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July 21, 2021 at 11:10 PM

Saab Case Shows Western Media’s Casual Acceptance of US Atrocities

All posts View article on FAIR's website Saab Case Shows Western Media’s Casual Acceptance of US Atrocities Joe Emersberger   A Colombian businessperson named Alex Saab was traveling to Iran on behalf of the Venezuelan government in June 2020. His official mission was to negotiat…

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July 20, 2021 at 9:35 PM

Blaming BLM for Homicide Rise—and Excusing Massive Spike in Gun Sales

All posts View article on FAIR's website Blaming BLM for Homicide Rise—and Excusing Massive Spike in Gun Sales Eoin Higgins   Washington Post (6/27/21): "One centrist...said fellow Democrats must not shy away from talking about rising crime and the challenges facing police." Me…

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July 20, 2021 at 7:31 PM

Help FAIR Celebrate 35 Years—And Keep Us Going for at Least 35 More!

Help FAIR Celebrate 35 Years—And Keep Us Going for at Least 35 More! View this email in your browser   Holding Big Media Accountable—With Your Help!   Dear FAIR Friends,  When corporate media leav…

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July 19, 2021 at 10:32 PM

Shoplifting Is Big News; Stealing Millions From Workers Is Not

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shoplifting Is Big News; Stealing Millions From Workers Is Not Steven Keehner   Urban crime is the golden child of local media, as recent FAIR coverage (6/21/21) has shown. But as FAIR's Julie Hollar recently noted, the amount of attention…

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July 17, 2021 at 11:01 PM

Cuba Protests... Haiti Assassination... NYC Primaries...

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July 17, 2021 at 12:09 AM

WSJ Likes 'More Money in Taxpayers' Hands'—Only When They're Wealthy Hands

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Likes 'More Money in Taxpayers' Hands'—Only When They're Wealthy Hands Elias Khoury   The Wall Street Journal (7/5/21) was thrilled by an Ohio tax cut that mainly benefited the wealthy... When Ohio’s Gov. Mike DeWine signed a tax cut…

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July 16, 2021 at 8:18 PM

Media Play Up Protests, Play Down Effect of US Sanctions in Cuba

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Play Up Protests, Play Down Effect of US Sanctions in Cuba Alan MacLeod   New York Times (7/11/21): "In a country known for repressive crackdowns on dissent, the rallies were widely viewed as astonishing.” A wave of protests in Cub…

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July 16, 2021 at 3:32 PM

Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer's Investigation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer's Investigation CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Adm. Mike Mullen (center) with US troops in Haiti, 2010 (photo: Chad J. McNeeley/DoD) This…

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July 15, 2021 at 6:52 PM

Help FAIR Celebrate 35 Years—And Keep Us Going for at Least 35 More!

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July 14, 2021 at 3:06 PM

'The Techniques Rumsfeld Was Using Were Designed to Get False Information'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Techniques Rumsfeld Was Using Were Designed to Get False Information' Janine Jackson   The July 9, 2021, episode of CounterSpin included an archival interview with the Center for Constitutional Rights' Michael Ratner about Donald Rums…

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July 13, 2021 at 8:59 PM

'US Companies Can Be Sued for Involvement in Child Slavery'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'US Companies Can Be Sued for Involvement in Child Slavery' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed UC Davis' William Dodge on Nestlé and slave labor for the July 9, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. ht…

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July 11, 2021 at 1:28 AM

Critical Race Theory... Nestle & Slave Labor... Anti-Protest Laws....

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July 10, 2021 at 9:05 PM

How Not to Cover Critical Race Theory

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Not to Cover Critical Race Theory Julie Hollar   In USA Today's print edition (7/6/21), this op-ed was headlined, "Teaching Critical Race Theory Is Patriotic, Not Anti-American." After working the right up into a lather over Black Li…

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July 9, 2021 at 11:20 PM

'That's Lethal, Communities Completely Exposed to This Kind of Heat'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'That's Lethal, Communities Completely Exposed to This Kind of Heat' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Vivek Shandas about climate impacts for the July 2, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https:/…

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July 9, 2021 at 8:33 PM

'We Have Seen the Deepening of the Anti-Democratic, Anti-Protest Legislative Trend'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Have Seen the Deepening of the Anti-Democratic, Anti-Protest Legislative Trend' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Vera Eidelman about Fourth of July freedoms for the July 2, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edi…

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July 9, 2021 at 3:37 PM

William Dodge on Nestle Slave Labor, Michael Ratner on Donald Rumsfeld

All posts View article on FAIR's website William Dodge on Nestle Slave Labor, Michael Ratner on Donald Rumsfeld CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS Child chocolate worker in the Ivory Coast (Fortune, 3/1/16) (photo: Benjamin Lowy) This week on CounterSpin: Nestle CEO Mark Schneider tol…

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July 8, 2021 at 5:59 PM

The Truth Is a Right, Not A Privilege: Help FAIR Raise $15,000 by August 1

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July 2, 2021 at 10:13 PM

Lab Leak Revisited... Rumsfeld Obits... Climate Action....

