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November 24, 2021 at 9:17 PM

Legal Wrangle Between NYT and O'Keefe Puts Press Freedom at Risk

All posts View article on FAIR's website Legal Wrangle Between NYT and O'Keefe Puts Press Freedom at Risk Ari Paul “Oh please, dear? For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint,” a patriotic Walter Sobchak tells a diner waitress after she implores…

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November 24, 2021 at 2:18 PM

Does Biden’s Lower Approval Rating Mean Democrats Should 'Move to the Center'?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Does Biden’s Lower Approval Rating Mean Democrats Should 'Move to the Center'? David W. Moore   New York Times (11/4/21): "Significant parts of the electorate are feeling leery of a sharp leftward push in the party." Recent polls show th…

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November 23, 2021 at 9:02 PM

Breaking News: AOC’s District Has Opinions

All posts View article on FAIR's website Breaking News: AOC’s District Has Opinions Ari Paul   New York Times (11/12/21): "Where Ms. Ocasio-Cortez was once seen by many political observers as at the vanguard of the party’s new direction, she may now be more emblematic of its div…

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November 23, 2021 at 4:50 PM

Corporate Media's Portrayal of Generational Divide Is So Cheugy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media's Portrayal of Generational Divide Is So Cheugy Olivia Riggio   "Twenty-somethings rolling their eyes at the habits of their elders is a trend as old as Xerox, Kodak and classic rock," Emma Goldberg (New York Times, 10/28/…

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November 22, 2021 at 8:24 PM

Fighting For a Brighter Media Future

Fighting For a Brighter Media Future View this email in your browser   Fighting For a Brighter Media Future    Dear FAIR Friends,  It’s been another year fraught with disinformation and uncertaint…

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November 20, 2021 at 10:15 PM

Zero-Covid... Anti-Wokeness... Inflation Fears....

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November 19, 2021 at 5:05 PM

Jon Schwarz on Inflation, Enrique Armijo on Alex Jones

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jon Schwarz on Inflation, Enrique Armijo on Alex Jones CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS The Wall Street Journal (2/3/21) explains inflation. This week on CounterSpin: If you read a paper, you know that inflation is a dire, important thing rig…

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November 17, 2021 at 10:41 PM

Media’s Anti-'Woke' Mania Moves Social Justice to the Fringe

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media’s Anti-'Woke' Mania Moves Social Justice to the Fringe Ari Paul   CNN's Chris Cillizza (11/4/21) (11/4/21) said of James Carville's anti-woke tirade, "After Tuesday, Democrats should bring Carville in and listen to every word he say…

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November 17, 2021 at 6:49 PM

'Moderna Is Trying to Turn This People’s Vaccine Into a Rich People’s Vaccine'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Moderna Is Trying to Turn This People’s Vaccine Into a Rich People’s Vaccine' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Peter Maybarduk about the NIH/Moderna vaccine patent for the November 12, 2021, episode of CounterS…

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November 16, 2021 at 10:44 PM

US & UK Press Mock New Zealand's Incredibly Successful Covid Response

All posts View article on FAIR's website US & UK Press Mock New Zealand's Incredibly Successful Covid Response Joshua Cho   New Zealand's "absurd" Covid strategy (London Times, 10/4/21) resulted in a pandemic death toll 330 times smaller than Britain's—while avoiding Britain…

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November 16, 2021 at 8:13 PM

'It's About Giving People Tools So We Can Reach Transparency Critical Mass'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's About Giving People Tools So We Can Reach Transparency Critical Mass' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Media Alliance's Tracy Rosenberg about Aaron Swartz Day for the November 12, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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November 13, 2021 at 1:29 AM

Buffalo News vs. India Walton... Inclusive Abortion Language... Moderna Patent....

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November 12, 2021 at 11:30 PM

'The Anti-Blackness of the US Is Extending to Black Asylum Seekers'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Anti-Blackness of the US Is Extending to Black Asylum Seekers' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Black Alliance for Just Immigration's Nekessa Opoti about Haitian refugees for the November 5, 2021, episode of CounterSpin…

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November 12, 2021 at 9:35 PM

It Doesn't Exclude Women to Acknowledge Everyone Who Can Get Pregnant

All posts View article on FAIR's website It Doesn't Exclude Women to Acknowledge Everyone Who Can Get Pregnant Dorothy Poucher   To say that abortion bans, like those recently passed in Texas, are part of a war on women is true. But to say they are a war on women alone is to eras…

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November 12, 2021 at 4:42 PM

Peter Maybarduk on Moderna Patent, Tracy Rosenberg on Aaron Swartz Day

All posts View article on FAIR's website Peter Maybarduk on Moderna Patent, Tracy Rosenberg on Aaron Swartz Day CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS New York Times (11/9/21) This week on CounterSpin: We've talked on this show about how drugs and medicines are researched and developed …

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November 11, 2021 at 9:42 PM

How Buffalo News Helped Keep a Socialist out of City Hall

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Buffalo News Helped Keep a Socialist out of City Hall Ari Paul   Incumbent Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown’s seemingly quixotic write-in campaign for re-election, launched after losing the Democratic primary to democratic socialist activist …

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November 10, 2021 at 11:07 PM

'We're Several Days Late and Many Dollars Short in Getting Ahead of Climate Catastrophe'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We're Several Days Late and Many Dollars Short in Getting Ahead of Climate Catastrophe' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Michael K. Dorsey about the climate summit for the November 5, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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November 5, 2021 at 10:24 PM

Centrist Election Lessons... Child Vaccine Fears... Climate Summit....

