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May 27, 2022 at 10:55 PM

YouTube's Biggest Info Channels Carry Corporate News, Not Alternative Views

All posts View article on FAIR's website YouTube's Biggest Info Channels Carry Corporate News, Not Alternative Views Olivia Riggio   Despite the proliferation of fringe ideologies on YouTube—and the availability of truly alternative information there—the video hosting service's a…

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May 27, 2022 at 6:22 PM

'The "Great Replacement" Builds on Those Long Hatreds'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The "Great Replacement" Builds on Those Long Hatreds' Jim Naureckas   Janine Jackson interviewed Matt Gertz and Eric K. Ward about the Buffalo massacre and "replacement theory" for the May 20, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a light…

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May 27, 2022 at 3:46 PM

Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Pat Elder on Junior ROTC

All posts View article on FAIR's website Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Pat Elder on Junior ROTC CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS CBS (5/26/22) This week on CounterSpin: CBS News' website featured a story about the "grim task" of planning funerals for 19 children—shot dead, a…

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May 26, 2022 at 6:33 PM

Press Makes Trump, Not Voting Rights, the Primary Issue

All posts View article on FAIR's website Press Makes Trump, Not Voting Rights, the Primary Issue Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (5/24/22) reported that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's GOP primary win "threatened Trump’s reputation as GOP kingmaker." The country's centrist corpora…

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May 21, 2022 at 8:04 PM

New York's Chait Quietly Defended Charter Program That Benefited His Spouse's Employer

All posts View article on FAIR's website New York's Chait Quietly Defended Charter Program That Benefited His Spouse's Employer Eoin Higgins   Jonathan Chait (New York, 5/12/22)defended the Department of Education's Charter Schools Program--without mentioning that this program h…

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May 20, 2022 at 11:10 PM

Shireen Abu Akleh... Buffalo & 'Replacement Theory'... Ukraine 'Disinformation'...

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May 20, 2022 at 10:38 PM

Israel Killed Reporter Abu Akleh—but US Media Disguised the Facts

All posts View article on FAIR's website Israel Killed Reporter Abu Akleh—but US Media Disguised the Facts Robin Andersen   Mondoweiss report (5/11/22) on Shireen Abu Akleh's killling. Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a well-known and much-loved Al Jazeera rep…

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May 20, 2022 at 6:19 PM

Polling on Abortion Opinion Misses How Much Would Be Tossed Out With Roe

All posts View article on FAIR's website Polling on Abortion Opinion Misses How Much Would Be Tossed Out With Roe David W. Moore   Polls like ABC's (4/28/22) showing widespread opposition to overturning Roe v. Wade probably understate the unpopularity of Samuel Alito's draft opi…

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May 20, 2022 at 3:42 PM

Matt Gertz, Eric K. Ward on the Buffalo Massacre & 'Replacement Theory'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Matt Gertz, Eric K. Ward on the Buffalo Massacre & 'Replacement Theory' CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Tucker Carlson (Fox News, 4/12/21) This week on CounterSpin: Ten human beings were killed and three wounded in Buffalo, New York. B…

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May 19, 2022 at 7:10 PM

'We Live in an Economy That Provides Little Support to New Parents'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Live in an Economy That Provides Little Support to New Parents' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Popular Information's Tesnim Zekeria about baby formula shortages  for the May 13, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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May 18, 2022 at 10:16 PM

'Disinformation' Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Disinformation' Label Serves to Marginalize Crucial Ukraine Facts Luca GoldMansour   NBC (4/6/22) referred to making charges against Russia for which there is "no evidence" as having "blunted and defused the disinformation weaponry of th…

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May 17, 2022 at 9:56 PM

'The First Story They Tell Is About the Leak Itself'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The First Story They Tell Is About the Leak Itself' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR's Julie Hollar about Roe reversal  for the May 13, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubr…

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May 17, 2022 at 4:00 PM

ACTION ALERT: WaPo Calls Peaceful Protest Against Roe Reversal 'Totalitarian'

