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November 17, 2023 at 9:47 PM

'You Cannot Preach on Human Rights When You Are Not Doing Enough at Home'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You Cannot Preach on Human Rights When You Are Not Doing Enough at Home' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Jamil Dakwar about human rights and the United States for the November 10, 2023,  episode of CounterSp…

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November 17, 2023 at 7:25 PM

For Cable News, a Palestinian Life Is Not the Same as an Israeli Life

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Cable News, a Palestinian Life Is Not the Same as an Israeli Life Conor Smyth   Overflowing morgues. Packed hospitals. City blocks reduced to rubble. In response to Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack, Israel has unleashed mass …

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November 17, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi

All posts View article on FAIR's website Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231117.mp3   Time (11/6/23) This week on CounterSpin: Coverage of what is quite possibly…

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November 16, 2023 at 10:49 PM

'A True Believer in Heinous Ideas'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A True Believer in Heinous Ideas' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Media Matters' Matt Gertz about new House Speaker Mike Johnson for the November 10, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. h…

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November 16, 2023 at 9:23 PM

Smearing Photojournalists as Hamas Collaborators Gets Them Added to a Hit List

All posts View article on FAIR's website Smearing Photojournalists as Hamas Collaborators Gets Them Added to a Hit List Ari Paul   HonestReporting (11/8/23) presented photojournalists taking photos of combat—something photographers have been doing since there was photog…

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November 15, 2023 at 10:30 PM

Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue

All posts View article on FAIR's website Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue Olivia Riggio   A photo of Robert Card released by police. Since a gunman went on a rampage in Lewistown, Maine, killing 16 people, we’ve learned a few things…

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November 15, 2023 at 4:39 PM

NYT Runs Interference for IDF as It Bombs Jabalia Refugee Camp

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Runs Interference for IDF as It Bombs Jabalia Refugee Camp Robin Andersen   A New York Times headline (10/31/23) erases both the perpetrators and the victims of an Israeli air attack that killed hundreds of Palestinians. Isr…

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November 13, 2023 at 10:24 PM

'Free Speech' Fans Call for Censoring TikTok as Chinese Plot to Make Israel Look Bad

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Free Speech' Fans Call for Censoring TikTok as Chinese Plot to Make Israel Look Bad Ari Paul   "A free press for free people" boldly champions the censorship of dangerous foreign ideas (Free Press, 11/1/23). Axios (10/31/23) re…

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November 10, 2023 at 11:01 PM

False Dichotomy...US Human Rights...Movement Media

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November 10, 2023 at 2:43 PM

Jamil Dakwar on US & Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jamil Dakwar on US & Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231110.mp3   Truthout (11/9/23) This week on Counte…

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November 7, 2023 at 9:02 PM

Thank you!

Thank you! View this email in your browser   Thank you! Dear FAIR Supporters,  We set a goal to raise $20,000 during our annual fall fundraiser. We aimed high in hopes of ramping up fundraising in r…

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November 6, 2023 at 8:14 PM

Conflating Jewish and Pro-Israel Is Wrong and Misleading

All posts View article on FAIR's website Conflating Jewish and Pro-Israel Is Wrong and Misleading Ari Paul   This Pew report (5/21/21) should not come as a surprise to US journalists. As protests erupt worldwide against Israel’s ferocious bombardment and ground invasio…

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November 6, 2023 at 5:06 PM

'Movement Media Has Really Emerged in Its Own Right'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Movement Media Has Really Emerged in Its Own Right' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Truthout's Maya Schenwar about grassroots journalism for the October 27, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcri…

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November 3, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Gaza Hospital Blast...Biden & Saudi Arabia...Paxlovid Price-Gouging

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November 3, 2023 at 8:53 PM

'Drug Corporations Have Really Been in the Driver's Seat'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Drug Corporations Have Really Been in the Driver's Seat' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Public Citizen's Peter Maybarduk about Paxlovid price-gouging for the October 27, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a light…

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November 3, 2023 at 8:21 PM

Media's In-House Critics to Reporters: Quit Quoting Palestinians About Civilian Deaths

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's In-House Critics to Reporters: Quit Quoting Palestinians About Civilian Deaths Jim Naureckas   Articles like the Atlantic's (10/23/23) that took media to task for supposedly credulous reporting of the Gaza hospital blast …

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November 3, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Raed Jarrar on Biden & Saudi Arabia, Joe Torres on Tulsa Massacre

All posts View article on FAIR's website Raed Jarrar on Biden & Saudi Arabia, Joe Torres on Tulsa Massacre CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231103.mp3   New York Times (6/5/22) This week …

