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January 20, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Maurice Carney on Patrice Lumumba

All posts View article on FAIR's website Maurice Carney on Patrice Lumumba CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230120.mp3   Patrice Lumumba, 1960 (photo: Harry Pot) This week on CounterSpin: US media eli…

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January 19, 2023 at 10:14 PM

Israel’s Hard-Right Turn Fails to Raise Alarm in US Media

All posts View article on FAIR's website Israel’s Hard-Right Turn Fails to Raise Alarm in US Media Ari Paul   Tens of thousands marched to denounce the new Israeli government for perpetrating a "coup d'etat" (Jerusalem Post, 1/7/23). There is a political crisis in Israel—partic…

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January 18, 2023 at 5:58 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 Community,  Believe it or not, 2022’s year-end fundraiser totals are still trickli…

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January 17, 2023 at 10:38 PM

New York Press: Hey, People, Leave That Judge Alone

All posts View article on FAIR's website New York Press: Hey, People, Leave That Judge Alone Ari Paul   New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's nominee to the state's top court is in trouble (amNY, 1/6/23)—but corporate media are doing everything they can to save him. New York Gov. Kathy …

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January 14, 2023 at 8:40 PM

NYT Moves to 'Stack the Deck of Justice' Against Its Subscribers

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Moves to 'Stack the Deck of Justice' Against Its Subscribers Janine Jackson   The New York Times (10/31/15) used to think taking away "the only tool citizens have to fight illegal or deceitful business practices" was a bad thing. "Ar…

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January 13, 2023 at 11:44 PM

Guaido Gone... New Yorker & Covid... NYT & Privacy

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January 13, 2023 at 10:50 PM

NYT Worries Big Brother Is Not Watching You

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Worries Big Brother Is Not Watching You Dorothee Benz   A New York Times op-ed (12/28/22) takes aim at the "fashionable notion" that "a technology free of corporate and government control is in the best interest of society." A recent…

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January 13, 2023 at 5:12 PM

David Sirota on Accountability Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website David Sirota on Accountability Journalism CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Lever (1/8/23) This week on CounterSpin: US reporters used to talk, even brag, about telling the truth and letting the chips fall where they may, and more acutely, a…

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January 12, 2023 at 10:48 PM

In Biden Documents Story, Stenography and Scandal Take Center Stage

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Biden Documents Story, Stenography and Scandal Take Center Stage Julie Hollar   News coverage of the revelation that President Joe Biden found and returned classified documents left over from his time as vice president offers a textbook…

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January 12, 2023 at 5:10 PM

'It Takes People Working Together to Bridge Understandings and Undo Misunderstandings'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It Takes People Working Together to Bridge Understandings and Undo Misunderstandings' Janine Jackson   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin221230.mp3   Janine Jackson: Welcome to the best of Co…

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January 11, 2023 at 10:53 PM

Guaidó Is Gone, but Media Dishonesty Is Here to Stay

All posts View article on FAIR's website Guaidó Is Gone, but Media Dishonesty Is Here to Stay Ricardo Vaz   The latest iteration of Washington’s regime-change efforts against the democratically elected Venezuelan government came to an end. On December 30, an opposition-controlled…

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January 11, 2023 at 5:10 PM

'The [Airline] Industry Pretty Much Has Veto Power Over Any Consumer Regulation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The [Airline] Industry Pretty Much Has Veto Power Over Any Consumer Regulation' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed FlyersRights' Paul Hudson about the airline meltdown for the January 6, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a li…

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January 11, 2023 at 4:49 PM

'The [Airline] Industry Pretty Much Has Veto Power Over Any Consumer Regulation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The [Airline] Industry Pretty Much Has Veto Power Over Any Consumer Regulation' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed FlyersRights' Paul Hudson about the airline meltdown for the January 6, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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January 10, 2023 at 11:21 PM

New Yorker Takes Aim at People Who Still Think Covid Is a Problem

All posts View article on FAIR's website New Yorker Takes Aim at People Who Still Think Covid Is a Problem Ari Paul There is an episode of the Fox animated series Family Guy where the family dog, Brian, is welcomed as a possible new contributor at the New Yorker. After he is show…

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January 10, 2023 at 8:17 PM

'With This Delay of Vacating Title 42, the Death Toll Will Only Rise'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'With This Delay of Vacating Title 42, the Death Toll Will Only Rise' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies' Melissa Crow about asylum policy for the January 6, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. …