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November 5, 2021 at 9:27 PM

Politico's Staff Must Toe New Owner's Line—Including Endorsing Israel

All posts View article on FAIR's website Politico's Staff Must Toe New Owner's Line—Including Endorsing Israel Ari Paul   It’s been a rough time for German media giant Axel Springer. The company ousted the top editor at Bild, one of its most influential right-wing newspapers, ove…

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November 5, 2021 at 8:26 PM

Media's Election Lesson: 'Ambitious' Dems Must Move to the Right

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's Election Lesson: 'Ambitious' Dems Must Move to the Right Julie Hollar After the 2021 elections, in which Democrat Terry McAuliffe lost the closely watched Virginia governor's race to Republican Glenn Youngkin, many in corporate me…

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November 5, 2021 at 3:56 PM

Michael K. Dorsey on Climate Summit, Nekessa Opoti on Haitian Refugees

All posts View article on FAIR's website Michael K. Dorsey on Climate Summit, Nekessa Opoti on Haitian Refugees CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS (cc photo: Doug Peters/British government) This week on CounterSpin: The impacts of climate disruption are not theoretical; they are hap…

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November 4, 2021 at 9:04 PM

Kristof’s Moralistic Journalism Was Often Full of Holes

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kristof’s Moralistic Journalism Was Often Full of Holes  Ari Paul   Nicholas Kristof (New York Times, 10/14/21): "I’ve reluctantly concluded that I should try not only to expose problems but also see if I can fix them directly.” New York…

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November 3, 2021 at 7:55 PM

Facebook 'Puts Engagement and Growth Before the Health and Welfare of Democracy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Facebook 'Puts Engagement and Growth Before the Health and Welfare of Democracy' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Tim Karr about challenging Facebook for the October 29, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a light…

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November 3, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Are Nicaraguan Migrants Escaping 'Repression'—or Economic Sanctions?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Are Nicaraguan Migrants Escaping 'Repression'—or Economic Sanctions? John Perry   Newsweek (7/29/21) paired a story about "record" immigration from Nicaragua with a video of Sen. Ron Johnson asserting that many child immigrants "would cer…

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November 2, 2021 at 8:51 PM

ACTION ALERT: USA Today Stokes Parents' Fears of Child Vaccination

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: USA Today Stokes Parents' Fears of Child Vaccination Julie Hollar   USA Today (10/28/21) framed vaccinating children against Covid as a "tough decision" that involved "weighing the risks." After an FDA advisory panel author…

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November 2, 2021 at 5:57 PM

'There’s Still an Awful Lot of Good in This Package, but You Wouldn’t Know It From Headlines'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There’s Still an Awful Lot of Good in This Package, but You Wouldn’t Know It From Headlines' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's Karen Dolan about Build Back Better for the October 29, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…

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October 29, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Colin Powell Obits... New Climate Denial... Build Back Better....

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October 29, 2021 at 4:27 PM

Karen Dolan on Build Back Better, Tim Karr on Changing Facebook

All posts View article on FAIR's website Karen Dolan on Build Back Better, Tim Karr on Changing Facebook CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   (cc photo: Adam Schultz / Biden for President) This week on CounterSpin: An early October survey showed that while 60% of those polled knew tha…

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October 28, 2021 at 8:15 PM

'Every Turn in This Case Has Been Another Brick Wall, and Behind It Is Chevron'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Every Turn in This Case Has Been Another Brick Wall, and Behind It Is Chevron' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Amazon Watch's Paul Paz y Miño about Chevron vs. Steven Donziger for the October 22, 2021, episode of CounterSpin…

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October 28, 2021 at 3:15 PM

The Media's Lies About Colin Powell’s Lies

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Media's Lies About Colin Powell’s Lies Gregory Shupak   USA Today's front-page obituary for Colin Powell (10/19/21) called him "a Warrior, Diplomat and 'Great American." Accompanying stories called him "A Man Trusted by Presidents and…

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October 26, 2021 at 10:41 PM

ACTION ALERT: The New Climate Denial: Don't Worry, Do Nothing

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: The New Climate Denial: Don't Worry, Do Nothing Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (8/10/21) editorializes that "experts are more certain than ever that dire consequences are coming" from climate change—but still allows its …

