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September 26, 2024 at 9:42 PM

How Scripps Turned Public Disengagement Into 'Strong Support' for Deportation

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Scripps Turned Public Disengagement Into 'Strong Support' for Deportation David W. Moore   A Scripps/Ipsos poll (9/18/24) reported that “a majority of Americans support mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.” The phrasing…

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September 24, 2024 at 10:03 PM

CNN's Tapper Smears Tlaib With Baseless Charge of Bias

All posts View article on FAIR's website CNN's Tapper Smears Tlaib With Baseless Charge of Bias Julie Hollar   CNN's Jake Tapper took a baseless accusation made on X and elevated it to a national story, smearing Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib as antisemitic. Re…

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September 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM

Toward a Democracy That Works for Us ~All~

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September 23, 2024 at 5:25 PM

Media Throw Everything But the Facts Against Harris's 'Price Control' Proposal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Throw Everything But the Facts Against Harris's 'Price Control' Proposal Paul Hedreen Debates over whether Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s economic proposals constitute Communist price controls or merely tec…

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September 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM

'Identity Politics'...Roberts Investigation...The Brainwashing of my Dad

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September 20, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad CounterSpin   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240920.mp3   The Brainwashing of My Dad (2016) This week on CounterSpin: Springfield, Ohio, …

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September 19, 2024 at 8:46 PM

'Genocide Can and Should Never Be Just a Normal Story'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Genocide Can and Should Never Be Just a Normal Story' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the University of Guelph-Humber's Gregory Shupak about the Palestinian genocide for the September 13, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. …

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September 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM

'There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed author Robert Spitzer about the history of gun regulation for the September 13, 2024, episode of CounterSpin…

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September 18, 2024 at 10:33 PM

WSJ Calls for Keeping Judiciary in Shadows

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Calls for Keeping Judiciary in Shadows Ari Paul   A New York Times investigation (9/15/24) has given us great insight into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who—unlike the president and the speaker of the House—enjoys a…

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September 18, 2024 at 7:50 PM

Study: To US Papers, 'Identity Politics' Is Mostly a Way to Sneer at the Left

All posts View article on FAIR's website Study: To US Papers, 'Identity Politics' Is Mostly a Way to Sneer at the Left Olivia Riggio   Following the Democratic National Convention, the New York Times’ “Critic’s Notebook” (8/23/24) published an analysis of Vice President K…

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September 16, 2024 at 7:15 PM

The Antidote to Injustice

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September 13, 2024 at 10:16 PM

ABC Debate Questions... Gaza Genocide... Gun Rules History....

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September 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM

What Did ABC Think Voters Needed to Hear From Harris and Trump?

All posts View article on FAIR's website What Did ABC Think Voters Needed to Hear From Harris and Trump? Julie Hollar   The questions ABC News' moderators asked in the September 10 presidential debate they hosted between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President D…

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September 13, 2024 at 3:41 PM

Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules

All posts View article on FAIR's website Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240913.mp3   New York Times (9/10/24) …

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September 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM

'We're Hitting Record Highs, But Still Leaving African Americans in Economic Insecurity'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We're Hitting Record Highs, But Still Leaving African Americans in Economic Insecurity' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Joint Center's Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and CEPR's Algernon Austin about the Black economy for …

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September 9, 2024 at 7:05 PM

Help Us Call Out Disinformation This Election Season!

Help Us Call Out Disinformation This Election Season! View this email in your browser   Help Us Call Out Disinformation This Election Season! Dear FAIR Family,  We’ve begun our fall fundraising dri…

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September 6, 2024 at 11:06 PM

Free Speech Misdirection... NYT vs. Democracy... Black Economy....

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September 6, 2024 at 10:12 PM

Not Reporting on Trump as a Threat to Democracy Is Also a Threat to Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Not Reporting on Trump as a Threat to Democracy Is Also a Threat to Democracy Julie Hollar   New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has issued a lengthy warning in the  Washington Post (9/5/24) on the dangers another Donald Trump…

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September 6, 2024 at 3:41 PM

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240906.mp3   CEPR (8/26/24) This week on CounterS…

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September 5, 2024 at 3:27 PM

'They See These Price Hikes as a Good Thing'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'They See These Price Hikes as a Good Thing' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed journalist Freddy Brewster about the supermarket megamerger for the August 30, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcri…

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September 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM

A Bookstore Brouhaha Confuses Whose Speech Is Being Curtailed

All posts View article on FAIR's website A Bookstore Brouhaha Confuses Whose Speech Is Being Curtailed Ari Paul   The New York Times (8/21/24), knowing that "outrage" sells, saves for the last paragraph the information that a supposedly canceled author turned down an of…

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September 3, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Fight for a Just and Robust Fourth Estate

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August 30, 2024 at 9:33 PM

Breaking News Study... French Crisis... Supermarket Megamerger....

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August 30, 2024 at 8:01 PM

US Press Loses Interest as Winners of French Election Aren't Allowed to Take Power

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Press Loses Interest as Winners of French Election Aren't Allowed to Take Power Paul Hedreen   One of the US's oldest and closest allies is currently undergoing a constitutional crisis. Its government is in disarray, led by a he…

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August 30, 2024 at 3:21 PM

Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger

All posts View article on FAIR's website Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240830.mp3   Lever (8/26/24) This week on CounterSpin: The country’s large…

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August 28, 2024 at 4:40 PM

'They're Trying to Pass Laws to Make Dark Money Even Darker'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'They're Trying to Pass Laws to Make Dark Money Even Darker' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed North Central College's Steve Macek about "dark money" campaign contributions  for the August 23, 2024, episode of CounterSpin…

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August 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM

Breaking News Alerts Keep Public Posted on Trivia and Trump

All posts View article on FAIR's website Breaking News Alerts Keep Public Posted on Trivia and Trump Xenia Gonikberg   Much like the front page, breaking-news newsletters demonstrate which stories news outlets think deserve the most attention. It's important real estate: …

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August 26, 2024 at 10:20 PM

NYT Uncritically Reported Israel's Version of Golan Bombing

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Uncritically Reported Israel's Version of Golan Bombing Bryce Greene As the US-backed genocide in Gaza continues, US media assist in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to widen the war, parroting the words of the …

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August 23, 2024 at 10:34 PM

RIP Phil Donahue... Sanders at DNC... Dark Money....

