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September 1, 2023 at 10:28 PM

Critics Picked Up on Oppenheimer's All-Too-Timely Warning on Nuclear War

All posts View article on FAIR's website Critics Picked Up on Oppenheimer's All-Too-Timely Warning on Nuclear War Karl Grossman   The reviews in media of the film Oppenheimer have been largely positive—and perceptive and thoughtful. With a few exceptions, most reviewers “got” t…

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September 1, 2023 at 3:03 PM

Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education

All posts View article on FAIR's website Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230901.mp3   (CC photo: Paul Hart) This week on CounterSpin: It i…

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August 31, 2023 at 8:47 PM

Making Monsters: How Media Encourage Hatred of Immigrants

All posts View article on FAIR's website Making Monsters: How Media Encourage Hatred of Immigrants Lara-Nour Walton   The New York Times (10/2/22) described the effort to trick migrants into flying to Martha's Vineyard as an attempt to "force Democrats to deal with the migrant…

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August 30, 2023 at 6:13 PM

NYT Publishes 'Greatest Hits' of Bad Trans Healthcare Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Publishes 'Greatest Hits' of Bad Trans Healthcare Coverage Alex Koren   The New York Times' coverage (8/23/23) of a controversy at a Missouri gender clinic led with a photo of Jamie Reed, a former employee who has called for a morat…

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August 29, 2023 at 9:05 PM

'Disabled People Are Whole People; We Need to See Media Address That Reality'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Disabled People Are Whole People; We Need to See Media Address That Reality' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed New Disabled South's Kehsi Iman Wilson about the Americans with Disabilities Act for the August 25, 2023, episode o…

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August 25, 2023 at 10:54 PM

Maui Fire... Israel/Palestine Tropes... Disability Act

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August 25, 2023 at 10:20 PM

Maui Fire Coverage Ignored Fossil Fuel Responsibility

All posts View article on FAIR's website Maui Fire Coverage Ignored Fossil Fuel Responsibility Robin Andersen   When wildfires tore across Maui on August 9, devastating the Hawaiian island gem, media covered the disaster extensively. Broadcast news featured dramatic photographs…

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August 25, 2023 at 3:09 PM

Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disability Act

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disability Act CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230825.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: “We’ve come a long way but there’s a…

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August 24, 2023 at 3:08 PM

'CACI Aided and Abetted the Torture of Our Clients'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'CACI Aided and Abetted the Torture of Our Clients' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Constitutional Rights' Baher Azmy about the Abu Ghraib lawsuit for the August 18, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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August 22, 2023 at 8:26 PM

'Erasure of Content Can Be a Problem for the Public and for History'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Erasure of Content Can Be a Problem for the Public and for History' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Gizmodo's Thomas Germain about the destruction of online history for the August 18, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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August 22, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage Lara-Nour Walton   Do Palestinians deserve to be free? "A complex and controversial issue," says ChatGPT (Twitter, 5/8/23). Do Israelis deserve to be free? "Yes, like all…

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August 18, 2023 at 10:00 PM

NYT McCarthyism...Threats to Press Freedom...Abu Ghraib Torture

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August 18, 2023 at 2:57 PM

Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction

All posts View article on FAIR's website Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230818.mp3   Victim of US torture at A…

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August 17, 2023 at 6:44 PM

NYT Reveals That a Tech Mogul Likes China—and That McCarthyism Is Alive and Well

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Reveals That a Tech Mogul Likes China—and That McCarthyism Is Alive and Well Julie Hollar "A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a US Tech Mogul," the New York Times (8/5/23) announced on its front page. "The Times unraveled a …

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August 11, 2023 at 10:18 PM

Trump Defenders... Remote Workers... Debt Collectors

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August 11, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Vox's Student Loan 'Expert' Is Paid by Debt Collectors

All posts View article on FAIR's website Vox's Student Loan 'Expert' Is Paid by Debt Collectors Luca GoldMansour   Vox (8/7/23) should admit that student loan cancellation would be a costly policy for some of its writer's funders. Vox (8/7/23) published a piece arguing that “…

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August 11, 2023 at 6:51 PM

'We Line Up Policy With Campaign Contributions From Oil and Gas'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Line Up Policy With Campaign Contributions From Oil and Gas' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Lever's Matthew Cunningham-Cook about Republican Party climate sabotage for the August 4, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This i…

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August 11, 2023 at 3:50 PM

Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230811.mp3   New York Times (8/6/23) Th…

