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May 2, 2022 at 10:07 PM

On Venezuela, Only Hawkish ‘Dissent’ Allowed

All posts View article on FAIR's website On Venezuela, Only Hawkish ‘Dissent’ Allowed Ricardo Vaz   Another NATO war means a media establishment in a propaganda frenzy once again. Corporate media outlets have cheered Washington for throwing fuel to the fire in Ukraine, with some …

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April 29, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Mulvaney on CBS..."Copaganda" in the news...News in favor of the ultra-rich

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April 29, 2022 at 4:39 PM

Josmar Trujillo on Hyper-Policing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Josmar Trujillo on Hyper-Policing CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS (image: Copwatch Media) This week on CounterSpin: There are reasons that so much news media is consumed with crime. Not just any crime, not wage theft, not lethal pollution—bu…

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April 27, 2022 at 4:36 PM

Reliable Information is a Right

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April 27, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Damn Good for CBS—but Really Bad for Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Damn Good for CBS—but Really Bad for Democracy Victor Pickard   The Washington Post (3/30/22) reported that CBS's hiring of former Trump aide Mick Mulvaney was "drawing backlash within the company because of his history of bashing the pre…

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April 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM

Earth Day Every Day... Inflation Explanations... Blocked FCC Nominee....

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April 22, 2022 at 8:32 PM

Trump's Asylum Ban Hasn't Disappeared—but Media Outrage Over It Has

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump's Asylum Ban Hasn't Disappeared—but Media Outrage Over It Has Dorothee Benz   The Washington Post (4/3/20) reported that Trump "shelved safeguards intended to protect trafficking victims and persecuted groups" and "created a pilot t…

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April 22, 2022 at 7:08 PM

We won't give up this fight until we've won it!

We won't give up this fight until we've won it! View this email in your browser   We won't give up this fight until we've won it!   Dear FAIR Community,  FAIR’s been around for nearly 36 years, bu…

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April 22, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS This week on CounterSpin: News media coverage of taxes falls broadly into two camps: There are, especially in April, lots of "news you can use"–type stories—like …

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April 21, 2022 at 9:43 PM

Blaming Workers, Hiding Profits in Primetime Inflation Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Blaming Workers, Hiding Profits in Primetime Inflation Coverage Ines Santos   Rising prices directly impact virtually the entire population, so it's not surprising that there has been a constant drumbeat of reports in the corporate media l…

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April 21, 2022 at 7:56 PM

Media Need to Treat Every Day as Earth Day if We Want a Livable Planet

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Need to Treat Every Day as Earth Day if We Want a Livable Planet Julie Hollar   The LA Times' decision (4/5/22) to put the news that the planet is becoming uninhabitable on page 3 summed up the problem with corporate media's climate…

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April 21, 2022 at 4:16 PM

'This Portrayal of Urban Environment Definitely Did Fuel Fear'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Portrayal of Urban Environment Definitely Did Fuel Fear' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Philadelphia Inquirer's Layla A. Jones about "Lights. Camera. Crime," for the April 15, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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April 19, 2022 at 9:03 PM

ACTION ALERT: Big Media Want Gigi Sohn Kept Off FCC Board

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Big Media Want Gigi Sohn Kept Off FCC Board Julie Hollar   President Joe Biden nominated media activist Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission in October, to fill a Democratic seat vacant since January 2021. He re…

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April 15, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Albright as Icon... Homeless & Crime... Hedge Fund Journalism....

Albright as Icon... Homeless & Crime... Hedge Fund Journalism.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on this week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: April 15, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR has been wor…

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April 15, 2022 at 6:15 PM

'Once the Federal Government Legalizes, Many More States Would Follow Through'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Once the Federal Government Legalizes, Many More States Would Follow Through' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Enact Group's Mike Liszewski about marijuana justice for the April 8, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a li…

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April 15, 2022 at 5:36 PM

'There Is Plenty of Evidence to Request the Arrest of Trump'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There Is Plenty of Evidence to Request the Arrest of Trump' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed legal expert Marjorie Cohn about prosecuting Donald Trump for the April 8, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tran…

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April 15, 2022 at 4:01 PM

Layla A. Jones on 'Lights. Camera. Crime'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Layla A. Jones on 'Lights. Camera. Crime' CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Philadelphia Inquirer (3/29/22) This week on CounterSpin: A longtime reporter, at Philadelphia's WPVI-TV since the 1960s, remembered spending shifts in his early day…

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April 14, 2022 at 10:27 PM

NYT Responded to Subway Shooting With 'Relentless String of Copaganda'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Responded to Subway Shooting With 'Relentless String of Copaganda' FAIR   Alec Karakatsanis, founder and executive director of Civil Rights Corps, and author of the book Usual Cruelty: The Complicity of Lawyers in the Criminal Injustic…

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April 14, 2022 at 9:00 PM

Don't Trust Polls on 'Don't Say Gay'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Don't Trust Polls on 'Don't Say Gay' David W. Moore   Last month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a “Parental Rights” bill to restrict some instruction in schools that pertains to sexual orientation and gender identity. Three polls have b…

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April 13, 2022 at 10:16 PM

Selling Albright as a 'Feminist Icon': Was the Price Worth It?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Selling Albright as a 'Feminist Icon': Was the Price Worth It? Bryce Greene When Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright died of cancer last month, a stream of fawning obituaries hailed her as a hero of NATO, a feminist icon and …

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April 13, 2022 at 3:59 PM

Help us fight for a brighter future!

