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February 25, 2021 at 8:03 PM

What Is 'Moderate' About Opposing a Minimum Wage Backed by 3/5ths of Voters?

All posts View article on FAIR's website What Is 'Moderate' About Opposing a Minimum Wage Backed by 3/5ths of Voters? Julie Hollar   Douglas Schoen (The Hill, 2/24/21) wrote that including a minimum wage increase in the Covid relief package "will likely ensure the bill’s failure…

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February 25, 2021 at 5:08 PM

Applause for Perseverance Ignores Plutonium Bullet We Dodged

All posts View article on FAIR's website Applause for Perseverance Ignores Plutonium Bullet We Dodged Karl Grossman   ABC (2/22/21) had one of many reports that celebrated the Mars landing without noting that the rover was powered by plutonium—or the risks NASA had taken in laun…

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February 24, 2021 at 8:39 PM

Amid Scrutiny of Tweets, Tanden's Role in Killing a Union Website Should Not Be Forgotten

All posts View article on FAIR's website Amid Scrutiny of Tweets, Tanden's Role in Killing a Union Website Should Not Be Forgotten Ari Paul   Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) think tank, may or may not be confirmed by the Senate as…

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February 24, 2021 at 4:20 PM

Limbaugh Helped Create the Conservative Movement—and Paved the Road for Trump

All posts View article on FAIR's website Limbaugh Helped Create the Conservative Movement—and Paved the Road for Trump Steve Rendall   Extra! (7–8/94) Rush Limbaugh died on February 17, leaving behind a legacy of lies, bigotry, science denial and conspiracy mongering—as well as…

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February 22, 2021 at 9:14 PM

Guardian Columnist's Firing Over Israel Joke Highlights Paper's Rightward Drift

All posts View article on FAIR's website Guardian Columnist's Firing Over Israel Joke Highlights Paper's Rightward Drift Ari Paul   Current Affairs editor and former Guardian US columnist Nathan Robinson The Guardian has fired one of its columnists for its US edition, Nathan Ro…

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February 20, 2021 at 2:42 AM

Open Letter on Guardian Spiking... 'Woke Capital'... Cuomo Scandal....

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February 19, 2021 at 11:42 PM

Crediting Xenophobia—Rather Than Organizing—With Raising Workers' Wages

All posts View article on FAIR's website Crediting Xenophobia—Rather Than Organizing—With Raising Workers' Wages David L. Wilson   "Are the two related?" the Economist (2/15/20) asked. Turns out—probably not. The Economist (2/15/20) ran a brief article last year with a startlin…

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February 19, 2021 at 7:48 PM

Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Vindicates His Critics in the Press

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Vindicates His Critics in the Press Ari Paul   New York Times (2/12/21): "The state’s attorney general...accused the Cuomo administration of undercounting coronavirus related deaths connected to nursing homes …

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February 19, 2021 at 4:34 PM

Celine McNicholas and Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration, Kate Bronfrenbrenner on NRLB

All posts View article on FAIR's website Celine McNicholas and Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration, Kate Bronfrenbrenner on NRLB CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS This week on CounterSpin: One of the more hopeful things you might not have heard about is the revival in the House of Re…

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February 18, 2021 at 6:32 PM

Open Letter to John Mulholland, US editor of <i>The Guardian</i>

All posts View article on FAIR's website Open Letter to John Mulholland, US editor of The Guardian Writers and Scholars Opposing Censorship     We write in support of Nathan Robinson, founder of Current Affairs magazine, who was fired as a columnist for The Guardian for a joking…

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February 17, 2021 at 11:00 PM

'Washington Has Been Asking the Wrong Question on North Korea'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Washington Has Been Asking the Wrong Question on North Korea' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Women Cross DMZ's Hyun Lee about ending the war in Korea for the February 12, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited…

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February 17, 2021 at 4:51 PM

'If Our Goal Is to Stop Killing Afghans, We're Going About It All Wrong'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'If Our Goal Is to Stop Killing Afghans, We're Going About It All Wrong' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's Phyllis Bennis about ending the Afghan War for the February 12, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edit…

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February 16, 2021 at 10:58 PM