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October 27, 2023 at 11:02 PM

Ceasefire Study... Assange... Paxlovid Price-Gouging

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October 27, 2023 at 3:31 PM

Peter Maybarduk on Paxlovid, Maya Schenwar on Grassroots Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Peter Maybarduk on Paxlovid, Maya Schenwar on Grassroots Journalism CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231027.mp3   Paxlovid tablets This week on Counte…

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October 25, 2023 at 9:31 PM

'Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Poverty in America Has Strong Structural Roots That Some People Profit From' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Northeastern University's Christopher Bosso about food assistance programs for the October 20, 2023, episode of…

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October 25, 2023 at 7:42 PM

One week to go!

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October 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM

Australians Call to End Long Persecution of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

All posts View article on FAIR's website Australians Call to End Long Persecution of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Robin Andersen   Sydney Morning Herald (5/12/23): "The time has come to end this sorry saga." As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has n…

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October 24, 2023 at 9:07 PM

In Hours of Israel/Gaza Crisis Coverage, a Word You'll Seldom Hear: 'Ceasefire'

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Hours of Israel/Gaza Crisis Coverage, a Word You'll Seldom Hear: 'Ceasefire' Julie Hollar   Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, and the subsequent, ongoing Israeli airstrikes, US TV news has offered extensive coverage of Israel a…

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October 20, 2023 at 10:00 PM

Gaza Crisis...Food Assistance...Attacks on Journalists

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October 20, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Unconfirmed 'Beheaded Babies' Report Helped Justify Israeli Slaughter

All posts View article on FAIR's website Unconfirmed 'Beheaded Babies' Report Helped Justify Israeli Slaughter Saurav Sarkar   Nicole Zedek (i24, 10/10/23) reports from the scene of the alleged mass decapitation. There’s perhaps no more serious a time for journalists t…

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October 20, 2023 at 2:16 PM

Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

All posts View article on FAIR's website Christopher Bosso on Food Assistance, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231020.mp3   (USDA, 1939) This week on Co…

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October 19, 2023 at 3:39 PM

Israeli Attacks on Journalists Stifle Reporting on Gaza Horrors

All posts View article on FAIR's website Israeli Attacks on Journalists Stifle Reporting on Gaza Horrors Ari Paul CPJ (10/18/23) tallied 17 journalists killed in the first 11 days of the Gaza crisis—the same number as have been killed in Ukraine in the 20 months since t…

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October 18, 2023 at 7:53 PM

The Need for a Less Hypocritical Center at the New York Times

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Need for a Less Hypocritical Center at the New York Times Jim Naureckas   The phrase "a decent left" comes from Dissent editor Michael Walzer's piece "Can There Be a Decent Left?" (Spring/02), which chided progressives for no…

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October 17, 2023 at 9:26 PM

In Gaza, 'We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context'

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Gaza, 'We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed the Institute for Policy Studies' Phyllis Bennis about Gaza for the October 13, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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October 17, 2023 at 6:33 PM

Help us set the record straight!

Help us set the record straight! View this email in your browser   Help us set the record straight! Dear FAIR Friend,  When corporate media cheers on war, shrugs at environmental degradation, is comp…

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October 13, 2023 at 7:32 PM

Papers That Ignore Causes of Violence Can't Help Prevent It

All posts View article on FAIR's website Papers That Ignore Causes of Violence Can't Help Prevent It Gregory Shupak   If the commentary that news media outlets offer up is supposed to equip audiences to understand the world, then major US outlets’ coverage of the unfoldin…

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October 13, 2023 at 3:27 PM

Phyllis Bennis on Gaza

All posts View article on FAIR's website Phyllis Bennis on Gaza CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231013.mp3   BBC (10/11/23) This week on CounterSpin:  In the wake of the October 7 attacks by…

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October 12, 2023 at 11:46 PM

'Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Justicia Lab's Rodrigo Camarena about wage theft for the October 6, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edite…

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October 11, 2023 at 4:16 PM

While Israeli Media Examine Government Failure, US Papers Push 'National Unity'

All posts View article on FAIR's website While Israeli Media Examine Government Failure, US Papers Push 'National Unity'  Ari Paul   As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but t…

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October 10, 2023 at 5:56 PM

Help Secure FAIR’s Future

Help Secure FAIR’s Future View this email in your browser   Help Secure FAIR’s Future Dear FAIR Friends,  Last week I sent an email asking for your help closing a large gap in our fundraising this f…

