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August 2, 2024 at 8:30 PM

Bad Advice for Harris... 'DEI Hire'... Ableism & Elections....

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August 2, 2024 at 11:56 AM

Tim Wise on 'DEI Hires,' Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused

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August 1, 2024 at 10:40 PM

How Sinclair Sneaks Right-Wing Spin Into Millions of Households

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August 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM

When Does Concern About Presidential Fitness Become Media Ableism?

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July 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM

'Our Most Important Democratic Document Was Intended to Make the Country Less Democratic'

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July 30, 2024 at 10:09 PM

Abandoning Popular Policies is Crucial to Victory, WaPo Tells Harris

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July 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM

Moving Harris to the Right... Crime & the Election... Minority Rule....

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July 26, 2024 at 8:57 PM

NYT's Predictable Advice for Kamala Harris: Go Right

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July 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM

Ari Berman on Minority Rule

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July 25, 2024 at 7:06 PM

Crime Is Way Down—But NYT Won't Stop Telling Voters to Worry About Crime

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July 23, 2024 at 9:19 PM

'We Have More People Supporting the Rights of Palestinians to Life; It's Huge'

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July 19, 2024 at 10:15 PM

Trump Shooting... Anti-Trans Pseudoscience... Bennis on Gaza....

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July 19, 2024 at 9:57 PM

Media Boosted Anti-Trans Movement With Credulous Coverage of 'Cass Review'

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July 19, 2024 at 3:23 PM

Phyllis Bennis on Israel's War on Palestinians

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July 16, 2024 at 9:15 PM

Trump's Shooting Should Not Silence Warnings About His Threat to Democracy

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July 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM

Fundraising Update: Thank You!

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July 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM

Anti-Vax PsyOps... Italian Fascism... Jane McAlevey....

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July 12, 2024 at 6:41 PM

US Media Coverage of Anti-Vax Disinformation Quietly Stops at the Pentagon

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July 12, 2024 at 4:09 PM

Shelby Green & Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Profiteering, Jane McAlevey on #MeToo & Labor

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July 9, 2024 at 9:37 PM

Italy’s Antisemitism Scandal Should Have Raised Alarms in US

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July 9, 2024 at 7:12 PM

'The Design of These Systems Keeps People in Opposition to Each Other'

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July 6, 2024 at 2:05 AM

Lab Leak Revisited... Algorithms at Work... Cannabis Equity....

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July 5, 2024 at 11:13 PM

'You Have People Who Only Look at Marijuana Legalization as Another Way to Make Money'

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July 5, 2024 at 3:51 PM

Hatim Rahman on Algorithms' 'Invisible Cage'

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July 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM

NYT Unleashes the Lab Leak Theory on the Public Debate Once Again

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Unleashes the Lab Leak Theory on the Public Debate Once Again Phillip HoSang   The New York Times' op-ed (6/3/24) broke little new ground but arrived at a timely moment for the public debate. The lab leak theory of Covid-19'…

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July 2, 2024 at 6:44 PM

'It's Time to Take Medicare Advantage Off the Market'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Time to Take Medicare Advantage Off the Market' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed professor and Physicians for a National Health Program co-founder David Himmelstein about the problems with Medicare Advantage for th…

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June 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM

CNN Debate... Assange Deal... Medicare Advantage....

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June 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM

Establishment Press Hails Big Money Crushing a Black Progressive

All posts View article on FAIR's website Establishment Press Hails Big Money Crushing a Black Progressive Ari Paul   A white establishment centrist using racist tropes (City and State, 6/13/24) and backed by a whopping $14.5 million from the Israel lobby (Axios, 6/26/24) …

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June 28, 2024 at 6:38 PM

Reports on Heat Waves and Flooding Usually Neglect to Explain Why They're Happening: Study

All posts View article on FAIR's website Reports on Heat Waves and Flooding Usually Neglect to Explain Why They're Happening: Study Olivia Riggio   Heated (6/27/24): "Most mainstream outlets continue to write about these lethal, record-breaking events as if they were me…

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June 28, 2024 at 3:44 PM

David Himmelstein on Medicare Dis-Advantage, Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Equity

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June 26, 2024 at 8:56 PM

Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years

All posts View article on FAIR's website Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years Ari Paul   WikiLeaks director Julian Assange pleaded guilty "to a charge of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information" (CBS, 6/25/24). In some way…

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June 26, 2024 at 5:35 PM

CNN's Debate Plan Makes Democracy the Likely Loser

All posts View article on FAIR's website CNN's Debate Plan Makes Democracy the Likely Loser Julie Hollar   On Thursday, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will face each other on CNN for the first scheduled debate of the 2024 presidential election. This…

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June 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM

Fundraising Update: Final Week!

