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October 26, 2022 at 3:45 PM

"It's Extra Problematic When the Implications Are the End of Democracy"

All posts View article on FAIR's website "It's Extra Problematic When the Implications Are the End of Democracy" Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR's Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas for the October 21, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …
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October 25, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Who Is This "Haiti" That's Appealing for Intervention?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Who Is This "Haiti" That's Appealing for Intervention? Jane Regan Military intervention into Haiti is in the air again. And the East Coast establishment media—which have on occasion remembered that Haiti is a near neighbor and has been rav…
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October 21, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Landlord Lamentations...Understanding Midterm Coverage...Tulsi Gabbard Headlines

Landlord Lamentations...Understanding Midterm Coverage...Tulsi Gabbard Headlines Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: October 21, 2022 Here are the stor…
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October 21, 2022 at 7:37 PM

Media Narratives Shield Landlords From a Crisis of Their Own Making

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Narratives Shield Landlords From a Crisis of Their Own Making Eric Horowitz   As landlords continue their relentless pursuit of profits, and politicians allow pandemic-era eviction moratoriums to expire, the human toll of a fundament…
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October 21, 2022 at 2:58 PM

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on 2022 Midterms

All posts View article on FAIR's website Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on 2022 Midterms CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Guardian (10/20/22) This week on CounterSpin: This midterm is a big-picture election. It's not just about the laws and policies and priorities governing our …
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October 20, 2022 at 8:26 PM

If a Democrat Fails Into Fox News, Should It Make a Sound?

All posts View article on FAIR's website If a Democrat Fails Into Fox News, Should It Make a Sound? Ari Paul   The announcement by former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that she was leaving a Democratic Party driven by “cowardly wokeness,” under the “control of an elitist cabal” which…
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October 15, 2022 at 1:59 AM

Haitian vs. Ukrainian Refugees... 21st Century Organizing... Cryptocurrency....

Haitian vs. Ukrainian Refugees... 21st Century Organizing... Cryptocurrency.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: October 14, 2022 Here are the stori…
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October 14, 2022 at 10:42 PM

'People Are Taking Inspiration From Union Victories at Amazon and Starbucks'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Are Taking Inspiration From Union Victories at Amazon and Starbucks' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Jacobin's John Logan about Amazon and Starbucks organizing for the October 7, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …
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October 14, 2022 at 7:36 PM

WaPo Wants US 'Beacon' for Ukraine Refugees—but Not for Haitians

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Wants US  'Beacon' for Ukraine Refugees—but Not for Haitians Julie Hollar   The notorious incident in Del Rio, Texas, where US border patrol agents on horseback were photographed apparently wielding long reins as whips against Haitian…
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October 14, 2022 at 2:19 PM

Ahmad Abuznaid on Israeli Human Rights Crackdown, Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ahmad Abuznaid on Israeli Human Rights Crackdown, Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   This week on CounterSpin: Media watchers may know that Katie Halper was fired from her job at Hill TV because she did a thin…
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October 8, 2022 at 12:29 AM

Nord Stream... Katie Halper... Lula... Azov....

Nord Stream... Katie Halper... Lula... Azov.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: October 7, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for t…
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October 7, 2022 at 10:42 PM

Katie Halper Violated Media Taboo Against Israel Criticism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Katie Halper Violated Media Taboo Against Israel Criticism Luca GoldMansour   After turning in the draft of an op-ed monologue critical of Israel, journalist Katie Halper was fired from her new post at the Hill TV’s political commentary sh…
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October 7, 2022 at 9:54 PM

US Media’s Intellectual No-Fly-Zone on US Culpability in Nord Stream Attack

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media’s Intellectual No-Fly-Zone on US Culpability in Nord Stream Attack Bryce Greene   Multiple explosions last week off the coast of Poland damaged both the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, shutting down one and preventing t…
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October 7, 2022 at 5:53 PM

'The Moment Black People Showed Up, We Responded With Violence'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Moment Black People Showed Up, We Responded With Violence' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Haitian Bridge Alliance's Guerline Jozef about Haitian refugee abuse for the September 30, 2022, episode  of CounterSpin. This is a…
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October 7, 2022 at 3:37 PM

John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing

All posts View article on FAIR's website John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   This week on CounterSpin: Amazon, the seemingly insatiable megacorporation, still refuses to acknowledge the union at its Staten Island facility known as JFK8, e…
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October 6, 2022 at 7:10 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Celebrates Neo-Nazi Azov Unit

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: NYT Celebrates Neo-Nazi Azov Unit Jim Naureckas   Three years ago, describing an Australian white supremacist charged with massacring 49 people in New Zealand, the New York Times (3/15/19) wrote: "On his flak jacket was a sym…
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October 6, 2022 at 4:39 PM