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August 10, 2023 at 9:29 PM

WaPo & Co. Scapegoat Remote Workers for Urban Real Estate Woes

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo & Co. Scapegoat Remote Workers for Urban Real Estate Woes Julianne Tveten   Washington Post (1/27/23): "With most federal employees still working at home...downtown can still feel like a deflated balloon." According to the Was…

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August 10, 2023 at 3:35 PM

'The Narrative Here Is That Workers Fought and They Won'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Narrative Here Is That Workers Fought and They Won' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Upsurge's Teddy Ostrow about the UPS/Teamsters agreement for the August 4, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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August 9, 2023 at 8:26 PM

Brooks' Defense of Trump Defenders Disguises Where Real Power Is

All posts View article on FAIR's website Brooks' Defense of Trump Defenders Disguises Where Real Power Is Ari Paul In an era of Donald Trump and a Republican Party dedicated to eradicating liberal democratic order to solidify its political hegemony, New York Times columnist Dav…

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August 7, 2023 at 9:25 PM

NBC Cites Balloon 'Threat' in Fawning Coverage of NORAD

All posts View article on FAIR's website NBC Cites Balloon 'Threat' in Fawning Coverage of NORAD Bryce Greene   NBC News (7/24/23): Three views of the Chinese balloon. The “Chinese Spy Balloon” has been an important story for fueling New Cold War animus against China, but it is…

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August 4, 2023 at 10:16 PM

Ignoring 4.5M Deaths... Breaking the Ocean... GOP's Climate Sabotage

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August 4, 2023 at 3:27 PM

Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage

All posts View article on FAIR's website Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230804.mp3   Washington Post (7/25/23) …

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August 2, 2023 at 8:14 PM

'The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed The Nation's Dave Zirin about the elimination of the New York Times' sports section for the July 28, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is …

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August 2, 2023 at 3:17 PM

'People Have to Be Able to Access the Asylum Process, Regardless of Manner of Entry'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Have to Be Able to Access the Asylum Process, Regardless of Manner of Entry' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies' Melissa Crow about the Biden administration's asylum restrictions f…

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August 1, 2023 at 6:09 PM

How to Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths

All posts View article on FAIR's website How to Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths  Bryce Greene   (New Press, 2023) Brown University’s Costs of War project released a study this year estimating that US-led wars since 9/11 have contributed directly and indirectly to 4.5 million deaths i…

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July 31, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don't Stop the Presses

All posts View article on FAIR's website Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don't Stop the Presses Julie Hollar   The Guardian (7/25/23) notes that scientists have said a collapse of the AMOC "must be avoided 'at all costs.'” When a new peer-reviewed study (Nature Commun…

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July 28, 2023 at 9:46 PM

Fans of Cluster Bombs Dominate WaPo’s Opinion Section

All posts View article on FAIR's website Fans of Cluster Bombs Dominate WaPo’s Opinion Section Brandon Warner   The Washington Post (6/23/22) describes its opinion section as a platform for articles that “provide a diversity of voices and perspectives for our readers.” Yet as the…

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July 28, 2023 at 3:10 PM

Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT's Vanishing Sports Section

All posts View article on FAIR's website Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT's Vanishing Sports Section CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230728.mp3   Houston Chronicle (7/11/23) Thi…

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July 27, 2023 at 9:25 PM

Legacy Admissions Are Actually the Opposite of Affirmative Action

All posts View article on FAIR's website Legacy Admissions Are Actually the Opposite of Affirmative Action Jim Naureckas   No, AP (7/1/23), built-in advantages for well-connected students are not kind of like positive steps to remedy discrimination, except that they benefit whit…

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July 25, 2023 at 9:23 PM

Twisting Statistics to Fake the Collapse of Europe

All posts View article on FAIR's website Twisting Statistics to Fake the Collapse of Europe Elias Khoury   Unjustified doomsaying is one of corporate media’s favorite pastimes. And they often practice this hobby in their economic coverage of Europe. Corporate outlets commonly war…

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July 24, 2023 at 8:48 PM

'You Are Exacerbating the Racial Wealth Gap Through the Use of Subsidies'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You Are Exacerbating the Racial Wealth Gap Through the Use of Subsidies' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Good Jobs First's Arlene Martínez about corporate subsidies for the July 14, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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July 24, 2023 at 5:49 PM

‘Ill-Equipped,’ ‘1950s’ Pentagon Needs an Expensive Upgrade, Media Insist

All posts View article on FAIR's website ‘Ill-Equipped,’ ‘1950s’ Pentagon Needs an Expensive Upgrade, Media Insist  Julianne Tveten   "There are no laptops at meetings in the Pentagon," Navy official John Kroger warned (Wired, 8/20/20). "There are no whiteboards, either." Despi…

