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June 27, 2023 at 10:08 PM

NYT Says More Worker Suffering Needed to Bring Inflation Down

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Says More Worker Suffering Needed to Bring Inflation Down Conor Smyth   Good news: Inflation is down! Way down, actually: It came in at 4% in May, after peaking at just over 9% last summer. But don’t get too excited. The New York Times…

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June 27, 2023 at 8:17 PM

'What the Government Permits You to Know—That's Not a Democracy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What the Government Permits You to Know—That's Not a Democracy' Janine Jackson   CounterSpin interviewed whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg many times over the years; in the wake of Ellsberg's recent death, Janine Jackson revisited some of tho…

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June 23, 2023 at 10:18 PM

Daniel Ellsberg... 'Millennials Moved Right... Antitrust

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June 23, 2023 at 10:04 PM

'Millennials Moved Right': NYT Cherry-Picks Data to Bolster Political Folklore

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Millennials Moved Right': NYT Cherry-Picks Data to Bolster Political Folklore David W. Moore   The New York Times' Nate Cohn (6/1/23) demonstrates how to select two data points that match your preconceived hypothesis. New York Times pol…

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June 23, 2023 at 8:41 PM

WSJ Attacks Antitrust Champion Lina Khan Every 11 Days Since FTC Appointment

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Attacks Antitrust Champion Lina Khan Every 11 Days Since FTC Appointment Bryce Greene   Among Khan's "many abuses" (Wall Street Journal, 2/14/23): She hasn't recused herself from decisions involving Facebook even though she has expres…

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June 23, 2023 at 3:36 PM

Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited

All posts View article on FAIR's website Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230623.mp3   New Republic (6/14/23) This week on CounterSp…

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June 22, 2023 at 10:03 PM

As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Venezuela Mends Ties With Latin Neighbors, Western Media Turn Up the Propaganda Ricardo Vaz   Venezuela's Maduro government has slowly and steadily regained its diplomatic standing in recent years, overcoming US endeavors to turn the co…

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June 22, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Judge's Ruling Debunks Anti-Trans Claims Often Seen in Corporate Media

All posts View article on FAIR's website Judge's Ruling Debunks Anti-Trans Claims Often Seen in Corporate Media Alex Koren   Judge Robert Hinkle A federal judge issued a temporary injunction this month that partially blocked enforcement of Florida’s ban on gender-affirming care…

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June 21, 2023 at 3:29 PM

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June 20, 2023 at 9:37 PM

'Intentional Storytelling Is a Way We Can Fight for a Better World'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Intentional Storytelling Is a Way We Can Fight for a Better World' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Rising Up's Sonali Kolhatkar about the power of narrative for the June 16, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edit…

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June 16, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Sonali Kolhatkar on the Power of Narrative

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sonali Kolhatkar on the Power of Narrative CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230616.mp3   (City Lights, 2023) This week on CounterSpin: The stories news media tel…

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June 15, 2023 at 8:47 PM

WaPo Mad That Debt Ceiling Deal Didn’t Cut Social Security

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Mad That Debt Ceiling Deal Didn’t Cut Social Security Conor Smyth   The Washington Post (6/1/23) holds that the debt deal was "minor" because its cuts come from "a relatively small range of discretionary budget items, rather than str…

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June 14, 2023 at 6:53 PM

"Top-quality media criticism and determined activism"

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June 14, 2023 at 3:32 PM

'Despite Legalization, the People Harmed the Most Are Not Able to Benefit'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Despite Legalization, the People Harmed the Most Are Not Able to Benefit' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Philadelphia CannaBusiness Association's Tauhid Chappell about cannabis justice for the June 9, 2023, episode of Cou…

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June 13, 2023 at 6:22 PM

'These Bills Will Make Children Less Safe, Not More Safe'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Bills Will Make Children Less Safe, Not More Safe' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Fight for the Future's Evan Greer about the Kids Online Safety Act for the June 9, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited…

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June 12, 2023 at 9:55 PM

NYT on Ukraine's Nazi Imagery: It's 'Complicated'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT on Ukraine's Nazi Imagery: It's 'Complicated'  Bryce Greene   The New York Times continued its line of downplaying—or even celebrating—Nazis in Ukraine with a piece (6/5/23) that sought to explain away the frequency of Nazi symbols in …

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June 9, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Southern Repression... CNN's Ex-CEO... Cannabis Justice