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January 6, 2023 at 11:33 PM

Twitter & Propaganda... Fox Transphobia... Best of CounterSpin

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January 6, 2023 at 11:18 PM

Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks

All posts View article on FAIR's website Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks Bryce Greene   Twitter’s “state-affiliated media” policy has an unwritten exemption for US government-funded and -controlled news media accounts. Twitter even boosts these acc…

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January 6, 2023 at 8:03 PM

The Right Turns Anti-LGBTQ Hate Up to 11

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Right Turns Anti-LGBTQ Hate Up to 11 Ari Paul Libs of TikTok, "one of the preeminent homophobic and transphobic spaces on Twitter" (Slate, 4/27/22),  has been permanently kicked off of TikTok.   Last summer, while waiting for coffee …

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January 6, 2023 at 4:56 PM

Paul Hudson on Airline Meltdown, Melissa Crow on Asylum Policy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Paul Hudson on Airline Meltdown, Melissa Crow on Asylum Policy CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   (NBC News, 12/29/22) This week on CounterSpin: Media criticism is, at its heart, consumer advocacy. There's an unarticulated underpinning to e…

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January 4, 2023 at 9:12 PM

'There Is More Than One Solution Needed to the Problem of an Insurrection'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There Is More Than One Solution Needed to the Problem of an Insurrection' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert about the January 6 report for the December 23, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a li…

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December 30, 2022 at 10:29 PM

FINAL PUSH: Make 2023 our best year yet! 🎉

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December 30, 2022 at 3:02 PM

Best of CounterSpin 2022

All posts View article on FAIR's website Best of CounterSpin 2022 CounterSpin https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpinBestOf2022.mp3 All year long CounterSpin brings you a look, as we say, behind the headlines of the mainstream news. We ho…

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December 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Your support today is more important than ever.

Your support today is more important than ever. View this email in your browser   Your support today is more important than ever.   Dear FAIR Family,  We’re five days from our deadline to raise $7…

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December 24, 2022 at 12:46 AM

Prescribing Pain for Inflation... January 6 Report... False Balance

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December 24, 2022 at 12:43 AM

'Every Issue Is a Disability Issue'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Every Issue Is a Disability Issue' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Disability Economic Justice Collaborative's Rebecca Vallas about the economics of disability for the December 16, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a l…

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December 24, 2022 at 12:14 AM

The Podcast Conglomerate the Media Won’t Name

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Podcast Conglomerate the Media Won’t Name Forest Hunt   News consumers hear about the titans of podcasting regularly these days: Spotify, iHeartMedia, Amazon Music. But there is one name that’s curiously absent: Liberty Media. The comp…

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December 23, 2022 at 6:08 PM

Lisa Gilbert on the January 6 Report

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lisa Gilbert on the January 6 Report CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Image from January 6 Report (photo: Jon Cherry/Getty Images) This week on CounterSpin: The House committee on the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol heard more t…

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December 22, 2022 at 11:44 PM

Can False Balance Kill You? It Sure Can

All posts View article on FAIR's website Can False Balance Kill You? It Sure Can Jim Naureckas   The failure to point out that an ideology is deadly represents another kind of lethal politics (Washington Post, 12/16/22). The Washington Post (12/16/22) had a recent headline: "Ca…

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December 22, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Make 2023 our most ambitious year yet!

Make 2023 our most ambitious year yet! View this email in your browser   Make 2023 our most ambitious year yet!   Dear FAIR Friend,  We’re six weeks into our 2022 year end fundraising drive, and …

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December 21, 2022 at 10:14 PM

'The Oil Companies Are the Reason We Don't Have Climate Policy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Oil Companies Are the Reason We Don't Have Climate Policy' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Climate Integrity's Richard Wiles about the lies of the fossil fuel industry for the December 16, 2022, episode of C…

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December 20, 2022 at 6:50 PM

Small but Mighty: Support FAIR’s Work

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December 19, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Media Prescribe More 'Pain' for Workers as Inflation's Only Cure

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Prescribe More 'Pain' for Workers as Inflation's Only Cure Luca GoldMansour   Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is profit’s prophet and the corporate media are his cultish devotees, joining hands to sacrifice working people. In thi…

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December 16, 2022 at 11:13 PM

NYT's Anti-Trans Columnist... A Favor for Musk... Fossil Fuel Lies

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December 16, 2022 at 10:32 PM