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August 23, 2024 at 10:11 PM

'This Was Not Caused by God, But Caused by Climate Change'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Was Not Caused by God, But Caused by Climate Change' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Inside Climate News' Victoria St. Martin about suing Big Oil for the August 16, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly …

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August 23, 2024 at 9:03 PM

NYT Can't Forgive Donahue for Being Right on Iraq

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Can't Forgive Donahue for Being Right on Iraq Jon Schwarz   The New York Times (8/19/24) insinuated that Phil Donahue attributed to politics a cancellation that was really cause by low ratings. If I were teaching a class cal…

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August 23, 2024 at 12:43 PM

Steve Macek on Dark Money

All posts View article on FAIR's website Steve Macek on Dark Money CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240823.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: One of many things wrong with corporate news media is …

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August 22, 2024 at 9:43 PM

Sanders' Convention Speech Attacked by NYT for Advocating Popular Policies

All posts View article on FAIR's website Sanders' Convention Speech Attacked by NYT for Advocating Popular Policies Elsie Carson-Holt         New York Times deputy opinion editor Patrick Healy (8/20/24) described Sen. Bernie Sanders' speech to the Democratic National Conv…

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August 21, 2024 at 9:30 PM

'This Is a Push to Pass Laws Criminalizing Protest of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Is a Push to Pass Laws Criminalizing Protest of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed ExxonKnews' Emily Sanders about criminalizing pipeline protests for the August 16, 2024, episode of Count…

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August 19, 2024 at 6:31 PM

Phil Donahue Changed My Life—and Millions of Others

All posts View article on FAIR's website Phil Donahue Changed My Life—and Millions of Others Jeff Cohen   Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t. He started as a local reporter in Ohio, was …

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August 16, 2024 at 10:32 PM

Gaza Protest Study... Walz & BLM... Suing Big Oil....

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August 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM

Students Left Out of Discussions About Student Gaza Protests 

All posts View article on FAIR's website Students Left Out of Discussions About Student Gaza Protests  Felipe Rendall   Recent student-led campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine prompted considerable media conversation. But, according to a new FAIR study examinin…

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August 14, 2024 at 10:14 PM

Press Amplifies GOP Attack Line: Walz Too Slow to Use Force Against BLM

All posts View article on FAIR's website Press Amplifies GOP Attack Line: Walz Too Slow to Use Force Against BLM Ari Paul   As the Democrats headed toward their convention with momentum for the Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ticket, newspapers have collectively found an Augus…

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August 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM

'Trying to Pull the Strings on a Prosecutor's Judgment Is a Serious Problem'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Trying to Pull the Strings on a Prosecutor's Judgment Is a Serious Problem' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Constitutional Rights' Shayana Kadidal about the Guantánamo plea deal for the August 9, 2024, e…

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August 13, 2024 at 5:53 PM

'Google Is Able to Profit Extraordinarily Off of Not Having Competition'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Google Is Able to Profit Extraordinarily Off of Not Having Competition' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the American Economic Liberties Project's Lee Hepner about the Google monopoly for the August 9, 2024, episode of …

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August 9, 2024 at 10:11 PM

Mideast Escalation... VP Not Picked... Google Monopoly....

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August 9, 2024 at 8:22 PM

NYT Cynically Suggests Antisemitism Cost Shapiro the VP Slot

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Cynically Suggests Antisemitism Cost Shapiro the VP Slot Ari Paul   Haven’t you heard? Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s decision to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate was based in antise…

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August 9, 2024 at 3:01 PM

Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240809.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: You don’t…

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August 8, 2024 at 4:01 PM

'DEI Has Become the New N-Word'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'DEI Has Become the New N-Word' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed author and educator Tim Wise about 'DEI hires' for the August 2, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrr…

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August 7, 2024 at 9:40 PM

Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations Gregory Shupak   Following Israel’s assassinations of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut—along with a woman and two children (Al Jazeera, 7/30/24)—and…

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August 6, 2024 at 8:50 PM

'The Problem Is, There's No Place for Anyone to Go'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Problem Is, There's No Place for Anyone to Go' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Food Not Bombs' Keith McHenry about criminalizing homelessness for the August 2, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited…

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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

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tim Wise on 'DEI Hires,' Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin240802.mp3   This week on CounterSpin: Dog whistle…

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August 1, 2024 at 10:40 PM

How Sinclair Sneaks Right-Wing Spin Into Millions of Households

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Sinclair Sneaks Right-Wing Spin Into Millions of Households Pete Tucker   With the presidential contest in full swing, the Sinclair Broadcast Group appears to be ramping up its right-wing propaganda again. While millions of Ame…

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August 1, 2024 at 7:55 PM

When Does Concern About Presidential Fitness Become Media Ableism?

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Does Concern About Presidential Fitness Become Media Ableism? Justine Barron   The Economist published a cover story on July 6 with the stark image of a walker, a mobility device typically used by disabled people, with the Uni…

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