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December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM

Stand up for Truth!

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December 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM

Stand up for Truth!

Stand up for Truth! View this email in your browser   Stand up for Truth!  Dear FAIR Friend,  We’re in our second week of our biggest fundraiser of the year! And on this Giving Tuesday Eve, we hope…

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November 29, 2024 at 11:05 PM

Israeli War Crimes... Abu Ghraib Verdict... Loser Economists....

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November 29, 2024 at 10:07 PM

NYT, WSJ Concur Economists Lost the Election—But Can't Agree on Why

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT, WSJ Concur Economists Lost the Election—But Can't Agree on Why Paul Hedreen   In the aftermath of the Trump victory, the opinion pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both published post-election eulogies for…

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November 29, 2024 at 4:58 PM

Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict

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November 26, 2024 at 11:10 PM

WaPo: When Israeli Leaders Commit War Crimes, They Can Prosecute Themselves

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo: When Israeli Leaders Commit War Crimes, They Can Prosecute Themselves Ari Paul   Predictably, Israel and its allies condemned the International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne…

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November 26, 2024 at 8:45 PM

On Sports Gambling, 'Are We Just Going to Let Companies Write the Rule Book?'

All posts View article on FAIR's website On Sports Gambling, 'Are We Just Going to Let Companies Write the Rule Book?' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Lever's Amos Barshad  about legalized sports betting for the November 22, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. Thi…

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November 26, 2024 at 5:01 PM

The Courage to Bear Witness 💡

The Courage to Bear Witness 💡 View this email in your browser   The Courage to Bear Witness 💡 Dear FAIR friend, We’re kicking off our year-end fundraising campaign, working to raise a much-needed $…

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November 22, 2024 at 11:12 PM

Darién Gap: The Where of Migration Crisis Coverage, Without the Why

All posts View article on FAIR's website Darién Gap: The Where of Migration Crisis Coverage, Without the Why Belén Fernández   Far-right activist Laura Loomer confronting a "Chinese invader" in Panama's Darien Gap (X, 2/22/24). In February, far-right political activist…

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November 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM

Amos Barshad on Legalized Sports Betting

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November 21, 2024 at 10:01 PM

NPR's 'Balance' Serves to Normalize Trump's Highly Abnormal Cabinet Picks

All posts View article on FAIR's website NPR's 'Balance' Serves to Normalize Trump's Highly Abnormal Cabinet Picks Julie Hollar   NPR's interview (11/18/24) with far-right pro-Trump Republican Marc Lotter appeared to be offered as balance to its interview (11/14/24) wit…

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November 21, 2024 at 4:23 PM

Resist and Reimagine!

Resist and Reimagine! View this email in your browser   Resist and Reimagine! Dear FAIR Family,  We’re in the midst of a dark time for those who believe in an independent press, a vibrant democracy…

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November 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM

It's the Economic Reporting, Stupid

All posts View article on FAIR's website It's the Economic Reporting, Stupid Conor Smyth   Ask voters to verify basic facts related to major political issues, and the results are depressing. An Ipsos survey from October of this year, for instance, discovered most American…

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November 20, 2024 at 5:17 PM

An FYI From FAIR

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November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM

Trump's Revenge on the Press... Amsterdam Football Riot....

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November 15, 2024 at 10:45 PM

Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence Elsie Carson-Holt   The New York Times (11/8/24), like other corporate media, framed the Amsterdam violence in terms of antisemitism—treating anti-Arab vi…

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November 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM

Adam Johnson on Charlottesville March (2017), Jacinta Gonzalez on Criminalizing Immigration (2018)

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November 14, 2024 at 10:06 PM

How Trump Will Seek Revenge on the Press

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Trump Will Seek Revenge on the Press Ari Paul   Donald Trump has repeatedly explained the critical importance of vengeance (Mother Jones, 10/19/16): "When somebody screws you, you screw them back in spades. And I really mean …

