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December 20, 2023 at 11:55 PM

US Media Suppressed Their Government's Role in Ousting Brazil's Government

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media Suppressed Their Government's Role in Ousting Brazil's Government Brian Mier   In a new peer-reviewed academic article in Latin American Perspectives (11/19/23), "Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the…

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December 19, 2023 at 5:05 PM

Fight for a Fearless Fourth Estate

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December 15, 2023 at 11:52 PM

Anti-Zionism... Masha Gessen... Climate Filters

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December 15, 2023 at 10:46 PM

Gessen’s Cancellation Can’t Go Unchallenged

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gessen’s Cancellation Can’t Go Unchallenged Ari Paul Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen has built an impressive career in US journalism by being a constant thorn in the side of the Russian state. That journalistic campaign en…

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December 15, 2023 at 9:27 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT Misrepresents Zionism's Opponents as Anti-Jewish Bigots

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December 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM

Richard Wiles & Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Climate Disruption Filtered Through Corporate Media

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December 14, 2023 at 5:06 PM

'"None of Us Are Free Unless All of Us Are Free" Is Not Just a Slogan'

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December 13, 2023 at 9:23 PM

Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards

All posts View article on FAIR's website Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards Julianne Tveten   As part of its escalating siege and bombing campaign against Palestinians—in which more than 18,000 people have been killed and roughly 1.9 milli…

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December 12, 2023 at 10:38 PM

NYT Amplifies Outrage Over Imaginary Calls for Genocide

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Amplifies Outrage Over Imaginary Calls for Genocide Ari Paul   University presidents are under fire from politicians and the media over what is being framed as their waffling over allowing antisemitic speech on their campuses. …

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December 11, 2023 at 4:51 PM

Keep FAIR thriving through 2024!

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December 9, 2023 at 12:57 AM

'Israel-Hamas' Label... Jewish Voice for Peace... UAW Contract

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December 9, 2023 at 12:56 AM

'Israel-Hamas War' Label Obscures Israel's War on Palestinians

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Israel-Hamas War' Label Obscures Israel's War on Palestinians Gregory Shupak   Since October 7, the day the escalation in Israel/Palestine began (FAIR.org, 10/13/23), American media outlets have persistently described the fighting…

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December 8, 2023 at 7:47 PM

'The Reality of What It Is to Have an Abortion Has to Be Brought Into Every Story'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Reality of What It Is to Have an Abortion Has to Be Brought Into Every Story' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Melissa Gira Grant on abortion access Janine Jackson interviewed the New Republic's Melissa Gira Grant abo…

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December 8, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231208.mp3   (CC image: Jewish Voice for Peace) This week on CounterSpin:…

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December 7, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Corporate Media Reluctant to Report on UAW Victory From Workers' Perspective

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Reluctant to Report on UAW Victory From Workers' Perspective Paige Oamek   After a historic six weeks on strike, United Auto Workers members ratified new contracts with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis (which own…

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December 4, 2023 at 7:38 PM

YOU can be a media activist!

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December 1, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Gaza Hospital... Marriage & Ideology... Abortion Access

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December 1, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Press Relayed Israeli Claims of Secret Hospital Base With Insufficient Skepticism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Press Relayed Israeli Claims of Secret Hospital Base With Insufficient Skepticism Ari Paul A cover image of the New York Post (11/16/23) depicted a supposedly shocking find. The headline “Guns Behind the MRI Machine” accompanied a …

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December 1, 2023 at 5:06 PM

Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights & Politics

All posts View article on FAIR's website Melissa Gira Grant on Abortion Rights & Politics CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231201.mp3   AP (11/19/23) This week on CounterSpin: “Abortion P…

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November 30, 2023 at 10:15 PM

WaPo Tells Women: If You Want Marriage, Compromise With Misogyny

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Tells Women: If You Want Marriage, Compromise With Misogyny  Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (11/22/23) insists that young people's political "mismatch means that someone will need to compromise"—and it's not hard to figu…

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November 28, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Milei Is 'Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Milei Is 'Really as Extreme as You Get in Right-Wing Libertarian Ideas' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Mark Weisbrot on Javier Milei Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR's Mark Weisbrot about Argentine President-elect Javier …

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November 27, 2023 at 7:01 PM

Will you join us in reimagining a brighter media future?

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November 27, 2023 at 5:19 PM

'Worship of the Holy Framers Offers Us Nothing to Deal With the Problems We Have Today'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Worship of the Holy Framers Offers Us Nothing to Deal With the Problems We Have Today' Janine Jackson   CounterSpin interview with Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi Janine Jackson interviewed Temple Law School's Scott Burris about Unit…

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November 24, 2023 at 10:42 PM

Who Speaks About Gaza?... Musk Lawsuit... Holocaust Revisionism

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November 24, 2023 at 8:49 PM

Media Holocaust Revisionism After Canada's Standing Ovation for an SS Vet

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Holocaust Revisionism After Canada's Standing Ovation for an SS Vet Gregory Shupak   Canadian House Speaker Anthony Rota (Politico, 9/24/23) said of the SS veteran, "He’s a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him …

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November 24, 2023 at 3:49 PM

Mark Weisbrot on Argentina's Javier Milei

All posts View article on FAIR's website Mark Weisbrot on Argentina's Javier Milei CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin231124.mp3   Washington Post (11/19/23) This week on CounterSpin: The new p…

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November 22, 2023 at 8:56 PM

Musk’s Lawsuit Is About Destroying Free Speech

All posts View article on FAIR's website Musk’s Lawsuit Is About Destroying Free Speech Ari Paul   Media Matters for America (11/16/23): "We recently found ads for Apple, Bravo, Oracle, Xfinity and IBM next to posts that tout Hitler and his Nazi Party on X." He wasn’t …

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November 21, 2023 at 11:08 PM

The Dystopian AI Future Some Fear Is the Present-Day Reality Others Live

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Dystopian AI Future Some Fear Is the Present-Day Reality Others Live Beatrice Dias   The New York Times (5/30/23) directs attention toward a hypothetical future AI apocalypse, rather than towards present-day AI's entrenchment…

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November 21, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Sunday's Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sunday's Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding Julie Hollar   As the Israel/Gaza crisis continues unabated, eliciting massive protests around the world, US media offer a strikingly narrow debate. On the Sunday…

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November 17, 2023 at 11:03 PM

Gaza Study... Censoring TikTok... Mental Illness & Violence

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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

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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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