'Puerto Rico Has Become a Microcosm for the Worst Kind of Capitalist Ideas'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Puerto Rico Has Become a Microcosm for the Worst Kind of Capitalist Ideas' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Center for Popular Democracy's Julio López Varona about Puerto Rico colonialism for the  September 30, 2022, episode of…
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October 5, 2022 at 2:35 PM

Media Spin Lula Victory as Defeat

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Spin Lula Victory as Defeat Brian Mier   From the way that the Anglo media are treating the October 2 Brazilian first-round presidential elections, a casual news consumer may get the impression that the Brazilian Workers Party suffer…
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October 3, 2022 at 4:09 PM

The Persistently Faulty Record of Generic Ballot Polling

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Persistently Faulty Record of Generic Ballot Polling David W. Moore In midterm elections, the president’s party typically loses House seats, especially in the president’s first term, and in particular when the president’s approval rati…
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September 30, 2022 at 9:53 PM

Biden' vs. Charles' Speeches...Palestinian Erasure...Puerto Rico Colonialism

Biden' vs. Charles' Speeches...Palestinian Erasure...Puerto Rico Colonialism Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 30, 2022 Here are the storie…
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September 30, 2022 at 8:48 PM

King Mourns Mother? Breaking News. Democracy Under Threat? Not So Much.

All posts View article on FAIR's website King Mourns Mother? Breaking News. Democracy Under Threat? Not So Much. Olivia Riggio President Joe Biden on September 1 delivered a roughly 25-minute primetime speech from Independence Hall in Philadelphia about Trumpism's threat to US de…
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September 30, 2022 at 5:32 PM

Palestinian Erasure Starts in Preschool—With Sesame Street's Endorsement

All posts View article on FAIR's website Palestinian Erasure Starts in Preschool—With Sesame Street's Endorsement Nora Lester Murad   Many children in the United States will never meet a Palestinian in person, and if they do, they may need to overcome the negative images and ster…
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September 30, 2022 at 4:18 PM

Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse

All posts View article on FAIR's website Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin220930Name.mp3   (New York, 9/22/22) This…
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September 27, 2022 at 9:59 PM

'There's a Lot of Jubilance and Healing in Reparations'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's a Lot of Jubilance and Healing in Reparations' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Alicia Bell and Collette Watson about media reparations for the September 23, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transc…
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September 23, 2022 at 9:58 PM

Media Reparations...Bolsanaro Misinformation...Perpetuating Trumpism

Media Reparations...Bolsanaro Misinformation...Perpetuating Trumpism Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 25, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR h…
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September 23, 2022 at 7:46 PM

US Media Held Murdered Russian Journalist to a Dangerous Standard

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Held Murdered Russian Journalist to a Dangerous Standard Luca GoldMansour   After the August 20 car-bomb assassination of Darya Dugina, the daughter of a Russian ultranationalist political philosopher, US media outlets quickly bra…
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September 23, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations

All posts View article on FAIR's website Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Newspaper ad from the Freedom on the Move database. This week on CounterSpin: If US news media never used the terms "wake-up call" or "racial reckoning"…
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September 21, 2022 at 4:18 PM

John Miller 'Chose to Lie About Something That's Well-Documented'

All posts View article on FAIR's website John Miller 'Chose to Lie About Something That's Well-Documented' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Muslim Advocates' Sumayyah Waheed about CNN's John Miller for the September 16, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly e…
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September 20, 2022 at 9:04 PM

Biden's Afghan Shell Game Prompts Media Shrugs and Stenography

All posts View article on FAIR's website Biden's Afghan Shell Game Prompts Media Shrugs and Stenography Julie Hollar   More than a year after it froze $7 billion of Afghanistan's central bank reserves in the wake of the Taliban's military victory, the US has announced it will use…
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September 20, 2022 at 12:29 AM

PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil's Bolsonaro

All posts View article on FAIR's website PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil's Bolsonaro Brian Mier   Both the US and British governments supported the rise of Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. Future Prime Minister Liz Truss had secret meetings with the futu…
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September 16, 2022 at 11:05 PM

Take Action on CNN's John Miller... Inflation Coverage...

Take Action on CNN's John Miller... Inflation Coverage... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 16, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR has been wor…
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September 16, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Sumayyah Waheed on CNN's Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sumayyah Waheed on CNN's Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   CNN's John Miller This week on CounterSpin: Journalist-turned-cop-turned-journalist-turned-cop-turned-journalist John Miller make…
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September 14, 2022 at 9:41 PM

ACTION ALERT: Crime Claims of CNN's New Police Expert Don't Hold Up to Facts

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Crime Claims of CNN's New Police Expert Don't Hold Up to Facts Julie Hollar   In its latest move to the right, CNN recently hired former NYPD flack John Miller as its "chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst." As Josma…
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September 14, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Confront Big Media's Power