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November 13, 2024 at 10:52 PM

'MAGA Republicans and Corporate Media Share a Strategy: Fear Sells' 

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'MAGA Republicans and Corporate Media Share a Strategy: Fear Sells'  Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR's Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas about placing blame for Trump for the November 8, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. …

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November 9, 2024 at 9:24 PM

Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese 'Strongholds'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese 'Strongholds' Belén Fernández   The New York Times (5/12/15) relayed Israel's warning that "in the event of another conflict with Hezbollah, many Lebanese civilians will proba…

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November 8, 2024 at 10:29 PM

Chris Matthews Garbles It All for You

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chris Matthews Garbles It All for You Jim Naureckas   MSNBC's Chris Matthews, once one of the most prominent pundits on cable TV, used his post-election appearance on Morning Joe (Mediaite, 11/6/24) to demonstrate just how unhelpfu…

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November 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM

Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump

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November 7, 2024 at 11:20 PM

Media Blame Left for Trump Victory—Rather Than Their Own Fear-Based Business Model

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Blame Left for Trump Victory—Rather Than Their Own Fear-Based Business Model Julie Hollar   Corporate media may not have all the same goals as MAGA Republicans, but they share the same strategy: Fear works. Appeals to fear ha…

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November 5, 2024 at 8:32 PM

'You See Just How Many Immigrants Are Dying on the Job'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'You See Just How Many Immigrants Are Dying on the Job' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed ProPublica's Nicole Foy about immigration and labor for the November 1, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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November 4, 2024 at 10:02 PM

When Lights Go Out in Cuba, Media Blame Communism—Not US Sanctions

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Lights Go Out in Cuba, Media Blame Communism—Not US Sanctions Paul Hedreen Cuba is in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis, and October’s widespread power outages are only adding to the Cuban people’s troubles. For the …

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November 1, 2024 at 9:46 PM

Why Bezos Spiked Endorsement... Climate Costs... Immigration & Labor....

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November 1, 2024 at 9:21 PM

Despite History of Fabrication, Press Uncritically Covers IDF-Provided Documents on Hamas

All posts View article on FAIR's website Despite History of Fabrication, Press Uncritically Covers IDF-Provided Documents on Hamas Bryce Greene   The New York Times (10/12/24) says it "verified" supposed Hamas documents provided to the paper by Israel—which turns out to…

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November 1, 2024 at 3:30 PM

Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor

All posts View article on FAIR's website Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin241101.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   ProPu…

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October 31, 2024 at 7:20 PM

WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption's Disastrous Costs: 

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption's Disastrous Costs:  Julie Hollar   The Washington Post (10/24/24) claims that "the rise in billion-dollar disasters, while alarming, is not so much an indicator of climate change a…

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October 31, 2024 at 4:47 PM

'The Point Is to Sprinkle a Little Doubt About the Election'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Point Is to Sprinkle a Little Doubt About the Election' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Intercept's Shawn Musgrave about the voter fraud hoax as voter suppression, for the October 25, 2024, episode of CounterSp…

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October 30, 2024 at 8:54 PM

Bezos' Declaration of Neutrality Confirms: Billionaires Aren't on Your Side

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bezos' Declaration of Neutrality Confirms: Billionaires Aren't on Your Side Pete Tucker   Jeff Bezos has finally taken the halo off of his head. It should have never been there in the first place. Ever since his $250 million purcha…

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October 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM

White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not in Reality

All posts View article on FAIR's website White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not in Reality Jim Naureckas It's supremely unhelpful of the New York Times (Upshot, 10/26/24) to compare income of white men without college degrees to white, Black, Latine and Asi…

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October 26, 2024 at 9:55 PM

In Midst of Palestinian Genocide, Late Hamas Leader Scolded for 'Eradicating' Israel

All posts View article on FAIR's website In Midst of Palestinian Genocide, Late Hamas Leader Scolded for 'Eradicating' Israel Belén Fernández   The Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip on October 17, and it didn’t take long for the usual med…

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October 25, 2024 at 10:38 PM

NPR's New Overseers... Non-Endorsements... Vote Fraud Hoax....