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July 2, 2021 at 9:12 PM

Rumsfeld Remembered as 'Complex,' 'Energetic'—Not as Killer of Multitudes

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rumsfeld Remembered as 'Complex,' 'Energetic'—Not as Killer of Multitudes Jim Naureckas   The New York Times (6/30/21) wrote that Donald Rumsfeld "seemed like an All-American who had stepped off the Wheaties box." One thing you won't fin…

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July 2, 2021 at 8:12 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Ignores Two-Year House Arrest of Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: NYT Ignores Two-Year House Arrest of Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil  James Baratta   Attorney Steven Donziger at his contempt of court trial (Intercept, 5/17/21) (photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Steven R. Donziger—the …

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July 2, 2021 at 6:08 PM

Key Assange Witness Recants—With Zero Corporate Media Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Key Assange Witness Recants—With Zero Corporate Media Coverage Alan MacLeod   Stundin's blockbuster (6/26/21) failed to explode in US corporate media. A key witness in the Department of Justice’s case against Julian Assange has admitted …

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July 2, 2021 at 3:33 PM

Vera Eidelman on Fourth of July Freedoms, Vivek Shandas on Addressing Climate Change

All posts View article on FAIR's website Vera Eidelman on Fourth of July Freedoms, Vivek Shandas on Addressing Climate Change CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   USA Today (7/1/20) This week on CounterSpin: For many US citizens the Fourth of July is really just a chance to barbecue…

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July 2, 2021 at 2:05 AM

'The Tax Break Industrial Complex Has Not Been Challenged'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Tax Break Industrial Complex Has Not Been Challenged' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Good Jobs First's Greg LeRoy about Texas corporate subsidies for the June 25, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tra…

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July 2, 2021 at 12:50 AM

US Censorship Is Increasingly Official

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Censorship Is Increasingly Official Alan MacLeod   The US government boasting of its censorship of Press TV. The Biden administration made headlines last week as it moved to shut down the websites of 33 foreign media outlets, includin…

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July 1, 2021 at 9:30 PM

Media Applaud the New Cold Wars—but Could US Be More Aggressive, Please?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Applaud the New Cold Wars—but Could US Be More Aggressive, Please? Gregory Shupak   US media are fixin’ for a fight with China, Russia—or both. Commentary on the recent G7 and NATO summits, as well as President Joe Biden's meeting wi…

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July 1, 2021 at 2:59 PM

Keep Correcting Media Disinformation: Help FAIR Raise $15,000!

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June 30, 2021 at 4:04 PM

US 'Intervention Has Directly Led to the Conditions Migrants Are Fleeing'

All posts View article on FAIR's website US 'Intervention Has Directly Led to the Conditions Migrants Are Fleeing' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Americas Program's Laura Carlsen about Biden's Central American policy for the June 25, 2021, episode of CounterSpin.…

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June 28, 2021 at 10:37 PM

US Media Give New Respect to Lab Leak Theory—Though Evidence Is as Lacking as Ever

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Give New Respect to Lab Leak Theory—Though Evidence Is as Lacking as Ever Joshua Cho   Washington Post fact specialist Glenn Kessler (5/25/21) deemed the lab leak theory "credible." While many Western media outlets (e.g., NBC, 5…

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June 25, 2021 at 11:12 PM

NYC Mayoral Race... Crime Hype... Central America Policy....

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June 25, 2021 at 9:12 PM

'The Filibuster Functions as a General Block on All Legislation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Filibuster Functions as a General Block on All Legislation' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Daily Poster's Andrew Perez about the filibuster for the June 18, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited trans…

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June 25, 2021 at 3:57 PM

Laura Carlsen on Biden's Central America Policy, Greg LeRoy on Texas Corporate Subsidies

All posts View article on FAIR's website Laura Carlsen on Biden's Central America Policy, Greg LeRoy on Texas Corporate Subsidies CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Protest in Union Square, New York (cc photo: Jim Naureckas) This week on CounterSpin: "Biden Administration Ousts Trum…

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June 25, 2021 at 12:35 AM

The Thin Blue Lies Behind Crime Wave Hype

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Thin Blue Lies Behind Crime Wave Hype Josmar Trujillo   It's always possible to produce alarming headlines about crime—even in the safest year in New York City history, as the New York Post (7/30/18) demonstrated. The stories were ho…

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June 23, 2021 at 9:31 PM

'The Goal of These Ads Is to Distract From Their Actual Business Model'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Goal of These Ads Is to Distract From Their Actual Business Model' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Clean Creatives' Duncan Meisel about oil industry greenwashing for the June 11, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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June 22, 2021 at 7:39 PM

'Having a Say Can Be Transformative'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Having a Say Can Be Transformative' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Real News Network's Jaisal Noor about worker cooperatives for the June 11, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.bl…

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June 21, 2021 at 10:57 PM

Tabloids Want Crime, Not Rent, on NYC Voters' Minds

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tabloids Want Crime, Not Rent, on NYC Voters' Minds Julie Hollar   New York City voters will finish choosing their Democratic mayoral candidate in primary elections tomorrow. With no strong Republican candidates, the winner of the primary …

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June 19, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Immigration Sources... Youth Activism... NYT & Amazon....