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June 9, 2023 at 9:27 PM

WSJ Celebrates Making It Harder for Poor People to Access Food

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Celebrates Making It Harder for Poor People to Access Food Conor Smyth   The Wall Street Journal (5/30/23) calls it a "mistake" that "veterans and the homeless" are exempted from work requirement for food vouchers: "These Americans co…

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June 9, 2023 at 3:19 PM

Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Justice, Evan Greer on Kids Online Safety Act

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Justice, Evan Greer on Kids Online Safety Act CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230609.mp3   (image: PCBA) This week on CounterSpin: T…

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June 8, 2023 at 10:23 PM

CNN Needs More Than a New CEO—It Needs a New Model of Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website CNN Needs More Than a New CEO—It Needs a New Model of Journalism Julie Hollar   "There has to be a source of absolute truth,” then–CNN CEO Christ Licht told the Atlantic (6/2/23)—but also denounced "the media’s habit of marginalizing cons…

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June 8, 2023 at 7:14 PM

Southern Discomfort: Attacks on Freedom Need Condemnation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Southern Discomfort: Attacks on Freedom Need Condemnation Ari Paul   The Asheville Blade (3/29/23) covers the arrest of one of their journalists, Veronica Coit (with a graphic created by another arrested journalist, Matilda Bliss). Two r…

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June 8, 2023 at 4:41 PM

Help Us Fight For a More Just Media Future ☀️

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June 7, 2023 at 8:42 PM

'The History of Affirmative Action Has Asian-American Influence All Over It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The History of Affirmative Action Has Asian-American Influence All Over It' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed cultural critic Jeff Chang about Asian Americans and affirmative action for the June 2, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. …

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June 2, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Debt Deal...'Border Crisis'...'Greedflation' Is Good?

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June 2, 2023 at 9:33 PM

For Media, Giving in to Debt Limit Blackmail Was a Triumph of Bipartisanship

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, Giving in to Debt Limit Blackmail Was a Triumph of Bipartisanship Julie Hollar   When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.…

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June 2, 2023 at 7:39 PM

For Media, 'Border Crisis' Means Migrants Coming—Not Migrants Dying

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, 'Border Crisis' Means Migrants Coming—Not Migrants Dying Julie Hollar   As the pandemic-era border policy known as Title 42 ended last month, news outlets spent a great deal of time caterwauling about a "border crisis" and a "su…

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June 2, 2023 at 3:02 PM

Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230602.mp3   NBC (11/2/22) This week on CounterSpin: Cor…

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June 2, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230602.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media h…

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June 1, 2023 at 8:46 PM

Speak Truth to Power! ☀️

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June 1, 2023 at 7:08 PM

WSJ Says Corporate Profiteering Is Good, Actually

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Says Corporate Profiteering Is Good, Actually Conor Smyth   Greed is good, actually. At least that’s the journalistic line the Wall Street Journal has decided to take, with a recent headline (5/25/23) reading, “‘Greedflation’ Is Real—a…

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May 31, 2023 at 10:22 PM

'Studios Are Really Trying to Turn Writing Into Gig Work'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Studios Are Really Trying to Turn Writing Into Gig Work' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the National Writers Union's Eric Thurm about the Hollywood writers' strike for the May 26, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a light…

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May 26, 2023 at 10:09 PM

Smearing San Francisco...TikTok Ban...Writers' Strike

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May 26, 2023 at 9:34 PM

'Charging Domestic Terrorism Is Intended to Make the Cost of Protesting Too High'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Charging Domestic Terrorism Is Intended to Make the Cost of Protesting Too High' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Cody Bloomfield about activists being charged with terrorism for the May 19, 202…

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May 26, 2023 at 6:35 PM

Underexposure Exposed

All posts View article on FAIR's website Underexposure Exposed Jim Naureckas   If you're working for establishment media covering an official enemy of the United States, your main job is to convey to your audience that such places are dystopias, where everyone is miserable and wh…

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May 26, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers' Strike

All posts View article on FAIR's website Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers' Strike CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230526.mp3   GQ (5/5/23) This week on CounterSpin: Going on strike is something th…

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May 25, 2023 at 9:54 PM

Montana TikTok Ban a Sign of Intensified Cold War With China

All posts View article on FAIR's website Montana TikTok Ban a Sign of Intensified Cold War With China Ari Paul   “Montana can no more ban its residents from viewing or posting to TikTok than it could ban the Wall Street Journal because of who owns it or the ideas it publishes,” …

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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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