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June 24, 2024 at 11:45 PM

Censorship at a Jewish School Part of a Crisis for Free Expression

All posts View article on FAIR's website Censorship at a Jewish School Part of a Crisis for Free Expression Ari Paul   Shalhevet school head David Block (Boiling Point, 6/2/24): "If our community can’t handle something, I do have to consider that.” The staff of the Bo…

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June 21, 2024 at 9:02 PM

Tipped Wages...Alito Tapes...Dollar Store Invasion

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June 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM

'They Are Not Applying Universal Principles as Philosopher Kings'

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June 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Saru Jayaraman on Tipped Wages

All posts View article on FAIR's website Saru Jayaraman on Tipped Wages CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240621.mp3   Chicago Sun-Times (4/8/24) This week on CounterSpin: Donald Trump told a …

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June 20, 2024 at 10:16 PM

'These Stores Are Unhealthy for Our Communities':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'These Stores Are Unhealthy for Our Communities': Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Institute for Local Self-Reliance's Kennedy Smith about the proliferation and impact of chain dollar stores for the June 14, 2024, epis…

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June 18, 2024 at 5:42 PM

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June 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM

Rafah Massacre... Asylum Crackdown... Child Labor....

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June 14, 2024 at 9:05 PM

Rolling Back Protections for Child Labor in the Name of 'Parental Rights'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rolling Back Protections for Child Labor in the Name of 'Parental Rights' Janine Jackson   One hundred years ago this month, I was reminded by Portside’s "This Week in People’s History" feature (5/29/23), a constitutional amendment…

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June 14, 2024 at 7:29 PM

'The Press Has a Problem Being Forthright About Trump Where the Right Has Rallied Around Him'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Press Has a Problem Being Forthright About Trump Where the Right Has Rallied Around Him' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Media Matters' Matt Gertz about Trump's guilty verdict for the June 7, 2024, episode of Count…

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June 14, 2024 at 3:57 PM

Jim Naureckas on Secret Alito Tape, Kennedy Smith on Dollar Store Ripoffs

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June 13, 2024 at 5:35 PM

Kristof’s Burden: Global Journalist Supports Closed Borders

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kristof’s Burden: Global Journalist Supports Closed Borders Ari Paul   Nicholas Kristof is that guy at the party who reminds you that you haven’t really lived. While you maintain a regular, nine-to-five existence, driving from Poin…

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June 12, 2024 at 9:56 PM

NYT Ramps Up Venezuela Propaganda Ahead of Elections

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Ramps Up Venezuela Propaganda Ahead of Elections Ricardo Vaz   Venezuelans will head to the polls on July 28 to choose their president for the 2025–30 term. Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro faces nine challengers as he runs f…

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June 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM

A Maryland House Race Shows How Not to Cover AIPAC

All posts View article on FAIR's website A Maryland House Race Shows How Not to Cover AIPAC Pete Tucker   The biggest outside spender in the 2022 Democratic primaries was an unlikely group: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. This year, AIPAC—a group backed by R…

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June 11, 2024 at 7:00 PM

FAIR needs your help!

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June 10, 2024 at 10:20 PM

When Israel Burned Refugees Alive, Establishment Media Called It a 'Tragic Accident'

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Israel Burned Refugees Alive, Establishment Media Called It a 'Tragic Accident' Robin Andersen   As the world watched on social media and responded in outrage, US corporate media, once again, provided cover for the perpetrator…

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June 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM

Mexico's Sheinbaum... NYT & 1 Percent... Protest Conspiracies...

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June 7, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Corporate Media Push Conspiracy Theories to Discredit Student Protesters

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