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October 6, 2023 at 9:26 PM

'Most Americans Really Do Feel Pretty Strongly About Human Rights'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Most Americans Really Do Feel Pretty Strongly About Human Rights' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the University of San Francisco's Stephen Zunes about the indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez for the September 29, 2023,…

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October 6, 2023 at 6:42 PM

NPR Falsely Claims Its Reporter Is the Only One to Visit Nicaragua

All posts View article on FAIR's website NPR Falsely Claims Its Reporter Is the Only One to Visit Nicaragua Camila Escalante   NPR (9/10/23) describes correspondent Eyder Peralta as "the first foreign journalist to make it into the country in more than a year," which wo…

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October 6, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231006.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: The LA Times’ Michael Hiltzik is one of vanishing…

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October 5, 2023 at 8:17 PM

Why Are Michael Lewis—and 60 Minutes—Hyping SBF?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why Are Michael Lewis—and 60 Minutes—Hyping SBF? Ari Paul Detail from a New York Times photograph (10/2/23) of Sam Bankman-Fried leaving a courthouse earlier this year. (photo: Hiroko Masuike) Sam Bankman-Fried, once a celebrity…

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October 4, 2023 at 3:17 PM

US Sanctions Missing from Coverage of Russia's Cuban Soldiers

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Sanctions Missing from Coverage of Russia's Cuban Soldiers  Julie Hollar   When Cubans began telling stories of being lured into Russia with promises of jobs and instead being sent to the front lines in Ukraine, many US media ou…

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October 2, 2023 at 5:29 PM

An Important Ask

An Important Ask View this email in your browser   An Important Ask Dear Media Activist,  I’m reaching out during FAIR’s fall fund drive with an update on FAIR’s financials. If you’re a regular read…

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September 29, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Scolding UAW... Restoring FCC... Menendez Indictment

Scolding UAW... Restoring FCC... Menendez Indictment Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: September 29, 2023 We recently closed our books for the fiscal …

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September 29, 2023 at 10:02 PM

The FCC Restores Its Responsibility to Oversee Corporate Control of Internet

All posts View article on FAIR's website The FCC Restores Its Responsibility to Oversee Corporate Control of Internet Janine Jackson   Listeners will know that the FCC has been ineffectual for some time, because it’s been short of full staffing. Big media players torpedoe…

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September 29, 2023 at 8:56 PM

'These Are Demands for the Whole Working Class'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Are Demands for the Whole Working Class' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Labor Notes' Lisa Xu about the auto workers' strike for the September 22, 2023, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript…

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September 29, 2023 at 7:35 PM

Bloomberg Muddies Climate Protests’ Vital Message: End Fossil Fuels

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bloomberg Muddies Climate Protests’ Vital Message: End Fossil Fuels Olivia Riggio   Tens of thousands of climate protesters gathered in Midtown Manhattan on September 17, kicking off Climate Week as President Joe Biden arrived in N…

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September 29, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment

All posts View article on FAIR's website Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin230929.mp3   New York Times (9/27/23) This week on CounterSpin: You can’t say el…

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September 28, 2023 at 7:47 PM

Both Opposition to and Support for Ukraine Aid May Be Less Than Polls Show

All posts View article on FAIR's website Both Opposition to and Support for Ukraine Aid May Be Less Than Polls Show David W. Moore   Last month, the Biden administration requested an additional $24 billion to aid Ukraine in its war with Russia. Some Republican leaders are…

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September 28, 2023 at 2:41 PM

Media's ‘Sick Man of Europe’ Diagnosis for Germany Needs a Second Opinion

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media's ‘Sick Man of Europe’ Diagnosis for Germany Needs a Second Opinion Jeffrey Brodsky   Bloomberg (8/3/23) Since the 19th century, the epithet “sick man of Europe” has been used to describe European nations undergoing econom…

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September 26, 2023 at 8:34 PM

Scolding Striking Auto Workers in Advance for Wrecking Economy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Scolding Striking Auto Workers in Advance for Wrecking Economy Paige Oamek   The New York Times (9/19/23) warns that "the strike could inflict collateral damage that creates frustration and hardship among tens of thousands of non…

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September 26, 2023 at 3:05 PM

NPR Report on Depleted Uranium Shells for Ukraine Was a One-Source Dud

All posts View article on FAIR's website NPR Report on Depleted Uranium Shells for Ukraine Was a One-Source Dud  Dave Lindorff   In its fundraising promotions, NPR touts shows like Morning Edition as providing listeners a “deeper look” at complicated stories. Sometimes th…

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