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September 14, 2021 at 9:38 PM

US Media Support Tech Regulation—Unless It Comes From China

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Support Tech Regulation—Unless It Comes From China Julianne Tveten   The New York Times (7/19/21) warns critics of Big Tech not to be "too impressed by how swiftly Beijing is bringing its tech titans to heel"—because China is for…

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September 11, 2021 at 3:14 PM

September 11's Never-Ending Story

All posts View article on FAIR's website September 11's Never-Ending Story FAIR Remembering the Last US Retaliation Against Terror by Jeff Cohen (Column, 9/14/01) “Outrage is the natural and appropriate response to the mass murder of September 11. But media should not be glibly …

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September 11, 2021 at 2:21 AM

'Where Are the Threads Dropped With the Criminal Investigation of the Sackler Family?'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Where Are the Threads Dropped With the Criminal Investigation of the Sackler Family?' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Rick Claypool about OxyContin immunity for the September 3, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. T…

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September 10, 2021 at 11:53 PM

'We've Structured Our Economy to Redistribute a Massive Amount of Income Upward'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We've Structured Our Economy to Redistribute a Massive Amount of Income Upward' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Dean Baker about raising the minimum wage for the September 3, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly e…

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September 10, 2021 at 3:28 PM

Marjorie Cohn on Texas Abortion Law, Kimberly Inez McGuire on Abortion Realities

All posts View article on FAIR's website Marjorie Cohn on Texas Abortion Law, Kimberly Inez McGuire on Abortion Realities CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS (cc photo: Beth Wilson) This week on CounterSpin: Many people will know that the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade in 1973, e…

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September 8, 2021 at 5:39 PM

WGAE Tensions Reflect an Age-Old Clash of Labor Visions

All posts View article on FAIR's website WGAE Tensions Reflect an Age-Old Clash of Labor Visions Ari Paul   The Writers Guild of America East has successfully organized digital journalism workers at numerous well-known outlets in the last several years, winning contract protectio…

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September 8, 2021 at 4:38 PM

$35 for 35! Donate to FAIR & Receive Our 35th Anniversary Shirt

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September 4, 2021 at 10:42 PM

MSNBC Anniversary... OxyContin Bankruptcy... Assault on the Press....

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September 3, 2021 at 10:36 PM

'That’s the Biggest Lie, That We Started Out Great and We’ve Been Getting Better Ever Since'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'That’s the Biggest Lie, That We Started Out Great and We’ve Been Getting Better Ever Since' Janine Jackson   The August 27, 2021, episode of CounterSpin included an archival interview Janine Jackson conducted with James Loewen about lies …

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September 3, 2021 at 8:42 PM

'Chilling the Press Has Consistently Outraged Me'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Chilling the Press Has Consistently Outraged Me' Ari Paul   A photo Linda Tirado took of herself after her eye injury. Linda Tirado, a 39-year-old writer and photographer who covers poverty and social justice movements, has been blind i…

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September 3, 2021 at 4:22 PM

Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Purdue heir David Sackler and wife Joss depicted in Vanity Fair (8/19) This week on CounterSpin: The engineers of the crack epidemic …

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August 28, 2021 at 4:27 PM

After 25 Years, There's a Reason MSNBC Can't Look Back

All posts View article on FAIR's website After 25 Years, There's a Reason MSNBC Can't Look Back Jim Naureckas   To mark its 25th anniversary, MSNBC promised "25 days of forward-looking essays on important issues" from MSNBC personalities like Rachel Maddow. On July 12, 2021, a …

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August 28, 2021 at 12:48 AM

Rediscovering Afghan Women... Venezuela Myths... Climate 'Terrorist'....

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August 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM

'Accountability to the People of Afghanistan Should Remain Our Focal Point'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Accountability to the People of Afghanistan Should Remain Our Focal Point' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, about the US troop …

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August 27, 2021 at 9:54 PM

'So Much of This War Has Got Almost Nothing to Do With the Afghans Themselves'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'So Much of This War Has Got Almost Nothing to Do With the Afghans Themselves' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Matthew Hoh, senior fellow with the Center for International Policy and a member of the Eisenhower Media Network, …

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August 27, 2021 at 9:23 PM

Only Those Taking Action Against Climate Violence Are Labeled 'Terrorist'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Only Those Taking Action Against Climate Violence Are Labeled 'Terrorist' Janine Jackson   Floods, fires, ice caps melting, hurricanes—all attest to the violence of human-caused climate disruption. It's undeniable and undeniably fatal, and…