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October 25, 2024 at 10:25 PM

LA Times Non-Endorsement Another Sign of Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics

All posts View article on FAIR's website LA Times Non-Endorsement Another Sign of Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics Ari Paul   The Los Angeles Times will not be making a presidential endorsement in this election, the first time the paper has stayed silent on a presidenti…

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October 25, 2024 at 8:50 PM

Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran Gregory Shupak   The Wall Street Journal (10/1/24) describes an Iranian missile barrage as a response to "Israel's restraint"—rather than as a response to an Israeli terrorist bombing in…

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October 25, 2024 at 3:57 PM

Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression

All posts View article on FAIR's website Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin241025.mp3 Right-click here to download this epis…

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October 24, 2024 at 10:01 PM

CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism

All posts View article on FAIR's website CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism Julie Hollar   NPR is adding a new team of editors to give all content a "final review"—thanks to the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. …

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October 24, 2024 at 7:52 PM

'We're Witnessing This Global Tidal Wave of Repression'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We're Witnessing This Global Tidal Wave of Repression' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights & Dissent's Chip Gibbons about the Gaza First Amendment Alert  for the October 18, 2024, episode of CounterSpi…

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October 22, 2024 at 10:05 PM

US Sanctions Shoot Down Sputnik Radio

All posts View article on FAIR's website US Sanctions Shoot Down Sputnik Radio Ari Paul   A spokesperson for Kansas City's KCXL defended its former Radio Sputnik programming as "produced in Washington, DC, by American journalists who jumped at the chance to not be told …

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October 18, 2024 at 10:47 PM

60 Minutes & Harris... Gaza & 1st Amendment... Media Economics....

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October 18, 2024 at 9:50 PM

To Be a Media Expert on Economics, It Helps to Have the Right Politics

All posts View article on FAIR's website To Be a Media Expert on Economics, It Helps to Have the Right Politics Conor Smyth   “Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” John …

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October 18, 2024 at 7:23 PM

'Housing Discrimination Is Collective, Cumulative, Continuing'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Housing Discrimination Is Collective, Cumulative, Continuing' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed author and UC/Santa Barbara research professor emeritus George Lipsitz about the impacts of housing discrimination for the O…

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October 18, 2024 at 3:52 PM

Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin241018.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   …

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October 16, 2024 at 5:43 PM

60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues

All posts View article on FAIR's website 60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues Elsie Carson-Holt     With less than a month until Election Day, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. T…

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October 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM

'Americans Understand That Immigration Is a Fundamental Part of Our Society'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Americans Understand That Immigration Is a Fundamental Part of Our Society' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the Vera Institute of Justice's Insha Rahman about the immigration conversation for the October 4, 2024, episode…

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October 11, 2024 at 10:00 PM

October 7...Hezbollah...Housing Discrimination

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October 11, 2024 at 7:11 PM

For NYT's 'Free Speech' Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don't

All posts View article on FAIR's website For NYT's 'Free Speech' Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don't Ari Paul   What are the limits of free speech on a college campus? The New York Times has deployed one of its highest-ranking foot soldiers in the culture …

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October 11, 2024 at 1:17 PM

George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination

All posts View article on FAIR's website George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin241011.mp3   Right-click here to download this episode ("Save l…

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October 10, 2024 at 11:33 PM

Demonizing Hezbollah to Legitimize a US/Israel Onslaught on Lebanon

All posts View article on FAIR's website Demonizing Hezbollah to Legitimize a US/Israel Onslaught on Lebanon Gregory Shupak   Corporate media’s handling of the US-supported Israeli assault on Lebanon has, like all war propaganda, entailed a campaign to demonize the purpor…

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