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May 24, 2023 at 3:34 PM

The Character Assassination of San Francisco

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Character Assassination of San Francisco Ari Paul   CNN (5/14/23) aired a special report on "What Happened to San Francisco?"—although what mainly happened to the city is that it became the target of right-wing attacks. CNN has joine…

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May 23, 2023 at 6:45 PM

'Apartheid' Designation Ignored as Israel Kills Children in Gaza Again

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Apartheid' Designation Ignored as Israel Kills Children in Gaza Again Bryce Greene   Human Rights Watch (4/27/21) recognized Israeli domination of Palestinians as an apartheid system more than two years ago. Israel's recent bombing of t…

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May 22, 2023 at 10:06 PM

WSJ Worries Debt Limit Fight Could Jeopardize Military Contractors’ Profits

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Worries Debt Limit Fight Could Jeopardize Military Contractors’ Profits Conor Smyth   Wall Street Journal (5/12/23): "The drama in Washington this spring reflects a deeper political impasse that risks crimping military-spending growth…

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May 20, 2023 at 12:19 AM

Israel 'Crisis'...Right to Protest...Jordan Neely

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May 19, 2023 at 10:51 PM

'The Court's Position Is, No One Can Tell Them What to Do'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Court's Position Is, No One Can Tell Them What to Do' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Vox's Ian Millhiser about Supreme Court corruption for the May 12, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. ht…

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May 19, 2023 at 8:41 PM

Dehumanization Killed Jordan Neely—and Dominated Coverage of His Death

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dehumanization Killed Jordan Neely—and Dominated Coverage of His Death Olivia Riggio   An earlier Daily News headline (5/2/23) was "Brawling NYC Subway Rider Dies After Chokehold, NYPD Says." Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black ma…

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May 19, 2023 at 5:51 PM

Sorry, Sulzberger—NYT's Anti-Trans 'News' Is Neither True Nor Important

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sorry, Sulzberger—NYT's Anti-Trans 'News' Is Neither True Nor Important Julie Hollar   A.G. Sulzberger, hereditary leader of the New York Times, argued in CJR (5/15/23) that his newspaper has to publish so many anti-trans stories because …

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May 19, 2023 at 3:31 PM

Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230519.mp3   Time (5/4/23) This week on CounterSpin: Do you care about enviro…

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May 17, 2023 at 8:51 PM

NYT Fearmongers Debt as GOP Holds Economy Hostage

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Fearmongers Debt as GOP Holds Economy Hostage Conor Smyth   In a recent op-ed for the New York Times (3/10/23), the economist and longtime Times columnist Paul Krugman gave readers “a pro tip”: Anyone who makes alarmist claims about de…

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May 16, 2023 at 9:56 PM

Israel’s Real 'Crisis of Democracy' Is That It's Not a Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Israel’s Real 'Crisis of Democracy' Is That It's Not a Democracy Gregory Shupak   Map of Israel/Palestine For much of this year, widespread protests have engulfed Israel in response to the Netanyahu government’s attempts to overhaul the …

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May 12, 2023 at 10:24 PM

NYT Transphobia... Medical Debt... Supreme Court Corruption

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May 12, 2023 at 9:16 PM

'We Have to Find a Way, for the Sake of the Planet, to Use Things Longer'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Have to Find a Way, for the Sake of the Planet, to Use Things Longer' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed iFixit's Kyle Wiens about the right to repair's "moment" for the May 5, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly e…

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May 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM

NYT Signals Lula's Post-Bolsonaro Honeymoon Is Over

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Signals Lula's Post-Bolsonaro Honeymoon Is Over Brian Mier   In the early days of Lula's presidency, the New York Times (2/10/23) stressed what they had in common (attempts to overthrow their governments) over what divided them (the U…

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May 12, 2023 at 7:16 PM

ABC/WaPo Poll Creates Illusion of Public Opinion on Debt Ceiling

All posts View article on FAIR's website ABC/WaPo Poll Creates Illusion of Public Opinion on Debt Ceiling David W. Moore   According to a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll (5/5/23), Americans are about evenly divided on who they would blame—Republicans in Congress or President…

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May 12, 2023 at 3:22 PM

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230512.mp3   USA Today (5/6/23) This week on CounterSpin: USA Today reported that, "…

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May 11, 2023 at 11:33 PM

'The Debt Ceiling Is a Completely Pointless Contrivance'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Debt Ceiling Is a Completely Pointless Contrivance' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed The Nation's Chris Lehmann about the debt ceiling for the May 5, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https:…