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July 21, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Projects to Shift Media Further Rightward Get Kid Glove Treatment From Centrist Press Journal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Projects to Shift Media Further Rightward Get Kid Glove Treatment From Centrist Press Journal Karl Grossman   Quill is the magazine of the oldest press organization in the United States, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), which…

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July 21, 2023 at 8:39 PM

'What Californians Really Need Is Community-Centered, Truly Local and Responsive Journalism'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What Californians Really Need Is Community-Centered, Truly Local and Responsive Journalism' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press Action's Florín Nájera-Uresti about preserving journalism for the July 14, 2023, episode of…

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July 21, 2023 at 7:44 PM

Covering 'Racist State' Backlash—but Not the Reality That Israel Is a Racist State

All posts View article on FAIR's website Covering 'Racist State' Backlash—but Not the Reality That Israel Is a Racist State Julie Hollar   Media coverage mainly focused on the politics of calling Israel a "racist state" (Daily Beast, 7/19/23) rather than on the question of wheth…

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July 21, 2023 at 3:21 PM

Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230721.mp3   (Haymarket Books, 2023) This week on CounterSpin: If corporate news media didn't matte…

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July 19, 2023 at 8:14 PM

CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors

All posts View article on FAIR's website CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors Julie Hollar   After its embarrassing town hall with Donald Trump, which helped precipitate the downfall of chair and CEO Chris Licht (FAIR.org, 6/8/23), CNN has doubled down on the format—at least for…

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July 18, 2023 at 9:59 PM

As Skies Turn Orange, Media Still Hesitate to Mention What's Changing Climate

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Skies Turn Orange, Media Still Hesitate to Mention What's Changing Climate Olivia Riggio   Grand Central Terminal under the haze of smoke from Canadian wildfires linked to human-caused climate change. (photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA) Sk…

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July 14, 2023 at 10:40 PM

Economic Gloom... FTC 'Questions'... Corporate Subsidies

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July 14, 2023 at 7:08 PM

FTC Chair's Efforts to Curb Corporate Power 'Raise Questions'—From Corporate America

All posts View article on FAIR's website FTC Chair's Efforts to Curb Corporate Power 'Raise Questions'—From Corporate America  FAIR   The New York Times (7/11/23) says a loss in court for the Federal Trade Commission "raises fresh questions" about Chair Lina Khan's strategy to r…

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July 14, 2023 at 3:57 PM

Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230714.mp3   Good Jobs First (7/6/23) Th…

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July 13, 2023 at 9:18 PM

Media Push Doom and Gloom in Face of Historic Progressive Recovery

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Push Doom and Gloom in Face of Historic Progressive Recovery Conor Smyth   "Recession" and "inflation" have dominated headlines (Reuters, 12/7/22); "recovery," "jobs," not so much. By a wide range of metrics, the US is in the midst…

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July 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM

'The UN's Report Laid Bare How Little Time Was Left'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The UN's Report Laid Bare How Little Time Was Left' Janine Jackson   The July 7, 2023, episode of CounterSpin included portions of two archival interviews Janine Jackson conducted on resisting climate disrupters. This is a lightly edited …

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July 11, 2023 at 4:08 PM

You did it!

You did it! View this email in your browser   You did it! 🎉   Dear FAIR Friends,  Thanks to you, we did it! FAIR was able to meet this summer's $15,000 fundraising goal.  Your generosity has ensu…

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July 10, 2023 at 9:47 PM

'It Felt Like a Wasted Opportunity to Hold Oil Executives to Account'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It Felt Like a Wasted Opportunity to Hold Oil Executives to Account' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed ExxonKnews' Emily Sanders about how not to interview an oil CEO for the July 7, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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July 7, 2023 at 9:59 PM

Israel & NYT... Brazil vs. Far Right... Climate Resistance

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July 7, 2023 at 9:41 PM

NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right Brian Mier   Describing the differences in how Brazil and the US treated candidates who tried to seize power after losing the election, the New York Times (7/1/23) highlighted "widespread…

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July 7, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Emily Sanders on How Not to Interview an Oil CEO, Kaufman & Bozuwa on Fighting Climate Disrupters

All posts View article on FAIR's website Emily Sanders on How Not to Interview an Oil CEO, Kaufman & Bozuwa on Fighting Climate Disrupters CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230707.mp3   Common Dreams …

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