Confront Big Media's Power View this email in your browser   Confront Big Media's Power   Dear FAIR Community,    We’re in the final few days of our online fall fundraiser! If you're able, please d…
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September 9, 2022 at 10:02 PM

NYT vs. Zero Covid... Student Debt Relief... Replacement Theory

NYT vs. Zero Covid... Student Debt Relief... Replacement Theory Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 9, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR has bee…
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September 9, 2022 at 9:24 PM

NYT Scolds China for Not 'Learning to Live'—or Die—With Covid

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Scolds China for Not 'Learning to Live'—or Die—With Covid Jim Naureckas   Four and a half million people. That's how many Chinese people would have died from Covid-19 had its government taken the same approach to the pandemic that the …
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September 9, 2022 at 7:54 PM

Media Summon Inflation Specter to Oppose Student Debt Forgiveness

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Summon Inflation Specter to Oppose Student Debt Forgiveness Luca GoldMansour   President Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation plan may not be full forgiveness, but it can still have a life-changing impact on millions of people. Almo…
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September 9, 2022 at 3:47 PM

Matt Gertz and Eric K Ward on White 'Replacement' Theory

All posts View article on FAIR's website Matt Gertz and Eric K Ward on White 'Replacement' Theory CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Fox News (7/19/22) This week on CounterSpin: In May of this year, a white supremacist killed ten people in Buffalo, New York. He made clear that he …
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September 8, 2022 at 8:18 PM

Correction: Fight for a Fair and Independent Media

Correction: Fight for a Fair and Independent Media View this email in your browser   Correction: Fight for a Fair and Independent Media   Dear FAIR Friend,  It appears the previous fundraising ema…
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September 8, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Fight for a Fair and Independent Media

Fight for a Fair and Independent Media View this email in your browser   Fight for a Fair and Independent Media   Dear FAIR Friend,  Our fall fundraising efforts are in full swing, and so far, we’v…
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September 7, 2022 at 4:05 PM

'We Could Be Living in the Future We All Dream About'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Could Be Living in the Future We All Dream About' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso about her film Powerlands for the September 2, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …
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September 6, 2022 at 8:05 PM

'The Real Issue With Dark Money: We Don’t Know Who’s Influencing Policy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Real Issue With Dark Money: We Don’t Know Who’s Influencing Policy' Jim Naureckas   Janine Jackson interviewed the Lever's Andrew Perez about a massive dark money donation for the August 26, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…
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September 6, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Resist the Status Quo

Resist the Status Quo View this email in your browser   Resist the Status Quo   Dear FAIR Family,  We’re sick of the status quo. We’re frustrated by the continued lack of diversity in identities, …
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September 6, 2022 at 3:23 PM

'These Organizations Are Doing Critical Work to Advocate for Palestinian Rights'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Organizations Are Doing Critical Work to Advocate for Palestinian Rights' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Ahmad Abuznaid about Israel's human rights crackdown for the August 26, 20…
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September 2, 2022 at 10:40 PM

NPR on Afghanistan... Indigenous Resistance... Factchecking Chomsky....

NPR on Afghanistan... Indigenous Resistance... Factchecking Chomsky.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 2, 2022 Here are the stories FAIR…
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September 2, 2022 at 8:55 PM

NPR Devotes Almost Two Hours to Afghanistan Over Two Weeks—and 30 Seconds to US Starving Afghans

All posts View article on FAIR's website NPR Devotes Almost Two Hours to Afghanistan Over Two Weeks—and 30 Seconds to US Starving Afghans Bryce Greene   NPR ran several stories on Afghanistan to mark the anniversary of the August 2021 US withdrawal, even sending host Steve Inskee…
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September 2, 2022 at 6:31 PM

NYT Etiquette Column Offers Advice for the Resentful Rich

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Etiquette Column Offers Advice for the Resentful Rich Raina Lipsitz   As a teenager, I was an avid reader of Judith Martin, the columnist more commonly known as Miss Manners. I was particularly fascinated by esoteric topics that seemed…
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September 2, 2022 at 4:05 PM

Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso on Indigenous Resistance, Alex Vitale on the End of Policing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ivey Camille Manybeads Tso on Indigenous Resistance, Alex Vitale on the End of Policing CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS From the film Powerlands. This week on CounterSpin: It is meaningful that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienc…
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September 1, 2022 at 6:40 PM

Stand up against mass media monopolization!

Stand up against mass media monopolization! View this email in your browser   Stand up against mass media monopolization!   Dear FAIR Supporters,  Amid more mass media monopolization, the downplay…
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August 29, 2022 at 3:36 PM

Factchecking the Factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and Media Access

All posts View article on FAIR's website Factchecking the Factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and Media Access John Kempthorne   Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, US-based media platforms have made an extraordinary effort to cut Western audiences off from news from a Russian pers…