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January 22, 2021 at 11:17 PM

False Balance Addiction... 'Unity' & Division... Covid & Disability....

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January 22, 2021 at 6:12 PM

Media Allow Republicans to Use 'Unity' as Tool of Division

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Allow Republicans to Use 'Unity' as Tool of Division Julie Hollar   "Republicans complained that the new president’s agenda on immigration, economics and the environment advanced through executive actions and proposed legislation of…

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January 22, 2021 at 4:21 PM

Chris Savage, Talia Buford & Peggy Case on Flint Water Crisis

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chris Savage, Talia Buford & Peggy Case on Flint Water Crisis CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Water in a Flint, Michigan, hospital, 2015. This week on CounterSpin: Michigan's attorney general has indicted nine state officials, includin…

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January 22, 2021 at 1:53 PM

Reports of Racial Disparities in Covid Vaccines Distort Science

All posts View article on FAIR's website Reports of Racial Disparities in Covid Vaccines Distort Science Michelle Pham   LA Times (12/15/20) reports that Pfizer vaccine is "74.4% effective in Asian Americans, and...only 10.4% effective" among people described as multiracial—thou…

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January 21, 2021 at 8:19 PM

'The Basic Problem Is a Lack of Central Strategy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Basic Problem Is a Lack of Central Strategy' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Kaiser Health News' Elisabeth Rosenthal about the troubled vaccine rollout for the January 15, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly …

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January 20, 2021 at 9:59 PM

Media Elevate Eugenicists, Sideline Disabled Voices in Discussions of Covid Rationing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Elevate Eugenicists, Sideline Disabled Voices in Discussions of Covid Rationing Justine Barron   In the sticky conversations around rationing life-saving treatments and vaccines during the Covid pandemic, corporate media have elevate…

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January 20, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Corporate Media's Leaked Chinese Documents Confirm China Didn't Hide Covid-19

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media's Leaked Chinese Documents Confirm China Didn't Hide Covid-19 Joshua Cho   CNN (11/30/20) examined "China's mishandling of the early stages of Covid-19," despite the fact that China brought its pandemic under control withi…

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January 20, 2021 at 4:36 PM

'The Lost Cause Has in Some Ways Won the Civil War'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Lost Cause Has in Some Ways Won the Civil War' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed historian Keri Leigh Merritt about the New Lost Cause for the January 15, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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January 18, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Even After January 6, Some Media Can't Kick Their Addiction to False Balance

All posts View article on FAIR's website Even After January 6, Some Media Can't Kick Their Addiction to False Balance Julie Hollar   In the wake of the unprecedented events of January 6, many in corporate media—on both the editorial and reporting sides—have displayed a new and re…

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January 15, 2021 at 11:59 PM

Trump's Twitter Ban... The New Lost Cause... Pentagon Papers Revisionism....

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January 15, 2021 at 10:08 PM

Trump’s Twitter Ban May Be Justified, but That Doesn't Mean Tech Giants' Power Isn't Scary

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump’s Twitter Ban May Be Justified, but That Doesn't Mean Tech Giants' Power Isn't Scary Alan MacLeod   EU commissioner Thierry Breton (Politico, 1/10/21):  "Regardless of whether silencing a standing president was the right thing to do…

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January 15, 2021 at 4:31 PM

Keri Leigh Merritt on the New Lost Cause, Elisabeth Rosenthal on Troubled Vaccine Rollout

All posts View article on FAIR's website Keri Leigh Merritt on the New Lost Cause, Elisabeth Rosenthal on Troubled Vaccine Rollout CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS CNN (1/7/21) This week on CounterSpin: As media sift through the fallout of the January 6 attack on the Capitol, it's…

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January 14, 2021 at 11:31 PM

ACTION ALERT: What Can 'Now Be Told' by NYT About Pentagon Papers Isn't Actually True

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: What Can 'Now Be Told' by NYT About Pentagon Papers Isn't Actually True Jim Naureckas   The most important claim in the New York Times' revisionist history of the Pentagon Papers (1/7/21) is demonstrably false. The day New …

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January 14, 2021 at 10:07 PM

'Being Neutral in the Face of a Fascist Threat Is Not an Acceptable Journalistic Value'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Being Neutral in the Face of a Fascist Threat Is Not an Acceptable Journalistic Value' Jim Naureckas   Janine Jackson interviewed political scientist Dorothee Benz on the January 6 insurrection for the January 8, 2021, episode of CounterS…

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January 14, 2021 at 2:53 PM

FAIR Is Hiring!

