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March 19, 2021 at 10:20 PM

Austerity-Addicted Media Scaremonger Over Infrastructure 'Spending Spree'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Austerity-Addicted Media Scaremonger Over Infrastructure 'Spending Spree' Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (3/11/21) suggests that $2 trillion in tax hikes (to "offset the cost of some or all" of the infrastructure bill) would "hardly q…

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March 19, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Ernesto Falcon on Internet for All, Alexander Kaufman on Future-Proofed Housing Codes

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ernesto Falcon on Internet for All, Alexander Kaufman on Future-Proofed Housing Codes CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS This week on CounterSpin: Reporters covering the pandemic can't help but note the impact of the digital divide: How do you wo…

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March 17, 2021 at 6:40 PM

WSJ Rage at 'Woke' China Foreshadows New Redbaiting of Social Justice Activists

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Rage at 'Woke' China Foreshadows New Redbaiting of Social Justice Activists Ari Paul   The Wall Street Journal (3/7/21) accused Chinese media of "invoking the woke themes of American progressives as a propaganda weapon against the US.…

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March 17, 2021 at 3:54 PM

Financial Press Fears Brazilians Will Be Allowed to Elect President of Their Choice

All posts View article on FAIR's website Financial Press Fears Brazilians Will Be Allowed to Elect President of Their Choice Alan MacLeod   The progressive Brasil Wire (3/9/21) reported: "Lula is now a free man, free to run for political office." The Brazilian Supreme Court thi…

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March 16, 2021 at 7:35 PM

'It's the Biggest Assault on Voting Rights Since the End of Reconstruction'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's the Biggest Assault on Voting Rights Since the End of Reconstruction' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Mother Jones' Ari Berman about voter suppression for the March 12, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edit…

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March 16, 2021 at 5:40 PM

Sahouri Acquitted, But US Press Freedom Still Under Attack

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sahouri Acquitted, But US Press Freedom Still Under Attack Ari Paul   While prosecutions of journalists are still "rare," as the New York Times' subhead (3/10/21) notes, police arrests of and assaults on reporters have become increasingly…

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March 15, 2021 at 2:28 AM

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February 27, 2021 at 12:06 AM

Power Analysis Failure

All posts View article on FAIR's website Power Analysis Failure Dorothee Benz   This New York Times piece (2/17/21) criticized "advocates for fossil fuels" for "trying to shift blame" for blackouts to renewables... “No, Wind Farms Aren’t the Main Cause of the Texas Blackouts,” …

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February 26, 2021 at 10:31 PM

Trump Briefings? Always News. Biden Briefings? Not News.

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump Briefings? Always News. Biden Briefings? Not News. Janine Jackson   Nowadays, corporate media would have you believe they are appalled by Donald Trump: He's a liar and a cheat who distorted our democracy and was rotten to the press. …

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February 26, 2021 at 10:02 PM

RESEND: Mitch Jones on Texas Freeze-Outs, Joe Torres on News for All the People

All posts View article on FAIR's website RESEND: Mitch Jones on Texas Freeze-Outs, Joe Torres on News for All the People CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS New York Times (2/21/21) This week on CounterSpin: As Texans continue to deal with impacts of a deadly combination of frigid we…

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February 26, 2021 at 6:16 PM

'Workers Are Increasingly Required to Sign Away Their Rights'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Workers Are Increasingly Required to Sign Away Their Rights' Janine Jackson   The February 19, 2021, episode of CounterSpin brought together archival interviews from Celine McNicholas, Joanne Doroshow and Kate Bronfenbrenner on forced arb…

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February 26, 2021 at 5:10 PM

Mitch Jones on Texas Freeze-Outs, Joe Torres on News for All the People

All posts View article on FAIR's website Mitch Jones on Texas Freeze-Outs, Joe Torres on News for All the People CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS New York Times (2/21/21) This week on CounterSpin: As Texans continue to deal with impacts of a deadly combination of frigid weather an…

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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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