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May 27, 2020 at 9:07 PM

US Media Failed to Factcheck Sweden's Herd Immunity Hoax

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Failed to Factcheck Sweden's Herd Immunity Hoax Neil deMause   CNN (5/21/20) quoted Sweden's chief epidemiologist as saying a 7.3% infection rate in Stockholm was a "little lower" than expected, "but not remarkably lower, maybe o…

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May 26, 2020 at 9:19 PM

A Pandemic on Top of a Pivotal Presidential Election

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May 23, 2020 at 1:44 AM

Coronavirus on Sunday Morning... Trump's VOA Pick... Undercounting Civilian Deaths....

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May 23, 2020 at 12:24 AM

Media Take a Pass on Pentagon’s Systematic Undercount of Civilian Deaths

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Take a Pass on Pentagon’s Systematic Undercount of Civilian Deaths Bryce Greene   The Intercept (5/8/20) was the only outlet FAIR found that gave serious coverage to the Pentagon report on civilian deaths. The Pentagon released  in…

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May 22, 2020 at 6:00 PM

In Pandemic, Sunday Shows Centered Official Voices, Sidelined Independent Health Experts

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Pandemic, Sunday Shows Centered Official Voices, Sidelined Independent Health Experts Julie Hollar   In April, as crucial political decisions were being made about how to deal with the rapidly escalating coronavirus outbreak, there was …

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May 22, 2020 at 3:25 PM

Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization

All posts View article on FAIR's website Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link (Screenshot: Fox 5, 5/5/20) This week on CounterSpin: One teacher described it as a "gut punch…

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May 21, 2020 at 10:36 PM

Trump's Pick Could Move VOA Further Right—but It’s Never Been an Independent Outlet

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump's Pick Could Move VOA Further Right—but It’s Never Been an Independent Outlet Julianne Tveten   Michael Pack, Trump's nominee to head the US Agency for Global Media If the Trump administration has its way, the US State Department–f…

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May 21, 2020 at 6:29 PM

Morningside Case Shows Media Learned Few Lessons From Exonerated Five

All posts View article on FAIR's website Morningside Case Shows Media Learned Few Lessons From Exonerated Five Teddy Ostrow   Many Americans now recognize the racism at multiple junctures of the criminal punishment system. Especially now, as our leaders refuse to release the disp…

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May 20, 2020 at 10:35 PM

'Efforts to Make Voting More Difficult Are Magnified in a Pandemic'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Efforts to Make Voting More Difficult Are Magnified in a Pandemic' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Ari Berman about voter suppression and the coronavirus for the May 15, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tra…

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May 17, 2020 at 6:49 PM

Grading States on Covid-19... New Cold War With China... Coronavirus Economics....

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May 17, 2020 at 1:12 AM

Grading the States' Coronavirus Control

All posts View article on FAIR's website Grading the States' Coronavirus Control Jim Naureckas I recently wrote a Twitter thread (5/12/20) about another New York Times graphic feature that was a good idea, strangely executed. The good idea, which appears on the Times' "Coronaviru…

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May 16, 2020 at 3:38 PM

Missing the Context of De Blasio’s 'Jewish Community' Tweet

All posts View article on FAIR's website Missing the Context of De Blasio’s 'Jewish Community' Tweet Ari Paul   New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's tweet (4/28/20) to the "Jewish community." Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. Right-wing voice…

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May 15, 2020 at 8:54 PM

Corporate Media Setting Stage for New Cold War With China

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Setting Stage for New Cold War With China Gregory Shupak   Corporate media are laying the ideological groundwork for a new cold war with China, presenting the nation as a hostile power that needs to be kept in check. Mitt …

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May 15, 2020 at 6:57 PM

<i>Foreign Policy</i> Sees 'Repression' in Vietnam's Fight Against Coronavirus

All posts View article on FAIR's website Foreign Policy Sees 'Repression' in Vietnam's Fight Against Coronavirus Janine Jackson   Foreign Policy (5/12/20) illustrates a story on "repression" in Vietnam with a photo of a "propaganda poster" encouraging people to wear masks. A r…

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May 15, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: From targeted "voter ID" laws to purging people from the rolls to fig…

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May 13, 2020 at 9:47 PM

US Jobless Rate Broke Depression-Era Record—but Most Media Missed It

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Jobless Rate Broke Depression-Era Record—but Most Media Missed It Dave Lindorff   The New York Times (5/9/20) featured a chart of job losses that stretched all the way down the front page. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ eagerly await…

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May 13, 2020 at 4:47 PM

'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Our Food System Is Very Much Modeled on Plantation Economics' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Ricardo Salvador about the coronavirus food crisis for the May 8, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. Thi…

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May 12, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis

All posts View article on FAIR's website Learning All the Wrong Lessons From the 2008 Financial Crisis  Nina Eichacker   I recently wrote a piece for FAIR (4/25/20) about how I felt more optimistic about media reporting on the economic aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, despite wh…

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May 11, 2020 at 11:17 PM

Corporate Media Don't Think Americans Paid to Invade Venezuela Count as Mercenaries

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Don't Think Americans Paid to Invade Venezuela Count as Mercenaries Joshua Cho   When an attempted invasion of Venezuela launched from the shores of Colombia was foiled on May 3, after armed commandos were intercepted at Ve…

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May 9, 2020 at 10:17 PM

'Real Coronavirus Death Toll'... Chinese 'Wet Markets'... USPS Threat... Oil Elegies....