Pamela Paul's Gender Agenda

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pamela Paul's Gender Agenda Julie Hollar   The New York Times for many years had a transgender contributing opinion writer, Jennifer Finney Boylan. Part of a less exclusive club than that of columnists, who appear more frequently, Boylan n…

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December 16, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Richard Wiles on Fossil Fuel Lies, Rebecca Vallas on Disability Economics

All posts View article on FAIR's website Richard Wiles on Fossil Fuel Lies, Rebecca Vallas on Disability Economics CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin221216.mp3   AP (12/10/22) This week on CounterSpin: W…

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December 14, 2022 at 11:13 PM

NYT Did Musk a Political Favor

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Did Musk a Political Favor Ari Paul   The New York Times (12/10/22) pronounces itself perplexed by Elon Musk's politics. A recent New York Times article (12/10/22) describing Twitter owner Elon Musk’s politics—which have clearly alig…

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December 14, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Noam Chomsky: “FAIR performs a unique and indispensable service”

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December 13, 2022 at 11:03 PM

'A Crucial Part of Colonization Is Taking Our Children'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A Crucial Part of Colonization Is Taking Our Children' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Crushing Colonialism's Jen Deerinwater about efforts to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act for the December 9, 2022, episode of CounterS…

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December 9, 2022 at 11:14 PM

Homeless Scapegoating... Indigenous Adoption... Election Polls Revisited

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December 9, 2022 at 8:46 PM

In 2022 Midterms, Media Were Again Misled by Generic Ballot

All posts View article on FAIR's website In 2022 Midterms, Media Were Again Misled by Generic Ballot David W. Moore   Last October (FAIR.org, 10/3/22), I warned about “The Persistently Faulty Record of Generic Ballot Polling.” The message was that it’s dicey to predict House elec…

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December 9, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Jen Deerinwater on Indian Child Welfare Act

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jen Deerinwater on Indian Child Welfare Act CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Truthout (11/12/22) This week on CounterSpin: Those listeners who have heard about Haaland v. Brackeen will know that that Supreme Court case is about considerin…

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December 7, 2022 at 11:58 PM

Media's Crime Hype and Scapegoating Led to Crackdown on Unhoused People

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's Crime Hype and Scapegoating Led to Crackdown on Unhoused People Julie Hollar   For some time now, news media have been conflating crime, homelessness and mental illness, demonizing and dehumanizing people without homes while ignori…

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December 7, 2022 at 7:24 PM

In Chaotic Times, FAIR Will Be Your Constant

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December 7, 2022 at 4:59 PM

'The Supreme Court Is Burying Its Head in the Sand'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Supreme Court Is Burying Its Head in the Sand' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Law and Disorder Radio's Marjorie Cohn about evangelicals' Supreme Court lobbying for the December 2, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…

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December 6, 2022 at 8:48 PM

'We Need to Transform What It Means to Be an Academic Worker; the Status Quo Is Untenable'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Transform What It Means to Be an Academic Worker; the Status Quo Is Untenable' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed UC Santa Barbara's Nelson Lichtenstein about the University of California strike for the December 2, 202…

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December 2, 2022 at 11:29 PM

Ukraine Narratives... UC Strike... Bill Gates

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December 2, 2022 at 9:48 PM

NYT, WSJ Look to Hawks for Ukraine Expertise

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT, WSJ Look to Hawks for Ukraine Expertise John Kempthorne   A crucial function of a free press is to present perspectives that critically examine government actions. In major articles from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal …

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December 2, 2022 at 4:35 PM

Nelson Lichtenstein on UC Strike, Marjorie Cohn on Evangelicals' Supreme Court Lobbying

All posts View article on FAIR's website Nelson Lichtenstein on UC Strike, Marjorie Cohn on Evangelicals' Supreme Court Lobbying CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   Dissent (11/22/22) This week on CounterSpin: Former Vice President Mike Pence recently said with a straight face that…

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December 1, 2022 at 9:03 PM

NATO Narratives and Corporate Media Are Leading to 'Doorstep of Doom'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NATO Narratives and Corporate Media Are Leading to 'Doorstep of Doom' Robin Andersen   Wall Street Journal (4/27/22): "Unless the US prepares to win a nuclear war, it risks losing one." A popular cartoon aptly expresses the political ang…

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December 1, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Show Big Media Who’s Boss

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