'Woke Capital' Isn’t Real—but Conservative Fearmongering Is

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Woke Capital' Isn’t Real—but Conservative Fearmongering Is Ari Paul   "Corporate America’s rush to cancel those it dislikes should trouble you," wrote Sen. Josh Hawley (New York Post, 1/24/21), after leading the charge to overturn the 20…

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February 16, 2021 at 9:24 PM

Ignoring Repression and Dirty Tricks in Coverage of Ecuador's Election

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ignoring Repression and Dirty Tricks in Coverage of Ecuador's Election Joe Emersberger   Reuters via US News (1/29/21) Ecuadorians went to the polls on February 7 to elect a new president, vice president and National Assembly. A week bef…

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February 13, 2021 at 12:07 AM

Impeachment... Israel's 'Right to Exist'... George Shultz....

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February 12, 2021 at 11:29 PM

Impeachment Trial Is Not About Convincing GOP Senators—Many of Whom Were Trump's Co-Conspirators

All posts View article on FAIR's website Impeachment Trial Is Not About Convincing GOP Senators—Many of Whom Were Trump's Co-Conspirators Julie Hollar   New York Times (2/11/21): "For all of the drama of the prosecution’s case, most Republican senators appeared unswayed." A rec…

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February 12, 2021 at 9:52 PM

States Have No Inherent 'Right to Exist'—but It’s a Media Fixation on Israel/Palestine

All posts View article on FAIR's website States Have No Inherent 'Right to Exist'—but It’s a Media Fixation on Israel/Palestine Gregory Shupak   "I’ve never heard anyone demand to know whether Switzerland, or even the United States, has 'a right to exist,'” writes Yousef Munayye…

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February 12, 2021 at 4:34 PM

Ending the Forever Wars: Phyllis Bennis on Afghanistan, Hyun Lee on Korea

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ending the Forever Wars: Phyllis Bennis on Afghanistan, Hyun Lee on Korea CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS Wall Street Journal (2/10/21) This week on CounterSpin: Media are soberly reporting a congressional panel's warning against an "abrupt"…

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February 11, 2021 at 10:07 PM

'Independent, Culturally Relevant, Trusted Local Sources Are the Way'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Independent, Culturally Relevant, Trusted Local Sources Are the Way' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Movement Alliance Project's Hannah Sassaman about Prometheus v. FCC for the February 5, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is…

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February 10, 2021 at 10:47 PM

Journalists Praising Psaki Should Remember: Spin Doctors Are Not on Your Side

All posts View article on FAIR's website Journalists Praising Psaki Should Remember: Spin Doctors Are Not on Your Side Ari Paul   CNN's Brian Seltzer (Reliable Sources, 1/24/21) talks to three former press secretaries about how normal Jen Psaki is. One arena of US executive pow…

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February 10, 2021 at 5:07 PM

'The US Has Been Obstructionist in Chief in Global Climate Talks'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The US Has Been Obstructionist in Chief in Global Climate Talks' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's Basav Sen about rejoining the Paris accords for the February 5, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tran…

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February 9, 2021 at 9:03 PM

WaPo Curates the Memory of George Shultz

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Curates the Memory of George Shultz Jim Naureckas   Condoleezza Rice (Washington Post, 2/7/21) on George Shultz: "His integrity was unquestioned by friend and foe alike." George Shultz, a prominent cabinet member of both the Nixon a…

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February 5, 2021 at 11:38 PM

Compromising Biden... Unions & Reopening... Bezos' Billions....

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February 5, 2021 at 11:04 PM

'To Fight Back, Workers Are Going to Need Access to Data Rights'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'To Fight Back, Workers Are Going to Need Access to Data Rights' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Open Society's Bama Athreya about defending gig workers for the January 29, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited t…

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February 5, 2021 at 9:22 PM

For Media, Bezos' Self-Made Billions Are a Separate Story From Amazon Stealing Tips

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, Bezos' Self-Made Billions Are a Separate Story From Amazon Stealing Tips Janine Jackson   Amazon, AP (2/2/21) reported, "has gone far beyond selling paperbacks. It now produces movies, makes sofas, owns a grocery chain and even…

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February 5, 2021 at 8:24 PM

'We Need to Talk About Abortion as Necessary Healthcare and a Social Good'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Talk About Abortion as Necessary Healthcare and a Social Good' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed URGE's Kimberly Inez McGuire about abortion realities for the January 29, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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February 5, 2021 at 5:28 PM