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May 9, 2020 at 6:26 PM

'We Can Pool the World's Science to Develop Better Medical Tools'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Can Pool the World's Science to Develop Better Medical Tools' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen’s Peter Maybarduk about the drug industry and Covid-19 for the May 1, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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May 9, 2020 at 5:24 PM

Are People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That's Not What a Misinterpreted Survey Said

All posts View article on FAIR's website Are People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That's Not What a Misinterpreted Survey Said Jim Naureckas   Gov. Andrew Cuomo says it's "shocking" that most Covid-19 hospital patients "had been staying at home" (CNBC, 5/6/20)—but did his sur…

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May 8, 2020 at 10:21 PM

New York State Tries to Suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo Shrug

All posts View article on FAIR's website New York State Tries to Suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo Shrug Julie Hollar   Blaming health risks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York State Board of Elections announced last week that the state would simply cancel its Democratic pre…

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May 8, 2020 at 7:49 PM

NYT's 'Real Coronavirus Death Toll' Is Anything But

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT's 'Real Coronavirus Death Toll' Is Anything But Jim Naureckas   The New York Times graphics department has done some great work translating the data of the Covid-19 pandemic into visual form, allowing readers to get an intuitive sense …

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May 8, 2020 at 6:41 PM

Gov. Hogan’s Purchase of Korean Covid Tests Looks Like a PR stunt—and Media Fell for It

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gov. Hogan’s Purchase of Korean Covid Tests Looks Like a PR stunt—and Media Fell for It Pete Tucker   The New York Times (4/20/20), among other outlets, presented Hogan's acquisition of Korean tests as a Trump-defying coup. Despite being…

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May 8, 2020 at 3:43 PM

Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19 CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link (Image: Devries Dairy via Idaho Statesman) This week on CounterSpin: While you may be forg…

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May 7, 2020 at 8:47 PM

Guardian Blames Trump’s Murderous US Exceptionalism on Hugo Chávez

All posts View article on FAIR's website Guardian Blames Trump’s Murderous US Exceptionalism on Hugo Chávez  Lucas Koerner   The Guardian's Rory Carroll (4/19/20) presented Donald Trump and Hugo Chávez as brothers under the skin: " as media-savvy populists they worked the same p…

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May 7, 2020 at 5:26 PM

'There's a Perceived Need to Get This Over With So We Can Get Back to Work'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's a Perceived Need to Get This Over With So We Can Get Back to Work' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR's Jim Naureckas about Covid-19 false choices for the May 1, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited t…

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May 7, 2020 at 1:42 PM

Why It's Wrong (and Racist) to Blame Covid-19 on Chinese 'Wet Markets'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why It's Wrong (and Racist) to Blame Covid-19 on Chinese 'Wet Markets' Joshua Cho   The New York Times (1/25/20) says the eating of unusual animals like turtles and snakes is "driven as much by the desire to flaunt wealth as by a mix of s…

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May 4, 2020 at 9:21 PM

'The Industry Chose to Protect Billions of Dollars a Year in Its Own Profit'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Industry Chose to Protect Billions of Dollars a Year in Its Own Profit' Janine Jackson The April 24, 2020, episode of CounterSpin included an archived interview with Sriram Madhusoodanan about fossil fuel accountability, which origina…

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May 4, 2020 at 6:24 PM

Newspapers Won't Connect the Dots on Postal Service Threats

All posts View article on FAIR's website Newspapers Won't Connect the Dots on Postal Service Threats Julie Hollar   More than six weeks after a bill was introduced to require vote-by-mail to be available for the November 3 elections, no federal steps have been taken to ensure a f…

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May 1, 2020 at 8:37 PM

It's Crucial to Distinguish Between <i>Can't</i> and <i>Won't</i>—With a Million Lives at Stake

All posts View article on FAIR's website It's Crucial to Distinguish Between Can't and Won't—With a Million Lives at Stake Jim Naureckas CNN (5/1/20) fails to note that its expert is predicting a seven-figure death toll for the United States. In a story predicting two more year…

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May 1, 2020 at 5:08 PM

Corporate Looting as 'Rescue Plan,' Robber Barons as 'Saviors'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Looting as 'Rescue Plan,' Robber Barons as 'Saviors' Joshua Cho   Framing a massive corporate bailout as a "rescue package" (NPR, 3/27/20) was a PR coup. For a perfect illustration of how corporate media function as ruling clas…

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May 1, 2020 at 4:21 PM

Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link New York Times (4/28/20)   This week on CounterSp…

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April 30, 2020 at 9:16 PM

A Pandemic Is Not a War

All posts View article on FAIR's website A Pandemic Is Not a War Robin Andersen   Bloomberg (3/20/20) Though many public officials and media outlets seem increasingly convinced that we are fighting a war against Covid-19, framing the pandemic in military terms obscures what we …