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October 24, 2021 at 7:47 PM

Journalists Misread Delayed Poll as Sticker Shock on Biden Bill

All posts View article on FAIR's website Journalists Misread Delayed Poll as Sticker Shock on Biden Bill David W. Moore   Gallup (10/14/21) noted that "the reversal in opinions on government activity...may simply reflect a return to normal attitudes." Last week, a Gallup poll r…

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October 22, 2021 at 8:59 PM

Chevron v. Donziger...Manchin & Sinema's Financial Conflicts of Interest...Afghanistan Sources & the Military Industrial Complex

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October 22, 2021 at 7:26 PM

TV Reports on Manchin and Sinema Leave Out Their Financial Conflicts

All posts View article on FAIR's website TV Reports on Manchin and Sinema Leave Out Their Financial Conflicts Spencer Snyder   As the October 31 deadline to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill approaches, the media have made a project of examining senators Joe Manchin and …

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October 22, 2021 at 3:08 PM

'OAN Would Not and Could Not Exist Without AT&T’s Blessing'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'OAN Would Not and Could Not Exist Without AT&T’s Blessing' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Media Matters' Bobby Lewis about AT&T and OAN for the October 15, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transc…

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October 22, 2021 at 12:59 PM

Paul Paz y Miño on Chevron v. Steven Donziger

All posts View article on FAIR's website Paul Paz y Miño on Chevron v. Steven Donziger CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Steven Donziger (right) in Ecuador. This week on CounterSpin: When Steven Donziger and other attorneys sued Chevron for polluting the soil and water in Lago Ag…

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October 21, 2021 at 11:18 PM

'People Right Now Are Absolutely Feeling the Climate Emergency'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Right Now Are Absolutely Feeling the Climate Emergency' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Biological Diversity's Jean Su about People vs. Fossil Fuels for the October 15, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This …

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October 20, 2021 at 9:29 PM

Cable News' No. 1 Host Flirts With Fascism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cable News' No. 1 Host Flirts With Fascism Ari Paul   Tucker Carlson (Fox News, 9/27/21) interviews far-right Polish President Andrzej Duda. When Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Fox News, 9/27/21) interviewed Polish President Andrzej Duda,…

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October 20, 2021 at 6:45 PM

Afghanistan Withdrawal: Sundays With the Military Industrial Complex

All posts View article on FAIR's website Afghanistan Withdrawal: Sundays With the Military Industrial Complex Julie Hollar   As US troops finally made their exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation, the Sunday shows—which have always aimed to set Washington agendas—were…

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October 15, 2021 at 10:38 PM

AT&T & OAN... Cherry-Picking Reconciliation Polls... People vs. Fossil Fuels....

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October 15, 2021 at 10:28 PM

AT&T and OAN: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows

All posts View article on FAIR's website AT&T and OAN: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows Ari Paul   Reuters (10/6/21) documented the symbiotic relationship between one of the US's most toxic far-right news outlets and its largest telecom company. A report linking AT&T, one of t…

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October 15, 2021 at 7:29 PM

Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan FAIR   Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen (9/30/21) says that Sen. Joe Manchin "correctly reads public opinion." That's more than you can say for Henry Olsen. Washi…

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October 15, 2021 at 7:26 PM

Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan FAIR   Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen (9/30/21) says that Sen. Joe Manchin "correctly reads public opinion." That's more than you can say for Henry Olsen. Washi…

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October 15, 2021 at 6:42 PM

Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden's Spending Plan FAIR   Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen (9/30/21) says that Sen. Joe Manchin "correctly reads public opinion." That's more than you can say for Henry Olsen. Washi…

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October 15, 2021 at 3:33 PM

Bobby Lewis on One America News, Jean Su on People vs. Fossil Fuels

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bobby Lewis on One America News, Jean Su on People vs. Fossil Fuels Janine Jackson Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin211015Guestname.mp3 OAN logo This week on CounterSpin: “I…

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October 13, 2021 at 9:23 PM

'There's a Lot the Postal Service Can Do to Be Present in the 21st Century'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's a Lot the Postal Service Can Do to Be Present in the 21st Century' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Lisa Graves about the fight for the Postal Service for the October 8, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly e…

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October 12, 2021 at 10:20 PM

'Threats Are Being Made Against Teachers Who Are Teaching the Truth'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Threats Are Being Made Against Teachers Who Are Teaching the Truth' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Stevana Sims about defending anti-racist education for the October 8, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited t…

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October 8, 2021 at 11:00 PM

Assange Assassination Plot... Praising 'Mavericks'... Anti-Racist Education....

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October 8, 2021 at 10:25 PM

Deathly Silence: Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him

All posts View article on FAIR's website Deathly Silence: Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him John McEvoy   Yahoo! News (9/26/21) reported that "discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred 'at the highest levels' of the Trum…

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October 8, 2021 at 8:32 PM

'It’s the Demeaning Treatment, but Also the Failure to Take Action'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It’s the Demeaning Treatment, but Also the Failure to Take Action' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Jane Manning about gender-based violence for the October 1, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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