FAIR Is Hiring! View this email in your browser FAIR Is Hiring! FAIR, the progressive media watch group, seeks an Administrative and Fundraising Director to manage all administrative and fundraising fu…

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January 13, 2021 at 11:18 PM

'What Happened at the Capitol Could Not Happen Unless Police Allowed It to Happen'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What Happened at the Capitol Could Not Happen Unless Police Allowed It to Happen' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund's Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on police responsibility for the January 6 insu…

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January 13, 2021 at 10:52 PM

FAIR Study: Elite Media Allowed No Dissent on Regime Change for Venezuela

All posts View article on FAIR's website FAIR Study: Elite Media Allowed No Dissent on Regime Change for Venezuela Teddy Ostrow   A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-…

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January 13, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Soundbites August/September 2018

All posts View article on FAIR's website Soundbites August/September 2018 FAIR   By a ‘Lot Like Trump,’ WaPo Means ‘Could Not Be Less Like Trump’ Andrés Manuel López Obrador “Mexico’s Could-Be President Is a Lot Like Trump,” went the headline of a Washington Post editorial (6/1…

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January 12, 2021 at 8:22 PM

Socialists Denounced as Foes and Tools of Real Estate Industry

All posts View article on FAIR's website Socialists Denounced as Foes and Tools of Real Estate Industry Ari Paul   City & State (10/10/19) describes DSA as "centered on the yuppies and hipsters who have typically grown up in the suburbs and more recently moved into these [ur…

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January 11, 2021 at 10:56 PM

Media Cry Wolf for Third Time on Afghan ‘Bounties’

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Cry Wolf for Third Time on Afghan ‘Bounties’  Alan MacLeod   CNN (12/31/20) reports that "news of China offering cash for attacks on US forces comes as China awaits whether Biden will embrace Trump's more punitive policies towards t…

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January 9, 2021 at 9:38 PM

Leading Papers Talked Up Establishment’s Senate Candidates

All posts View article on FAIR's website Leading Papers Talked Up Establishment’s Senate Candidates  Henry Brannan   Democrats celebrated dual Georgia Senate race victories this week, which gives them, with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaker vote, a bare majority in the Sen…

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January 9, 2021 at 4:48 PM

'To Tell Stories of Communities That Are Authentic, You Have to Have a Conversation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'To Tell Stories of Communities That Are Authentic, You Have to Have a Conversation' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson: Welcome to the Best of CounterSpin for 2020. I'm Janine Jackson. As we start a new year, longtime listeners may know, we…

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January 8, 2021 at 11:03 PM

Billionaire-Owned Media Look Out for Neediest by Demanding They Get No More Money

All posts View article on FAIR's website Billionaire-Owned Media Look Out for Neediest by Demanding They Get No More Money Alan MacLeod   A lot of extremely rich people seem to be against the idea of giving money to the rest of us. In recent weeks, as the US continues to flounder…

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January 8, 2021 at 6:45 PM

Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on Police Responsibility

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection, Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on Police Responsibility CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS Military Times' photo of a gallows erected on Capitol Hill by pro-Trump militants. (photo: Sarah Sicard) This week on C…

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January 7, 2021 at 7:13 PM

As Far Right Storms Capitol, Media Need to Look at Their Own Role in How We Got Here

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Far Right Storms Capitol, Media Need to Look at Their Own Role in How We Got Here Julie Hollar   Media seem to have finally found the line they won't abide crossing. After both sides–ing the political situation for four years of Donald …

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January 6, 2021 at 6:56 PM

‘We Structure the Market to Create Inequality’

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘We Structure the Market to Create Inequality’ Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR’s Dean Baker about trickle-down economics for the December 25, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. CBS (12/17/…

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January 5, 2021 at 5:01 PM

Study of 2020 Debates Finds New Topics but Familiar Framing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Study of 2020 Debates Finds New Topics but Familiar Framing FAIR   A FAIR analysis of the 2020 general election debates found stunning breaks from past practices combined with tried-and-true tropes of national US debates. One of the bigges…

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January 4, 2021 at 11:29 PM

'He Is the King of Dirty Deals'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'He Is the King of Dirty Deals' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen’s Lisa Gilbert about lame duck Donald Trump for the December 25, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.   Public Citiz…

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January 1, 2021 at 4:20 PM

Best of CounterSpin 2020

All posts View article on FAIR's website Best of CounterSpin 2020 CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS (photo: Daniel Arauz/Wikimedia) As we start a new year, longtime CounterSpin listeners will know, we revisit a few of our weekly looks behind the headlines. We call it "the best of,"…

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December 30, 2020 at 5:14 PM

Watching the Watchdogs

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December 26, 2020 at 1:13 AM

Both-Sidesing Stimulus... Saudi PR... Lame Duck Trump....