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April 30, 2020 at 8:11 PM

By 'as Successful as Most Other Nations,' NYT Means Sweden Is '10th Worst in the World'

All posts View article on FAIR's website By 'as Successful as Most Other Nations,' NYT Means Sweden Is '10th Worst in the World' Jim Naureckas The relaxed attitude of Swedes towards the spread of the coronavirus "does not seem to have hurt them," reports the New York Times (4/28…

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April 30, 2020 at 12:10 AM

Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s

All posts View article on FAIR's website Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s Julianne Tveten     "Monitoring intelligence" is journalese for "aware of rumors" (CNN, 4/20/20). If CNN is to be believed, Kim Jong-un is in critical condition—or he isn’t. Recently,…

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April 29, 2020 at 8:36 PM

Rhode Island Only Looks Like It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak Because It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rhode Island Only Looks Like It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak Because It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak Jim Naureckas   The New York Times' "experts" (4/28/20) attribute Rhode Island's high coronavirus numbers to "aggressive testing." A story…

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April 29, 2020 at 7:07 PM

As Covid-19 Forces Emission Reductions, Media Offer Oil Industry Elegies

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Covid-19 Forces Emission Reductions, Media Offer Oil Industry Elegies Dorothee Benz   by Dorothee Benz CNN photo (4/17/20) of lions taking advantage of the shutdown to take over a road in South Africa. Last week on April 22 the world …

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April 28, 2020 at 10:04 PM

Both Sides-ing Bleach Injection

All posts View article on FAIR's website Both Sides-ing Bleach Injection Alan MacLeod   Vox (4/23/20) calls the idea that you can treat the coronavirus by injecting bleach "highly unlikely." You probably saw Donald Trump’s ridiculous, false and deadly claim last week: that inge…

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April 26, 2020 at 2:20 AM

Covid-19 & the Economy... Xenophobic Campaign Ads... Corporate Media Self-Denial....

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April 25, 2020 at 10:36 PM

Economic Reporting on Hardships of Pandemic Should Explore Market Failures

All posts View article on FAIR's website Economic Reporting on Hardships of Pandemic Should Explore Market Failures FAIR     The New York Times (4/9/20) noted that "the nation has countenanced debilitating decay in its public institutions and a concentration of economic power no…

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April 25, 2020 at 4:10 PM

As Construction Continues Amidst Covid-19 in DC Area, Bezos' WaPo Raises Few Objections

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Construction Continues Amidst Covid-19 in DC Area, Bezos' WaPo Raises Few Objections Pete Tucker   Marc Gunther (Medium, 4/3/20): "Governments that fail to halt construction are making it easier for the virus to spread." “Insane.” Tha…

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April 24, 2020 at 9:15 PM

Corporate Media Deny Their Own Existence, Despite Driving Biden's Primary Victory

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Deny Their Own Existence, Despite Driving Biden's Primary Victory Joshua Cho   If someone were to tell you that major and influential business sectors like the fossil fuel and health insurance industries simply don’t exist,…

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April 24, 2020 at 4:12 PM

Diane Archer on Medicare for All, Sriram Madhusoodanan on Fossil Fuel Accountability

All posts View article on FAIR's website Diane Archer on Medicare for All, Sriram Madhusoodanan on Fossil Fuel Accountability CounterSpin Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link (photo: USAF/Samuel Eckholm) This week on CounterSpin: B…

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April 23, 2020 at 7:17 PM

'Public Ownership Can Eliminate Some of Those Warped Incentives Associated With Monopoly'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Public Ownership Can Eliminate Some of Those Warped Incentives Associated With Monopoly' Janine Jackson The April 17, 2020, episode of CounterSpin included an archived interview with Democracy Collaborative’s Johanna Bozuwa about public u…

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April 22, 2020 at 9:08 PM

'The Federal Government Has the Resources That Could Stave Off the Economic Pain People Are Already Feeling'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Federal Government Has the Resources That Could Stave Off the Economic Pain People Are Already Feeling' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed EARN’s Naomi Walker about Covid-19 relief for the April 17, 2020, episode of CounterSpin…

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April 21, 2020 at 7:20 PM

Media Fail to Identify Xenophobia as Biden Says Trump ‘Rolled Over for Chinese’

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Fail to Identify Xenophobia as Biden Says Trump ‘Rolled Over for Chinese’ Julie Hollar   As Covid-19 and its economic effects clearly dominate all else politically, ads for the Trump campaign are ramping up the anti-China rhetoric in…

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April 20, 2020 at 9:00 PM

'The US Reaction to Pressure to Ease Sanctions Was to Double Down'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The US Reaction to Pressure to Ease Sanctions Was to Double Down' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR.org writer Joe Emersberger about sanctions under Covid-19 for the April 10, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly e…

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April 20, 2020 at 1:52 AM

Trump's Corona Campaign Rallies... Media Still Fighting M4A... Covid-19 & Latin America....

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