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June 26, 2022 at 10:55 PM

Biden's Saudi Trip... NYC School Cuts... Gender Therapy....

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June 25, 2022 at 7:25 PM

NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts Ari Paul   New York Times (6/10/22) The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ first budget agreement, saying it “excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing…

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June 24, 2022 at 9:54 PM

'The Miscarriage of Justice Catalyzed a Whole Movement Led by Asian Americans'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Miscarriage of Justice Catalyzed a Whole Movement Led by Asian Americans' Jim Naureckas       Janine Jackson interviewed Helen Zia about the legacy of Vincent Chin for the June 17, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edite…

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June 24, 2022 at 4:13 PM

Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon

All posts View article on FAIR's website Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS (cc photo: Joe Flood) This week on CounterSpin: Elite news media are saying that Biden has to go to Saudi Arabia in July despite …

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June 23, 2022 at 9:58 PM

NYT Centers Trans Healthcare Story on Doctors—Not Trans People

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Centers Trans Healthcare Story on Doctors—Not Trans People Julie Hollar   New York Times Magazine (6/19/22) Right-wing media are whipping up a dangerous anti-trans frenzy in this country, as evidenced quite clearly by the rash of ant…

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June 22, 2022 at 8:36 PM

'The Times Is Trying to Tell You to Choose Between Rights and Safety'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Times Is Trying to Tell You to Choose Between Rights and Safety' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Alec Karakatsanis about the recall of Chesa Boudin for the June 17, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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June 17, 2022 at 10:40 PM

Blocked FCC Nominee... Venezuela Sanctions... Chesa Boudin Recall....

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June 17, 2022 at 10:19 PM

'A Handful of Billionaire Companies Have Monopoly Control Over Life-Saving Medicines'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A Handful of Billionaire Companies Have Monopoly Control Over Life-Saving Medicines' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Lori Wallach about vaccine equity for the June 10, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tra…

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June 17, 2022 at 8:56 PM

A Socialist in WaPo's Suburbs

All posts View article on FAIR's website A Socialist in WaPo's Suburbs Pete Tucker   After Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the country’s third-most powerful democratic socialist may be a former elementary school teacher you might never have heard of. While Marc Elric…

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June 17, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Murder, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall

All posts View article on FAIR's website Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Murder, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Vincent Chin (1955-1982) This week on CounterSpin: The New York Times didn't address the brutal 1982 murder of Chinese-American Vinc…

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June 16, 2022 at 8:13 PM

Nicaragua a 'Dictatorship' When It Follows US Lead on NGOs

All posts View article on FAIR's website Nicaragua a 'Dictatorship' When It Follows US Lead on NGOs John Perry   AP (6/2/22) reported that "the government seems intent on wiping the landscape clean of any organization it does not control." President Daniel Ortega’s government i…

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June 15, 2022 at 10:11 PM

ACTION ALERT: Urge MSNBC to Cover Biden FCC Pick Blocked by Big Media

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Urge MSNBC to Cover Biden FCC Pick Blocked by Big Media Julie Hollar   Fox News (11/11/21) has repeatedly reported on the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC board to depict her as a "deeply divisive pick with a track record …

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June 15, 2022 at 6:30 PM

'The Major Insurers Saw 2020 as a Giant Opportunity for Profiteering'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Major Insurers Saw 2020 as a Giant Opportunity for Profiteering' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Steffie Woolhandler about Covid and health insurance for the June 10, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited …

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June 13, 2022 at 10:02 PM

‘Calibrated’ Dishonesty: Western Media Coverage of Venezuela Sanctions

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘Calibrated’ Dishonesty: Western Media Coverage of Venezuela Sanctions Ricardo Vaz   AP (5/17/22) reported the US will "ease a few economic sanctions against Venezuela"... US sanctions, even by outdated estimates, have killed tens of tho…

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June 10, 2022 at 10:24 PM

Front-Page War News... 'Trumpiest' Gen X... Covid & Health Insurance....

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June 10, 2022 at 10:07 PM

'But for the Failures of His Attorneys, He Would Not Have Been Convicted'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'But for the Failures of His Attorneys, He Would Not Have Been Convicted' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Liliana Segura about the Supreme Court and innocence for the June 3, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edit…

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June 10, 2022 at 9:12 PM

Politico Paints Gen X as 'Trumpiest Generation'—on Flimsiest Evidence

All posts View article on FAIR's website Politico Paints Gen X as 'Trumpiest Generation'—on Flimsiest Evidence  David W. Moore   A recent Politico article (5/20/22) had the headline, “How Gen X Became the Trumpiest Generation.” Yet the article’s focus seems to be mostly on Iowa s…

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June 10, 2022 at 3:43 PM

Lori Wallach on Vaccine Equity, Steffie Woolhandler on Insurance & Covid

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lori Wallach on Vaccine Equity, Steffie Woolhandler on Insurance & Covid CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   (photo: African Union) This week on CounterSpin: Some of the worst work that corporate news media do is convince us that simple th…

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June 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM

Invasion News Fits on Front Page More When an Enemy Does the Invading

All posts View article on FAIR's website Invasion News Fits on Front Page More When an Enemy Does the Invading FAIR   The New York Times front page for April 5, 2022, featured four stories on the Ukraine War, including three at the top of the page. The New York Times’ slogan “A…

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June 6, 2022 at 12:32 AM

Booster Deficit... Vaccine Equity... Supreme Court v. Innocence....

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June 4, 2022 at 7:40 PM

Media Fail to Raise Alarm Over Deadly Lack of Booster Shots in Elderly

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Fail to Raise Alarm Over Deadly Lack of Booster Shots in Elderly Dorothee Benz   The Washington Post's headline (4/29/22) seems to play down the importance of vaccination—relegating the crucial message that people are dying for lack…

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June 3, 2022 at 8:21 PM

Vaccine Equity Coverage Underplays Barrier of Patents

All posts View article on FAIR's website Vaccine Equity Coverage Underplays Barrier of Patents James Baratta   While Western countries have largely lifted Covid restrictions and are attempting to put the pandemic behind them, countries in the Global South, where vaccines and trea…

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June 3, 2022 at 4:09 PM

Liliana Segura on Supreme Court v. Innocence

All posts View article on FAIR's website Liliana Segura on Supreme Court v. Innocence CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Barry Lee Jones (left) and David Martinez Ramirez had appeals rejected by the Supreme Court. This week on CounterSpin: AP's May 23 headline told readers: "Supreme…

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June 1, 2022 at 9:36 PM

'More Guns, More Gun Deaths—That's Really It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'More Guns, More Gun Deaths—That's Really It' Janine Jackson The May 27, 2022, episode of CounterSpin was a special on gun violence, featuring archival interviews with Igor Volsky and Pat Elder (originally aired March 26, 2021, and Februar…

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May 27, 2022 at 11:11 PM

'Great Replacement'... YouTube Owners... Trump Primaries....

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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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