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: WaPo Calls Peaceful Protest Against Roe Reversal 'Totalitarian' Julie Hollar   The Washington Post(5/9/22) calls for "appropriate action" against peaceful protesters at anti-Roe justices' homes—which according to the law the…

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May 16, 2022 at 9:23 PM

'Liberal' Newspapers Liked the Justices Who Will Kill Roe

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Liberal' Newspapers Liked the Justices Who Will Kill Roe Ari Paul   Politico (5/2/22) broke the news that five Supreme Court justice—including three nominated by Donald Trump—planned to vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. The leaked Supreme C…

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May 13, 2022 at 10:43 PM

Detecting Bias... Disinformation Board... Formula Shortage....

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May 13, 2022 at 9:41 PM

Media Ignore Criticism of DHS’s New ‘Disinformation’ Board—Unless it’s from the Right

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Ignore Criticism of DHS’s New ‘Disinformation’ Board—Unless it’s from the Right Julianne Tveten   AP (4/28/22): "The new board also will monitor and prepare for Russian disinformation threats as this year’s midterm elections near an…

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May 13, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Julie Hollar on Roe Reversal, Tesnim Zekeria on Baby Formula Shortage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Julie Hollar on Roe Reversal, Tesnim Zekeria on Baby Formula Shortage CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Washington Post (5/11/22) This week on CounterSpin: Corporate news media want you to be alarmed about an "extraordinary breach" of privac…

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May 11, 2022 at 4:36 PM

'What if We Use Public Money to Transform What Local Media Looks Like?'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What if We Use Public Money to Transform What Local Media Looks Like?' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Mike Rispoli for the May 6, 2022, episode of CounterSpin about funding local journalism. This is a lightly e…

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May 10, 2022 at 9:49 PM

'The Race Crisis and the Democracy Crisis Are Inseparable'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Race Crisis and the Democracy Crisis Are Inseparable' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Forum's Chris Lehmann about media in a multi-racial democracy for the May 6, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited …

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May 10, 2022 at 8:06 PM

Manufacturing Opinion on Lifting Title 42 Border Restrictions

All posts View article on FAIR's website Manufacturing Opinion on Lifting Title 42 Border Restrictions David W. Moore   The Biden Administration intends to fully lift the Title 42 border restrictions, which have been in place since March 2020, on May 23. A federal judge appointed…

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May 6, 2022 at 9:41 PM

'The Core of Copaganda Is the Symbiotic Relationship Between Press and Police'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Core of Copaganda Is the Symbiotic Relationship Between Press and Police' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Copwatch Media's Josmar Trujillo about hyper-policing for the April 29, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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May 6, 2022 at 8:07 PM

Media Shocked by the Leak, Not the Opinion

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Shocked by the Leak, Not the Opinion Julie Hollar   by Julie Hollar and Olivia Riggio When Politico (5/2/22) published a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would, if handed down by the Court, overturn Roe v. Wade and undermine t…

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May 6, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Chris Lehmann on Multi-Racial Democracy, Mike Rispoli on Funding Local News

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chris Lehmann on Multi-Racial Democracy, Mike Rispoli on Funding Local News CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   (illustration: The Forum) This week on CounterSpin: Listeners are aware of the no-less-destructive-for-being-baseless assault on cr…

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May 5, 2022 at 8:57 PM

Trans Youth Targeted by Texas Are Marginalized by Corporate Media

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trans Youth Targeted by Texas Are Marginalized by Corporate Media Ines Santos   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put out a directive on February 22, following a legal opinion from state Attorney General Ken Paxton, insisting families with transgende…

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May 5, 2022 at 4:27 PM

Thanks to You, We Met Our Goal!

Thanks to You, We Met Our Goal! View this email in your browser   Thanks to You, We Met Our Goal!   Dear FAIR Family,  Thanks to you, we met our fundraising goal of $20,000! Once again our wonderf…

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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....

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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

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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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