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June 19, 2021 at 9:13 PM

TV News Coverage of Southern Border Lacks Refugee Sources, Historical Context

All posts View article on FAIR's website TV News Coverage of Southern Border Lacks Refugee Sources, Historical Context  Ada Rajkovic   A new FAIR study finds that TV news coverage of the southern US border largely ignores the experiences and voices of those most impacted by the i…

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June 19, 2021 at 5:30 PM

Media Must Stop Asking Youth Activists to 'Save the World'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Must Stop Asking Youth Activists to 'Save the World' Loretta Graceffo   The past few years have seen young people around the globe emerging as leaders in the fight for transformative change—on issues ranging from climate change to gu…

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June 18, 2021 at 3:22 PM

Andrew Perez on the Filibuster

All posts View article on FAIR's website Andrew Perez on the Filibuster CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS James Stewart filibustering in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. This week on CounterSpin: NBC News recently reported that "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said...he is '100%'…

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June 17, 2021 at 9:52 PM

Pushing Consumers to Amazon Is Baked In to NYT's Business Model

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pushing Consumers to Amazon Is Baked In to NYT's Business Model Julie Hollar   New York Times The New York Times (6/15/21) recently published a lengthy investigative report about working conditions at Amazon's Staten Island, New York, wa…

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June 17, 2021 at 5:16 PM

Outrage at ProPublica Tax Leaks Underscores Their Importance

All posts View article on FAIR's website Outrage at ProPublica Tax Leaks Underscores Their Importance Ari Paul   ProPublica's report (6/8/21) explored "how the ultrawealthy avoid taxes, exploit loopholes and escape scrutiny from federal auditors." A ProPublica report (6/8/21) o…

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June 11, 2021 at 10:56 PM

Killing Equal Pay... Covid in Africa... Press vs. Mental Health....

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June 11, 2021 at 10:14 PM

Osaka Foregoes Press Briefing to Protect Mental Health, and Press Piles On

All posts View article on FAIR's website Osaka Foregoes Press Briefing to Protect Mental Health, and Press Piles On Olivia Riggio   The response of the press to Naomi Osaka’s announcement that she would not be attending press conferences during the French Open only illustrates wh…

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June 11, 2021 at 4:10 PM

Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing Janine Jackson Subscribe: RSS   ChiFresh Kitchen, a worker co-op This week on CounterSpin: In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, employees of Whole Foods—owned …

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June 10, 2021 at 9:10 PM

WaPo Obscures Republican Role in Killing Equal Pay

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Obscures Republican Role in Killing Equal Pay Julie Hollar   "Similar political roadblocks befell Democrats’ earlier attempt to address another economic issue affecting workers," the Washington Post (6/9/21) passively reported. "Dem…

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June 9, 2021 at 6:49 PM

Tulsa: 'A Cover-Up Happens Because the Powers That Be Are Implicated'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tulsa: 'A Cover-Up Happens Because the Powers That Be Are Implicated' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Joseph Torres about media and the Tulsa Massacre for the June 4, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a light…

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June 8, 2021 at 5:34 PM

NYT's Africa: A Place of Failure and No Leadership

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT's Africa: A Place of Failure and No Leadership Siyanda Mohutsiwa   Like any African who grew up with a TV,  I’ve always been exposed to Western perceptions of Africa. Living in a postcolonial African education system that still relies …

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June 5, 2021 at 12:21 AM

Bezos' Fake News... Tulsa & Media... 'Stability'....

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June 4, 2021 at 10:36 PM

Jeff Bezos' Fake News in the Newspaper He Really Owns

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Bezos' Fake News in the Newspaper He Really Owns Janine Jackson   Media criticism sometimes involves reading between the lines, assessing the layered meanings of journalistic rhetoric, or considering what's left unsaid in a given conv…

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June 4, 2021 at 9:32 PM

US Sanctions Against Venezuela Cause Shortages in Diesel, Editorial Standards

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Sanctions Against Venezuela Cause Shortages in Diesel, Editorial Standards Ricardo Vaz   Western corporate media have time and again proved to be reliable allies for US regime change efforts against Venezuela (FAIR.org, 12/19/20, 1/22/2…

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