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March 8, 2024 at 9:03 PM

US Media and Factcheckers Fail to Note Israel's Refutation of 'Beheaded Babies' Stories

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Media and Factcheckers Fail to Note Israel's Refutation of 'Beheaded Babies' Stories David Knox   The Washington Post (11/22/23) said it couldn't make a definitive assessment of whether Biden's atrocity claims were true. But I…

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March 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM

Voters Won't Miss Sinema—but Corporate Media Already Do

All posts View article on FAIR's website Voters Won't Miss Sinema—but Corporate Media Already Do Julie Hollar   When Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I–Ariz.) announced that she would not seek re-election in 2024, few of her constituents likely mourned. After launching her political …

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March 8, 2024 at 4:42 PM

Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Trump Protection, Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Trump Protection, Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240308.mp3   Vox (3/4/24) This week on…

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March 7, 2024 at 6:26 PM

Applause for Lunar Failure Follows Decades of Space Program Cheerleading

All posts View article on FAIR's website Applause for Lunar Failure Follows Decades of Space Program Cheerleading Karl Grossman   “In a historic lunar accomplishment, the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the Moon touched down on February 22,” the journal N…

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March 6, 2024 at 4:18 PM

'We Need to Separate Capitalism and Journalism'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Separate Capitalism and Journalism' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Victor Pickard on the crisis of journalism Janine Jackson interviewed U Penn's Victor Pickard about the crisis of journalism for the March 1,…

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March 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM

'What in the Slaughter of Palestinians Is So Important to the US?'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'What in the Slaughter of Palestinians Is So Important to the US?' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Trita Parsi on Gaza assault Janine Jackson interviewed the Quincy Institute’s Trita Parsi about the Gaza assault for the F…

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March 4, 2024 at 9:53 PM

NYT Reported Japanese Internment as 'Pioneering Chapter in US History'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Reported Japanese Internment as 'Pioneering Chapter in US History' Jim Naureckas   The New York Times (3/24/42) covers Japanese internment: "Good Humor Prevails." On this day in 1942 (3/24/42), the New York Times reported on…

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March 1, 2024 at 10:44 PM

Crisis of Journalism...Gaza Assault

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March 1, 2024 at 8:34 PM

'Israeli violence is legitimized and Palestinian counter-violence is delegitimized'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Israeli violence is legitimized and Palestinian counter-violence is delegitimized' Janine Jackson CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Gaza assault   Janine Jackson interviewed Gregory Shupak about the Gaza assault for the…

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March 1, 2024 at 3:51 PM

Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Victor Pickard on the Crisis of Journalism CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240301.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: Years ago when media critics called atten…

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February 24, 2024 at 12:23 AM

Gag Rules... Gaze Update... 10/7 Friendly Fire....

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February 23, 2024 at 11:49 PM

Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shielding US Public From Israeli Reports of Friendly Fire on October 7 Bryce Greene   Since October, the Israeli press has uncovered damning evidence showing that an untold number of the Israeli victims during the October 7 Hamas a…

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February 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM

Government Gag Rules Keep Vital Info From the Public

All posts View article on FAIR's website Government Gag Rules Keep Vital Info From the Public FAIR   Reporting on the government institution charged with saving us from the Covid pandemic was restricted enough to leave real holes in what we knew. The Centers for Disease C…

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February 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gregory Shupak and Trita Parsi on Gaza Assault CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240223.mp3   Reuters (2/20/24) This week on CounterSpin: International h…

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February 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM

'Disenfranchised, Under-Resourced Populations Are Burdened with Enforcing Major Federal Regulation'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Disenfranchised, Under-Resourced Populations Are Burdened with Enforcing Major Federal Regulation'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Ariel Adelman about disability and civil rights for the February 16, 2024, episode of …

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February 16, 2024 at 11:13 PM

Inequality... Media & Billionaires... Disability Rights....