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August 27, 2021 at 3:49 PM

James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us

All posts View article on FAIR's website James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS Image: Charles C.J. Hoffbauer Anyone born before last week can see US news media lying about history as it's happening. But fast forward to 10, 20 years from now, and th…

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August 26, 2021 at 7:55 PM

Donate to FAIR & Receive Our 35th Anniversary Shirt

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August 26, 2021 at 2:51 PM

The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Media Myth of 'Once Prosperous' and Democratic Venezuela Before Chávez Joe Emersberger   Monthly Review Press, 2021 The following piece is adapted from the authors’ new book, Extraordinary Threat: The US Empire, the Media and 20 Year…

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August 25, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Corporate Media Politicize WHO Investigation on Covid Origins to Vilify China

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Politicize WHO Investigation on Covid Origins to Vilify China Joshua Cho   Politico (7/9/21) reports that "what was once a fringe belief held mainly among some on the political right has become accepted by most Republicans…

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August 23, 2021 at 10:33 PM

Media Rediscover Afghan Women Only When US Leaves

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Rediscover Afghan Women Only When US Leaves Julie Hollar   In a December 3, 2001, cover story, Time asked about Afghan women: "How much better will their lives be now?" Spoiler: not very much better. Just as US corporate news media…

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August 20, 2021 at 10:33 PM

Afghan Withdrawal... Assault Survivor 'Bias'... FAIR's beginnings....

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August 20, 2021 at 4:01 PM

Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS (LA Times, 8/16/21) This week on CounterSpin: US news media are full of armchair generals who talk about weapons of war like they're Hot Wheels, and hav…

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August 19, 2021 at 10:19 PM

'The Media Are an Arena for Struggle'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Media Are an Arena for Struggle' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR founder Jeff Cohen about FAIR's beginnings for the August 13, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.c…

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August 19, 2021 at 4:14 PM

As Kabul Is Retaken, Papers Look Back in Erasure

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Kabul Is Retaken, Papers Look Back in Erasure Gregory Shupak   Corporate media coverage of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of the country's US-backed government has offered audiences more mystification than illuminat…

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August 17, 2021 at 10:06 PM

Is Surviving Assault a Conflict of Interest?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Is Surviving Assault a Conflict of Interest? Olivia Riggio   The 19th (8/9/21) reported that a Washington Post editor equated speaking out about being sexually assaulted to having “taken a side on the issue”—presumably against. When sex…

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August 13, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Jeff Cohen on FAIR's Beginnings

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Cohen on FAIR's Beginnings Janine Jackson Subscribe: RSS   Jeff Cohen co-founded FAIR in 1986 and is the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media. This week on CounterSpin: Listeners to this show may t…

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August 12, 2021 at 4:05 PM

Right-Wing Cop-Bashing Didn't Start With Trump

All posts View article on FAIR's website Right-Wing Cop-Bashing Didn't Start With Trump Ari Paul The congressional hearings examining the January 6 riot at the Capitol, which were egged on by outgoing President Donald Trump and his false claims that the election had been rigged a…

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August 11, 2021 at 8:42 PM

'There Is a Fundamental Imbalance in the Power of Employers and Employees'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There Is a Fundamental Imbalance in the Power of Employers and Employees' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Economic Policy Institute's David Cooper about the "we all quit" phenomenon for the August 6, 2021, episode of CounterSp…

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August 10, 2021 at 5:33 PM

'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's James Early about the Cuban blockade for the August 6, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tran…

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August 10, 2021 at 3:30 PM

'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Economic Warfare [Is] Designed to Starve the Cuban People Into Rebellion' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's James Early about the Cuban blockade for the August 6, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tran…

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August 10, 2021 at 2:49 PM

Jailing of a British Blogger Should Worry Journalists on Both Sides of the Atlantic

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jailing of a British Blogger Should Worry Journalists on Both Sides of the Atlantic  Ari Paul In a conversation with C-SPAN's Brian Lamb (11/7/83) in 1983, then-Nation columnist Christopher Hitchens explained the United Kingdom’s Official …

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August 6, 2021 at 11:38 PM

Critical Race Theory... Both-Sidesing Democracy... Cuba Embargo....