Help us fight for a brighter future! View this email in your browser   Help us fight for a brighter future!   Dear FAIR Community, We’re nearly halfway to our goal of raising $20,000 by May 1! We’…

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April 12, 2022 at 9:57 PM

ACTION ALERT: WaPo Lets Bigots Frame Discussion of Sexual Politics in Schools

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: WaPo Lets Bigots Frame Discussion of Sexual Politics in Schools Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (4/5/22) spent 12 paragraphs detailing what "conservatives say" before getting around to quoting someone with another point o…

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April 11, 2022 at 11:05 PM

Documenting the Struggle Against a Hedge Fund Stripping Journalism for Parts

All posts View article on FAIR's website Documenting the Struggle Against a Hedge Fund Stripping Journalism for Parts Rick Goldsmith   Washington Post (12/26/19): "Rather than investing in a digital future for its newspapers...Alden-owned subsidiaries sell off the publications’ …

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April 11, 2022 at 3:19 PM

'You Have to Laugh at the Ways Agencies Will Evade Giving You Information'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You Have to Laugh at the Ways Agencies Will Evade Giving You Information' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed EFF's Dave Maass about transparency and journalism for the April 22, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edi…

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April 8, 2022 at 10:09 PM

Right-Wing US Media Applauds Hungary's Orban as Example to Follow

All posts View article on FAIR's website Right-Wing US Media Applauds Hungary's Orban as Example to Follow Ari Paul   The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (4/4/22) called attention to the "use of antisemitic dog whistles as Orbán declared victory for “Christian democratic politics” in …

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April 8, 2022 at 6:42 PM

Racism 'Hovers' Over Events Like Jackson Hearings Because It Goes Unnamed

All posts View article on FAIR's website Racism 'Hovers' Over Events Like Jackson Hearings Because It Goes Unnamed Janine Jackson   "We’re all racist, if we ask hard questions,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham. Not to the Washington Post (3/24/22), you're not. The confirmation of Keta…

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April 8, 2022 at 4:17 PM

Marjorie Cohn on Prosecuting Trump, Mike Liszewski on Marijuana Justice

All posts View article on FAIR's website Marjorie Cohn on Prosecuting Trump, Mike Liszewski on Marijuana Justice CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Washington Post (4/7/22) This week on CounterSpin: He wanted to go to the Capitol on January 6, Donald Trump tells the Washington Post,…

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April 7, 2022 at 5:20 PM

Loyal to the Truth, Powered by YOU!

Loyal to the Truth, Powered by YOU! View this email in your browser   Loyal to the Truth, Powered by YOU!   Dear FAIR Friends,  Since 1986, FAIR’s content has been free—from paywalls, as well as a…

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April 6, 2022 at 9:41 PM

'Someone Who Cared About Integrity Would Have Recused Himself'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Someone Who Cared About Integrity Would Have Recused Himself' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Sarah Lipton-Lubet about the Clarence Thomas/Ginni Thomas conflicts for the April 22, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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April 5, 2022 at 8:57 PM

Western Sahara Overlooked in Israel/Arab Summit Reporting

All posts View article on FAIR's website Western Sahara Overlooked in Israel/Arab Summit Reporting Ari Paul   Western Sahara went unmentioned in AP's report (3/28/22) on Morocco and other Arab governments meeting with Israel. Israeli officials recently hosted representatives of…

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April 4, 2022 at 8:30 PM

Corporate Press Scapegoats Vulnerable Homeless for Rise in Subway Crime

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Press Scapegoats Vulnerable Homeless for Rise in Subway Crime Olivia Riggio   What does this focus (Independent, 1/19/22) on approximately 0.015% of the murders that will be committed in the US in 2022 say about media's crime co…

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April 3, 2022 at 11:52 PM

'Madman' Putin... 'Fair' Gerrymandering... Ginni Thomas Conflict....

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April 3, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Greenwald's Bombshell Brazil Scoops Have Curious Blindspot for US Involvement

All posts View article on FAIR's website Greenwald's Bombshell Brazil Scoops Have Curious Blindspot for US Involvement Sean T. Mitchell   Haymarket Books (2021) Glenn Greenwald’s book, Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Bolsonaro’s Brazil, opens with …

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April 1, 2022 at 8:56 PM

Support Solidarity for All!