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February 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM

Baltimore’s Media Nightmare and the Billionairification of News

All posts View article on FAIR's website Baltimore’s Media Nightmare and the Billionairification of News Justine Barron   David D. Smith, leading stockholder of Sinclair, Inc., announced on January 15 that he was purchasing what is left of the Baltimore Sun, once regarded …

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February 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM

Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240216.mp3   CEPR (1/31/24) This week on CounterSpin: There’s an announcemen…

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February 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM

'It's Important to Focus on Big Companies Using the Cover of Inflation to Jack Up Prices'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Important to Focus on Big Companies Using the Cover of Inflation to Jack Up Prices' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Groundwork Collaborative's Rakeen Mabud about greedflation for the February 9, 2024, episode of…

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February 14, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Media That Benefit From Inequality Prefer to Talk About Other Things

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media That Benefit From Inequality Prefer to Talk About Other Things Conor Smyth   Chart: Washington Center for Equitable Growth (12/9/19) One of the defining features of contemporary US capitalism is rampant inequality. Though …

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February 9, 2024 at 10:35 PM

Vermin Metaphors... Greedflation... Parody Prosecution....

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February 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM

At Northwestern U, Distributing a Parody Paper Gets You Threatened With Prison

All posts View article on FAIR's website At Northwestern U, Distributing a Parody Paper Gets You Threatened With Prison Janine Jackson   Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school’s paper, the Daily Northwestern, to …

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February 9, 2024 at 8:24 PM

In the Wake of Santos' Lies, Media Double Check Records of Potential Replacements

All posts View article on FAIR's website In the Wake of Santos' Lies, Media Double Check Records of Potential Replacements Karl Grossman   Following the scandal involving serial liar George Santos, there is a welcome push by some major media to conduct intensive research …

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February 9, 2024 at 4:19 PM

Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240209.mp3   Other Words (1/31/24) This week on CounterSpin: CNN host Dana Bash asked a …

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February 7, 2024 at 11:03 PM

'Texas Is Fighting for Its Right to Lay Concertina Wire'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Texas Is Fighting for Its Right to Lay Concertina Wire' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Texas Civil Rights Project's Aron Thorn about the Texas border standoff for the February 2, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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February 6, 2024 at 5:29 PM

ACTION ALERT: Friedman's Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: Friedman's Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda Jim Naureckas   New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman had a piece in the Point (2/2/24), an online Times feature the paper describes as "conversations a…

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February 2, 2024 at 11:49 PM

Gaza Op-Ed Study... Texas Border Standoff... Prison for Tax Whistleblower

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February 2, 2024 at 8:35 PM

Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison

All posts View article on FAIR's website Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison Ari Paul   Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in …

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February 2, 2024 at 4:34 PM

Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff

All posts View article on FAIR's website Aron Thorn on Texas Border Standoff CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240202.mp3   Texas Tribune (1/22/24) This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court …

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February 2, 2024 at 1:34 AM

WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office Pete Tucker   When I became a journalist over 15 years ago, I did so to highlight the voices of activists—not top city officials. But things took an unexpected turn in 2014,…

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February 1, 2024 at 5:31 PM

Leading Papers Skewed Gaza Debate Toward Israeli and Government Perspectives

All posts View article on FAIR's website Leading Papers Skewed Gaza Debate Toward Israeli and Government Perspectives Julie Hollar   At the New York Times and Washington Post, despite efforts to include Palestinian voices, opinion editors have skewed the Gaza debate towar…

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January 31, 2024 at 11:31 PM

'We Know What Keeps Us Safe: People Need Care and Not Punishment'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Know What Keeps Us Safe: People Need Care and Not Punishment' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Movement for Black Lives' Monifa Bandele about reimagining public safety for the January 26, 2024, episode of Counter…

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January 30, 2024 at 10:54 PM

'If You Can't Choose Your Own Leaders, Nothing Else Matters'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'If You Can't Choose Your Own Leaders, Nothing Else Matters' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed People For the American Way's  Svante Myrick about roadblocks to voting for the January 26, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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January 29, 2024 at 10:40 PM

The Real Border Crisis: Texas vs. the Constitution

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Real Border Crisis: Texas vs. the Constitution Ari Paul   The United States is on the verge of a constitutional crisis, one that enlivens the nationalist fervor of Trump America and that centers on a violent, racist closed-bord…

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January 26, 2024 at 11:08 PM

Peace March Erasure... After New Hampshire... Reading Healthcare News....

