidential debate directing a discu…

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February 7, 2020 at 11:25 PM

Manufacturing Success: CNN's Premature Parade for Buttigieg in Iowa

All posts View this email in your browser   Manufacturing Success: CNN's Premature Parade for Buttigieg in Iowa by Julie Hollar Four days after the Iowa caucuses took place, no victor has been declared and the vote remains mired in controversy and irregularities. But if you've bee…

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February 7, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Media Urge Palestinians to Take Crumbs—Because Democracy Is Not on Offer

All posts View this email in your browser   Media Urge Palestinians to Take Crumbs—Because Democracy Is Not on Offer by Gregory Shupak The Trump administration's "Vision for Peace" The Trump administration’s “Deal of the Century” is supposedly a plan to solve the question of Pal…

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February 7, 2020 at 4:25 PM

Karl Grossman on the Weaponization of Space

All posts View this email in your browser   Karl Grossman on the Weaponization of Space Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link Washington Post illustration (12/3/19) promoting Trump's Space Force This week on CounterSpin: Announcing p…

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February 6, 2020 at 1:13 AM

How Corporate Media Make Pete Look Like He's Winning

All posts View this email in your browser   How Corporate Media Make Pete Look Like He's Winning by Jim Naureckas If you turn to the New York Times for an update on the excruciatingly and inexplicably slow counting of the votes from the Iowa caucuses, you find what looks like a ba…

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