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August 6, 2021 at 9:30 PM

'Governments Are Spying on the People Who Bring Us the News'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Governments Are Spying on the People Who Bring Us the News' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Electronic Frontier Foundation's Cindy Cohn about Pegasus spyware for the July 31, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edi…

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August 6, 2021 at 3:35 PM

James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on 'We All Quit'

All posts View article on FAIR's website James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on 'We All Quit' CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Pro-government rally, Cuba (photo: AP/Eliana Aponte) This week on CounterSpin: Imagine if China used its power to cut off international trade to …

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August 5, 2021 at 11:58 PM

To the Right, to the Right: Media's Special Election Lesson

All posts View article on FAIR's website To the Right, to the Right: Media's Special Election Lesson Julie Hollar   Axios' Mike Allen (8/4/21): "An upset in Ohio on Tuesday night is giving moderate, Biden-aligned Democrats momentum vs. the party's vocal left ahead of next year's…

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August 5, 2021 at 4:06 PM

'We Can't Fight for Racial Justice if We Can't Learn About Racial Injustice'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Can't Fight for Racial Justice if We Can't Learn About Racial Injustice' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed African American Policy Forum's Luke Harris about critical race theory for the July 31, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. …

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August 4, 2021 at 11:46 PM

The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory Olivia Riggio   Nathanael Blake (Federalist, 6/22/21): "Conservatives have found a vulnerable target in critical race theory, and we should keep hitting it." In an opinion piec…

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August 4, 2021 at 9:04 PM

The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory Olivia Riggio   Nathanael Blake (Federalist, 6/22/21): "Conservatives have found a vulnerable target in critical race theory, and we should keep hitting it." In an opinion piec…

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August 3, 2021 at 9:40 PM

Why Carlson’s Alliance With Hungarian Fascism Matters

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why Carlson’s Alliance With Hungarian Fascism Matters Ari Paul   The Daily Beast (8/3/21) reported that "Carlson has publicly praised Orban’s government on Fox News...laud[ing] the prime minister’s anti-immigration policies." The Daily B…

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August 2, 2021 at 9:20 PM

Both-Sidesing Democracy to Death

All posts View article on FAIR's website Both-Sidesing Democracy to Death Julie Hollar   In the wake of the Capitol Hill insurrection, FAIR  (1/18/21) noted "a new and refreshing ability to apply accurate labels to people and their behaviors...and to apportion blame based on rea…

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August 2, 2021 at 8:15 PM

We met our goal—Thanks to you!

We met our goal—Thanks to you! View this email in your browser   We met our goal—thanks to you!   Dear FAIR Folks,  Thanks to your support, we met our summer fundraising goal of $15,000!  Our don…

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July 31, 2021 at 12:11 AM

'Vaccine Mandate'... Manchin's Coal Money... Ice Cream & Israel....

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July 30, 2021 at 7:09 PM

There's No 'Vaccine Mandate'—but That Doesn't Stop WaPo Asking People How They Feel About It

All posts View article on FAIR's website There's No 'Vaccine Mandate'—but That Doesn't Stop WaPo Asking People How They Feel About It Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (7/29/21) cites a labor union saying "it believes requiring vaccinations represents an infringement on civil r…

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July 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM

Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware

All posts View article on FAIR's website Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin210730Harris.mp3   Little Rock, 1957 This week on CounterSpin…

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July 29, 2021 at 9:04 PM

'If Police Made Asian Americans Safe, We'd Already Be Safe'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'If Police Made Asian Americans Safe, We'd Already Be Safe' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed 18 Million Rising's Bianca Nozaki-Nasser about anti-Asian bias for the July 23, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited …

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July 28, 2021 at 6:14 PM

“I tell FAIR’s many fans to do three things”

“I tell FAIR’s many fans to do three things” View this email in your browser   FAIR Founder Jeff Cohen: “I tell FAIR’s many fans to do three things”   Dear FAIR Friends,  Thanks to all of your sup…

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July 27, 2021 at 8:50 PM

They All Scream Over Ben & Jerry’s Not Selling Ice Cream on the West Bank

All posts View article on FAIR's website They All Scream Over Ben & Jerry’s Not Selling Ice Cream on the West Bank Ari Paul   Daily News (7/26/21) on Ben & Jerry's withdrawal from the Occupied Territories: "Very pleased are the BDS crowd, Israel-haters and assorted antis…

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July 27, 2021 at 2:54 PM

Manchin's Coal Conflict of Interest Not of Interest to Corporate News

All posts View article on FAIR's website Manchin's Coal Conflict of Interest Not of Interest to Corporate News Julie Hollar   Joe Manchin shooting a bullet through a cap-and-trade bill in a 2010 campaign ad. The Biden administration vowed to at least begin to address the climat…

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July 25, 2021 at 1:20 AM

WSJ Race Lies... Billionaires in Space... FAIR's 35th Anniversary....

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