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January 26, 2024 at 10:11 PM

For NYT's Baker, 2024 Is About 'Disparate Visions'—Not Threat to Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website For NYT's Baker, 2024 Is About 'Disparate Visions'—Not Threat to Democracy Julie Hollar     The New York Times' post–New Hampshire analysis of the presidential election by the paper's senior White House correspondent, Peter Baker, …

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January 26, 2024 at 4:53 PM

Monifa Bandele on Reimagining Public Safety, Svante Myrick on Roadblocks to Voting

All posts View article on FAIR's website Monifa Bandele on Reimagining Public Safety, Svante Myrick on Roadblocks to Voting CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240126.mp3   Guardian (1/8/24) Thi…

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January 25, 2024 at 9:53 PM

NYT Engages in Front-Page IDF 'Womenwashing'

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Engages in Front-Page IDF 'Womenwashing' Ari Paul   When stories like these appear in the media of an official enemy (Global Times, 7/15/19), they're easy to recognize as propaganda. If you read the Global Times, an English-…

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January 25, 2024 at 7:20 PM

March Against Genocide Isn’t News to New York Times

All posts View article on FAIR's website March Against Genocide Isn’t News to New York Times Dave Lindorff   Devoted New York Times readers are likely unaware that a huge protest was held in the nation’s capital on Saturday, January 13, to protest Israel’s wanton slaughte…

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January 24, 2024 at 11:33 PM

Skip the Last Two Paragraphs—and Other Time-Saving Tips for Healthcare News Consumers

All posts View article on FAIR's website Skip the Last Two Paragraphs—and Other Time-Saving Tips for Healthcare News Consumers John Canham-Clyne   A year ago, I returned to journalism after 26 years working in the labor movement. The most surprising aspect of the job chan…

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January 23, 2024 at 11:03 PM

'When You're in a Colonial Situation, the Colonial Power Initiates Violence'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'When You're in a Colonial Situation, the Colonial Power Initiates Violence' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed University of Guelph-Humber's Gregory Shupak about Gaza and genocide for the January 19, 2024, episode of Coun…

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January 19, 2024 at 11:30 PM

Fast Food & Minimum Wage... Private Equity & Healthcare... Gaza & Genocide....

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January 19, 2024 at 11:02 PM

Reporting on California's Fast-Food Minimum Wage Raise Comes With Side Order of Fear

All posts View article on FAIR's website Reporting on California's Fast-Food Minimum Wage Raise Comes With Side Order of Fear Conor Smyth   What’s scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage. At least that’s what many corporate media outlets seem to want …

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January 19, 2024 at 4:23 PM

Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240119.mp3   New York Times (10/14/23) This week on CounterSpin: US corporate new…

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January 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM

'A Minimum-Wage Increase Can Benefit the Whole Economy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website  'A Minimum-Wage Increase Can Benefit the Whole Economy' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed EPI's Sebastian Martinez Hickey about the minimum wage for the January 12, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edite…

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January 16, 2024 at 8:44 PM

Private Equity 'Takeover' Is Not Driving Healthcare Crisis

All posts View article on FAIR's website Private Equity 'Takeover' Is Not Driving Healthcare Crisis John Canham-Clyne   If you get healthcare news from major media outlets, the industry press or even medical journals, you might conclude that private equity investors are “…

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January 12, 2024 at 11:08 PM

Normalizing Xenophobia... Springer Investigation... Minimum Wage

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January 12, 2024 at 10:31 PM

At Springer, Accurate Reporting Can Get You Investigated

All posts View article on FAIR's website At Springer, Accurate Reporting Can Get You Investigated Ari Paul   The spectacle of the German media giant Axel Springer investigating one of its US media outlets for reporting truthful information about a wealthy and influential …

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January 12, 2024 at 4:06 PM

Sebastian Martinez Hickey on Minimum Wage, Saru Jayaraman on History of Tipping

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sebastian Martinez Hickey on Minimum Wage, Saru Jayaraman on History of Tipping Janine Jackson   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240112.mp3   Yahoo (1/4/24) This w…

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January 11, 2024 at 8:03 PM

'Protest Is the Tool by Which We Realize Our Democracy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Protest Is the Tool by Which We Realize Our Democracy' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Chip Gibbons about the right to protest for the January 5, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a l…

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