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May 11, 2023 at 10:36 PM

NYT's Anti-Trans Bias—by the Numbers

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT's Anti-Trans Bias—by the Numbers Julie Hollar   More than 180 contributors to the New York Times wrote a letter to Times leadership earlier this year (2/15/23), raising "serious concerns about editorial bias in the newspaper’s reportin…

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May 8, 2023 at 8:36 PM

The Healthcare Long March: Why Exposing the Evils of Medical Debt Doesn't Fix the Problem

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Healthcare Long March: Why Exposing the Evils of Medical Debt Doesn't Fix the Problem John Canham-Clyne   CT Mirror (2/2/23) Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont proposed on February 2 to purchase and forgive roughly $2 billion in medical deb…

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May 5, 2023 at 10:16 PM

NYT Iran Error... Crime Hype... Debt Ceiling

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May 5, 2023 at 7:43 PM

DeSantis' Anti-Press Bills Seem Dead, but Don’t Celebrate Yet

All posts View article on FAIR's website DeSantis' Anti-Press Bills Seem Dead, but Don’t Celebrate Yet Ari Paul   New York Times (5/3/23): "Right-wing media outlets, Christian organizations and business groups...argued that the legislation would harm all news media, including co…

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May 5, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Chris Lehmann on Debt Ceiling Myths, Kyle Wiens on Right to Repair's Moment

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chris Lehmann on Debt Ceiling Myths, Kyle Wiens on Right to Repair's Moment CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230505.mp3   (The Nation, 4/28/23) This week on Co…

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May 3, 2023 at 4:07 PM

Media Crime Hype Helps Roll Back Reforms

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Crime Hype Helps Roll Back Reforms Ari Paul   The New York Times (4/27/23) reported that changes to bail laws would "for the first time allow judges to set bail with public safety in mind"--in other words, allowing judges to punish …

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May 2, 2023 at 9:25 PM

'This Media Is Meant to Change People, and It Does'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Media Is Meant to Change People, and It Does' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed filmmaker Jen Senko about the cost of hate talk for the April 28, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://…

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May 2, 2023 at 4:26 PM

Dowd’s Newsroom Nostalgia Is Management Propaganda

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dowd’s Newsroom Nostalgia Is Management Propaganda Ari Paul The New York Times' Maureen Dowd New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd (4/29/23) has painted a picture of the newsroom that time forgot. Her remembrance of a frenetic, vibrant n…

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May 1, 2023 at 9:53 PM

ACTION ALERT: False NYT Spy Claim on Iran Nukes Needs Correction

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: False NYT Spy Claim on Iran Nukes Needs Correction Jim Naureckas The New York Times (5/1/23) claims an Iranian who spied for Britain delivered "valuable information"—but its description of what he supposedly revealed is disi…

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April 28, 2023 at 9:15 PM

Calling Bud Light Saga a ‘Controversy' Falls Flat

All posts View article on FAIR's website Calling Bud Light Saga a ‘Controversy' Falls Flat Ari Paul   "The Mulvaney campaign has unleashed a torrent of negative publicity for Anheuser-Busch," reported the New York Post (4/24/23)—and by "the Mulvaney campaign," they mean the comp…

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April 28, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230428.mp3   Kansas City Star (4/20/23) This week on CounterSpin: The grandson of the elder…

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April 26, 2023 at 9:54 PM

'The Thing That's Made the Union Strong Is to Privilege the Lowest Paid'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Thing That's Made the Union Strong Is to Privilege the Lowest Paid' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Rutgers' Donna Murch about the lessons of the Rutgers strike for the April 21, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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April 25, 2023 at 9:57 PM

'People Who Don't Support Abortion Ignore the Science and the Safety'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Who Don't Support Abortion Ignore the Science and the Safety' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Guttmacher Institute's Rachel K. Jones about the Mifepristone ruling for the April 21, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is …

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April 25, 2023 at 4:22 PM

6 DAYS LEFT! Help Us Reach Our Goal!

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April 24, 2023 at 10:10 PM

Carlson Out for Now, but Will Live to Hate Another Day

All posts View article on FAIR's website Carlson Out for Now, but Will Live to Hate Another Day Ari Paul   Good for America, bad for Fox News (Bloomberg, 4/24/23)? Things seemed hopeless for those wondering if Tucker Carlson of Fox News—who used his show to promote white suprem…

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April 24, 2023 at 8:43 PM

Who Gets to Talk About How Police Need to Change?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Who Gets to Talk About How Police Need to Change? Julie Hollar   The New York Times (6/3/22) often framed police reform from the perspective of Democratic politicians rather than the communities most impacted by police violence. Since th…