Support Solidarity for All! View this email in your browser   Support Solidarity for All!   Dear FAIR Family,  When corporate media salivate at the thought of war, and Western outlets only provide…

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April 1, 2022 at 3:35 PM

Sarah Lipton-Lubet on Ginni Thomas Conflict, Dave Maass on Trasparency and Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sarah Lipton-Lubet on Ginni Thomas Conflict, Dave Maass on Trasparency and Journalism CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Ginni and Clarence Thomas, 1991 (image: C-SPAN) This week on CounterSpin: Headlines right now are full of the conflict …

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March 30, 2022 at 6:28 PM

Depicting Putin as ‘Madman’ Eliminates Need for Diplomacy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Depicting Putin as ‘Madman’ Eliminates Need for Diplomacy Joshua Cho   Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, Western media have depicted Russian President Vladimir Putin as an irrational—perhaps mentally ill—leader who cannot be reasoned or …

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March 28, 2022 at 8:20 PM

Gerrymandering: Making Elections Safe From Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gerrymandering: Making Elections Safe From Democracy Dorothee Benz   CNN (1/25/22) focuses on the issue that gerrymandering is "polarizing our politics"—i.e., making the two major parties less interchangeable. The arc of coverage of 2020…

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March 25, 2022 at 11:43 PM

Ukraine Escalation... 'NYT & Cancel Culture'....

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March 25, 2022 at 10:45 PM

New York Times' Fear of Ordinary People Talking Back

All posts View article on FAIR's website New York Times' Fear of Ordinary People Talking Back Ari Paul   Readers can now figuratively stand behind journalists at the newsstand, even though there are hardly any newsstands anymore. (cc photo: Ray Dehler/Wikimedia) Samuel Freedman…

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March 25, 2022 at 6:37 PM

'Just Pay Attention to What Our Own Government Is Doing in Yemen'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Just Pay Attention to What Our Own Government Is Doing in Yemen' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Michigan State's Shireen Al-Adeimi about Yemen and the Ukraine crisis for the March 18, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…

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March 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Carol Anderson on History, Race and Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Carol Anderson on History, Race and Democracy CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   (cc photo: Don Sniegowski) This week on CounterSpin:  We heard a cable TV commentator say recently that with the invasion of Ukraine, Russia's Vladimir Putin i…

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March 23, 2022 at 2:24 PM

'She Intended Not to Ignore Things Related to Climate, as There Is Pressure to Do'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'She Intended Not to Ignore Things Related to Climate, as There Is Pressure to Do' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's David Arkush about fossil fuels' Federal Reserve veto for the March 18, 2022, episode of Coun…

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March 22, 2022 at 10:05 PM

Escalation Without Consequences on the Op-Ed Page

All posts View article on FAIR's website Escalation Without Consequences on the Op-Ed Page Gregory Shupak   Corporate media outlets are calling for the United States and its allies to react to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine by escalating the war. The opinion pages are awash…

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March 20, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Ukraine vs. Iraq Coverage... Yemen... Fed Climate Veto....

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March 18, 2022 at 10:00 PM

How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts? Julie Hollar   Jeff Cohen (Common Dreams, 2/28/22): "Unfortunately, there was virtually no focus on civilian death and agony when it was the US military launching the invasions." …

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March 18, 2022 at 3:53 PM

Shireen Al-Adeimi on Yemen, David Arkush on Fed Climate Veto

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shireen Al-Adeimi on Yemen, David Arkush on Fed Climate Veto CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Sanaa, Yemen (cc photo: Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency) This week on CounterSpin: It's worth our while to think about why everyone we kn…

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March 17, 2022 at 10:03 PM

'Communities Should Not Pay Amazon. It Should Be the Other Way Around.'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Communities Should Not Pay Amazon. It Should Be the Other Way Around.' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Good Jobs First's Greg LeRoy about Amazon subsidies sanctions for the March 11, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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March 16, 2022 at 7:18 PM

'The Most Vulnerable People Lose When the US Imposes Sanctions'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Most Vulnerable People Lose When the US Imposes Sanctions' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed IPS's Khury Petersen-Smith about economic sanctions for the March 11, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transc…

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March 12, 2022 at 12:54 AM

Ukraine 'No-Fly'... Saudi PR... Murdoch Xenophobia....

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March 11, 2022 at 11:20 PM

What Polls About a Ukraine ‘No-Fly Zone’ Really Tell Us

All posts View article on FAIR's website What Polls About a Ukraine ‘No-Fly Zone’ Really Tell Us David W. Moore   Reuters (3/4/22): "It was not clear if respondents who supported a no-fly zone were fully aware of the risk of conflict." Last week, Reuters/Ipsos (3/4/22) reported…

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