Basav Sen on Biden Climate Policy, Hannah Sassaman on <em>Prometheus v. FCC</em>

All posts View article on FAIR's website Basav Sen on Biden Climate Policy, Hannah Sassaman on Prometheus v. FCC CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS (image: Institute for Policy Studies) This week on CounterSpin: We know Biden will be better than Trump on climate policy, because a p…

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February 4, 2021 at 9:22 PM

Jumping on the Hezbollah 'Narcoterrorism' Bandwagon

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jumping on the Hezbollah 'Narcoterrorism' Bandwagon Belén Fernández   Italy announced last July 1 the seizure of 84 million counterfeit pills of the amphetamine Captagon, widely used by combatants in the Syrian civil war that began in 2011…

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February 3, 2021 at 8:29 PM

Covering School Reopening, Chicago Papers Pit Unions Against Parents

All posts View article on FAIR's website Covering School Reopening, Chicago Papers Pit Unions Against Parents Ari Paul   Chicago Sun-Times (1/24/21): "The strategy from union leadership has been to back CPS officials into a corner in negotiations." As FAIR (12/9/20) has reporte…

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February 3, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Who Is Aleksei Navalny? NYT Once Knew, but Has Since Forgotten

All posts View article on FAIR's website Who Is Aleksei Navalny? NYT Once Knew, but Has Since Forgotten Jim Naureckas   The New York Times headline (2/1/21) asks a good question that the accompanying story completely fails to answer. "Who Is Aleksei Navalny?" was the headline o…

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February 2, 2021 at 7:59 PM

On Sunday Shows, the Only Biden 'Promise' That Matters Is Compromise

All posts View article on FAIR's website On Sunday Shows, the Only Biden 'Promise' That Matters Is Compromise Julie Hollar   With the Biden administration focused on passing a massive Covid relief package as its first major legislative action, the Sunday morning political talk sh…

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January 29, 2021 at 11:42 PM

Deficit Hawks... Abortion Realities... NYT & China....

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January 29, 2021 at 5:15 PM

Kimberly Inez McGuire on Abortion Realities, Bama Athreya on Defending Gig Workers

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kimberly Inez McGuire on Abortion Realities, Bama Athreya on Defending Gig Workers CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS This week on CounterSpin: The same day's news can include a story noting anti-abortion anger as an element in the "domestic ex…

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January 27, 2021 at 10:36 PM

You Can’t Fight White Supremacy With White Supremacy

All posts View article on FAIR's website You Can’t Fight White Supremacy With White Supremacy Dorothee Benz   The Washington Post (1/20/21) reports on newly inaugurated President Joe Biden "pledging to find common ground and pass bipartisan legislation despite Washington’s bitte…

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January 27, 2021 at 9:05 PM

US Media Require No Evidence for Claims of Electoral Fraud—in Venezuela

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Require No Evidence for Claims of Electoral Fraud—in Venezuela Ricardo Vaz   The media establishment was horrified when the “Stop the Steal” mob stormed the US Capitol on January 6, and the sentence was swift: President Donald Tru…

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January 26, 2021 at 10:11 PM

Flint 'Really Comes Down to People Not Being Listened To'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Flint 'Really Comes Down to People Not Being Listened To' Janine Jackson   The January 22, 2021, episode of CounterSpin brought together archival interviews about the Flint water crisis from Chris Savage, Talia Buford and Peggy Case. This …

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January 26, 2021 at 4:35 PM

Ritchie Torres: The AOC Alternative Who Isn't

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ritchie Torres: The AOC Alternative Who Isn't Ari Paul   Eli Lake (Bloomberg, 11/16/20) describes Ritchie Torres as a "rising progressive star who has proudly resisted" an "anti-Israel purity test." Corporate media are having a field day…

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January 25, 2021 at 9:15 PM

Media's Deficit Hawks Fly Again—as Soon as a Democrat Takes Office

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's Deficit Hawks Fly Again—as Soon as a Democrat Takes Office Alan MacLeod   If raising the national debt is "Trump's most enduring legacy," as the Washington Post (1/14/21) suggests, then it follows that in order to reverse that leg…

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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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