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April 21, 2023 at 10:12 PM

Fox Settlement...Mifepristone...Ukraine Diplomacy

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April 21, 2023 at 10:00 PM

Western Outlets Send Warning to Lula Over Ukraine Dissent

All posts View article on FAIR's website Western Outlets Send Warning to Lula Over Ukraine Dissent Brian Mier   In case you were unsure how to feel about Lula's Ukraine stance, Reuters (4/17/23) sends a clue. Former and current Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's …

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April 21, 2023 at 3:29 PM

Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230421.mp3   Washington Post (4/19/23) This week on Count…

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April 20, 2023 at 10:00 PM

Chinese Diplomacy Seen as Threat to US 'Peace,' 'Stability'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chinese Diplomacy Seen as Threat to US 'Peace,' 'Stability' Gregory Shupak   China has undertaken a diplomatic blitz that has seen it broker a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, warm relations with France, and put forth a proposa…

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April 20, 2023 at 7:39 PM

Fox Settlement Shows Press Freedom Isn't Incompatible With Accountability

All posts View article on FAIR's website Fox Settlement Shows Press Freedom Isn't Incompatible With Accountability Ari Paul When was the last time you forked over nearly $800 million? Really think. There must have been some moment, some dispute where you decided to reach deep wit…

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April 18, 2023 at 8:06 PM

Justice for All Starts With a Strong Fourth Estate

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April 14, 2023 at 10:01 PM

Decoding Taxes...Twitter's "State Media" Label...Covid Safety Net Collapse

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April 14, 2023 at 2:04 PM

Taxes: Who Pays and What For?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Taxes: Who Pays and What For? CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS Fat cat pays a pittance in taxes to Uncle Sam in vintage cartoon. This week on CounterSpin: It is tax season in the US,  when some of us wonder why the government, which knows how…

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April 13, 2023 at 8:58 PM

UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor—if Corporate Media Skip the Script

All posts View article on FAIR's website UPS Workers Might Revitalize Labor—if Corporate Media Skip the Script Teddy Ostrow Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch the largest strike against a single company in US history this August, when their collectiv…

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April 13, 2023 at 6:51 PM

Starbucks 'Workers and Consumers Have the Same Foe'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Starbucks 'Workers and Consumers Have the Same Foe' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed journalist Saurav Sarkar about Starbucks organizing for the April 7, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https:/…

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April 12, 2023 at 10:04 PM

NYT Blames American Public for Collapse of Pandemic Safety Net

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Blames American Public for Collapse of Pandemic Safety Net Conor Smyth   Thanks in large part to pandemic social spending, employment recovered from the 2020 recession in record time (Chart: Apricitas Economics, 4/8/23). A ban on evi…

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April 11, 2023 at 9:07 PM

US Media Denounce Twitter’s ‘State Media’ Label—When It Affects NPR

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Denounce Twitter’s ‘State Media’ Label—When It Affects NPR Julianne Tveten   The Washington Post (4/5/23) questioned "the unsavory suggestion that [NPR's] reporting is tainted." As part of an ongoing, impulsive and reactionary v…

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April 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM

Support Our Shared Values

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April 10, 2023 at 6:35 PM

'The US Incarcerates More Immigrants Than Anywhere Else in the World'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The US Incarcerates More Immigrants Than Anywhere Else in the World' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Detention Watch Network's Silky Shah about the fire at the Ciudad Juárez detention center for the March 31, 2023, episode of …

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April 8, 2023 at 1:01 AM

Antarctic Crisis... Medicaid Cuts... Starbucks Organizing

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April 7, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Trump’s Idling Plane Got More TV Coverage Than Biden Cutting Healthcare for 15 Million

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump’s Idling Plane Got More TV Coverage Than Biden Cutting Healthcare for 15 Million Bryce Greene   The Column (4/3/23): "Because the gutting of pandemic-era welfare programs is bipartisan in nature—and President Biden is making no case…

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April 7, 2023 at 11:02 PM

Media's Lab Leak Theorists See Spies, Not Scientists, as Arbiters of Science

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's Lab Leak Theorists See Spies, Not Scientists, as Arbiters of Science Ari Paul   Readers should have very low confidence in the Wall Street Journal's assumption (2/26/23) that classified intelligence reports are helpful gauges of s…

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April 7, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks Organizing

All posts View article on FAIR's website Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks Organizing CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230407.mp3   (CC photo: Elliot Stoller) This week on CounterSpin: Former President Donald …

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