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December 25, 2020 at 6:11 PM

Lisa Gilbert on Lame Duck Trump, Dean Baker on Trickle-Down Economics

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lisa Gilbert on Lame Duck Trump, Dean Baker on Trickle-Down Economics CounterSpin   http://CounterSpin201225.mp3 Subscribe: RSS   (image: Public Citizen) This week on CounterSpin: Media critic Margaret Sullivan made a plea to journalis…

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December 24, 2020 at 7:45 PM

‘That Loss of Privacy Is the Monopoly Price’

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘That Loss of Privacy Is the Monopoly Price’ Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed EFF’s Mitch Stoltz about breaking up Google for the December 18, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.  Janine Jackson: …

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December 23, 2020 at 9:19 PM

‘Freedom Is Blossoming’: After Dismembering a Journalist, Saudi Arabia Goes on a PR Spree

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘Freedom Is Blossoming’: After Dismembering a Journalist, Saudi Arabia Goes on a PR Spree Alan MacLeod   CNN (12/5/20) describes mass arrests ordered by Mohammed bin Salman as a way "to shake up the kingdom in a way his predecessors dared…

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December 23, 2020 at 7:40 PM

‘Our Government Needs to Protect Workers, Not Corporations’

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘Our Government Needs to Protect Workers, Not Corporations’ Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Jessica Martinez about worker safety and Covid relief for the December 18, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited trans…

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December 22, 2020 at 10:06 PM

Both-Sidesing the Stimulus Bill

All posts View article on FAIR's website Both-Sidesing the Stimulus Bill Julie Hollar   The Washington Post caption (12/20/20) reads: "Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle each blamed the other for the long stint between the last coronavirus relief package and the deal reac…

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December 21, 2020 at 3:59 PM

Not Even Halfway to Our Goal—We Need You!

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December 20, 2020 at 2:07 AM

Erasing Economic Warfare... Moscow's 'Mystery Weapon'... Media Literacy....

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December 19, 2020 at 3:54 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Erases US Economic War Against Venezuela

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: NYT Erases US Economic War Against Venezuela Bryce Greene   The New York Times (5/12/20)  describes "a difficult time for Venezuela, as the country grapples with deep economic challenges and a breakdown of its health care sy…

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December 18, 2020 at 8:52 PM

WaPo Warns Progressive Dems: They Could Win

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Warns Progressive Dems: They Could Win Jeff Cohen A standard bias in news coverage in elite outlets (Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, etc.) is centrism—using an allegedly objective voice to warn against or critique “extremism” of…

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December 18, 2020 at 5:44 PM

Jessica Martinez on Gutting Worker Protections, Mitch Stoltz on Breaking Up Big Tech

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jessica Martinez on Gutting Worker Protections, Mitch Stoltz on Breaking Up Big Tech CounterSpin (photo: Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images) This week on CounterSpin: More than 308,000 US women, men and children have died of Covid-19. Th…

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December 17, 2020 at 11:12 PM

‘This Order Puts the Weight of the Federal Government Behind Anti-Antiracism’

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘This Order Puts the Weight of the Federal Government Behind Anti-Antiracism’ Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed law professor and legal theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw about Trump’s "Equity Gag Order" for the December 11, 2020, episod…

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December 16, 2020 at 11:16 PM

A CIA Officer Has a Headache. Media Blame Russia.

All posts View article on FAIR's website A CIA Officer Has a Headache. Media Blame Russia. Alan MacLeod   Julia Ioffe (GQ, 10/20/20) reported that "dozens of American diplomats, spies and government employees" were "targets of what some experts and doctors now believe were attac…

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December 11, 2020 at 11:18 PM

Biden's Corporate Counselors... Kim Crenshaw Interview... School Reopening....

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December 11, 2020 at 8:10 PM

‘US Leadership’—and Other Euphemisms for War

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘US Leadership’—and Other Euphemisms for War Gregory Shupak   Frederick Kempe (CNBC, 11/21/20) calls on Biden to restore "US global leadership" to "counter the growing influence of China." Joe Biden doesn’t become president for a month a…

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December 11, 2020 at 6:06 PM

Kimberle Crenshaw on the Equity Gag Order

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kimberle Crenshaw on the Equity Gag Order CounterSpin   http://CounterSpin201211.mp3 Subscribe: RSS (image: Breitbart, 9/4/20) This week on CounterSpin: "This is a sickness that cannot be allowed to continue. Please report any sighting…

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December 10, 2020 at 7:41 PM

Watchdog Journalism in the Public Interest

Watchdog Journalism in the Public Interest View this email in your browser Watchdog Journalism in the Public Interest Dear FAIR Friends, FAIR’s recent Action Alert, “At NYT, Now You See Corporate Influ…

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December 9, 2020 at 11:57 PM

'These Executions, Disturbing as They Are, Have Flown Largely Under the Radar'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Executions, Disturbing as They Are, Have Flown Largely Under the Radar' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed  the Intercept’s Liliana Segura about Trump’s execution spree for the December 4, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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December 9, 2020 at 10:27 PM

NYT Cheerleads School Reopening as Covid Spikes

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Cheerleads School Reopening as Covid Spikes Ari Paul   The New York Times (11/11/20) editorialized in favor of keeping schools open, "given the evidence of how little the virus has spread there." New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s …

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December 8, 2020 at 11:01 PM

‘The Chairmanship of Ajit Pai Has Been a Disaster’

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘The Chairmanship of Ajit Pai Has Been a Disaster’ Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press’s Gaurav Laroia about Ajit Pai’s FCC for the December 4, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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