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January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Dean Baker on China Trade Policy

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January 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Media Downplay Israeli Violations of Hezbollah Ceasefire

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Downplay Israeli Violations of Hezbollah Ceasefire Bryce Greene   AP (12/1/24) declares that "a tense ceasefire holds," following the corporate media rule that violence only counts when it's directed against Israelis. Isra…

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January 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM

Why the Right Calls Mangione the 'Ivy League' Killer

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why the Right Calls Mangione the 'Ivy League' Killer Ari Paul   Fox News (12/11/24) labels Luigi Mangione as a "CEO murder suspect and Ivy League graduate." How do murder suspects get their media nicknames? Luigi Mangione, the 2…

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January 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM

'Media Institutions Have Played a Direct Role in Undermining Democracy'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Media Institutions Have Played a Direct Role in Undermining Democracy' Janine Jackson   https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin241227.mp3   Janine Jackson: Welcome to The Best of CounterS…

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January 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM

WaPo Kills Cartoon That Mocked the Boss—and Trump

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Kills Cartoon That Mocked the Boss—and Trump Pete Tucker   The cartoon that was rejected by the Washington Post, definitely not because it portrayed Post owner Jeff Bezos in an unflattering light. When Ann Telnaes, a Pulitz…

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January 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM

Baltimore Media 'Create a False Impression That Youth Are Responsible for a Lot of Very Dangerous Crime'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Baltimore Media 'Create a False Impression That Youth Are Responsible for a Lot of Very Dangerous Crime' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Sentencing Project's Richard Mendel about coverage of youth crime for the Dece…

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January 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Gary Webb... Ben Smith's Conflict... Independent Media....

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January 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM

Why Didn't NYT Tell Us What Ben Smith Stood to Gain From His Media Reporting?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why Didn't NYT Tell Us What Ben Smith Stood to Gain From His Media Reporting? Ari Paul   Announcing their hiring of Ben Smith, New York Times editors (1/28/20) declared, "Ben not only understands the seismic changes remaking medi…

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January 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM

'There's No Public Evidence of the Kind of Manipulation TikTok Is Accused Of'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's No Public Evidence of the Kind of Manipulation TikTok Is Accused Of' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Yanni Chen about the appellate court TikTok ruling for the December 20, 2024, episode of Counter…

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January 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM

Sonali Kolhatkar & Laura Flanders on Independent Media and the Year Ahead

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December 31, 2024 at 6:01 PM

Just a Few More Hours!

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December 29, 2024 at 11:54 PM

20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb's Truth Is Still Dangerous

All posts View article on FAIR's website 20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb's Truth Is Still Dangerous Belén Fernández   Twenty years ago this month, on December 10, 2004, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide, following a…

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December 27, 2024 at 8:58 PM

Best of CounterSpin... Most-Read Posts of 2024....

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December 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM

Truth Amid the Chaos

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December 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM

'That Amnesty Is Claiming This Is Genocide Is Profound and Necessary'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'That Amnesty Is Claiming This Is Genocide Is Profound and Necessary' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Iman Abid about Israeli genocide for the December 13, 2024, episode of Counte…

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December 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2024

All posts View article on FAIR's website Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2024 Jim Naureckas   Here's the ten posts from 2024 that got the most views on FAIR.org: ‘It’s Time to Take Medicare Advantage Off the Market’ (Janine Jackson, 7/2/24) Sanders Convention Speech Attacked by …

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December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM

The Best of CounterSpin 2024

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December 23, 2024 at 6:01 PM

Support Structural Media Change!

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December 21, 2024 at 1:57 AM

ABC Caves... Syria Overthrow... Trans Rights Case....

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December 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM

As Pakistan Murders Protesters, Leading Papers Play Down Washington's Role

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Pakistan Murders Protesters, Leading Papers Play Down Washington's Role Paul Hedreen   Reporting on political killings in Pakistan, the Guardian (11/27/24) makes clear who is accused of violence and who the victims are said to…

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December 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM

Yanni Chen on TikTok Ban, Richard Mandel on Youth and Crime

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December 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM

Press Downplays Danger of Supreme Court Case That Threatens Trans Rights—Among Others

All posts View article on FAIR's website Press Downplays Danger of Supreme Court Case That Threatens Trans Rights—Among Others Julie Hollar   After Republicans turned transgender people into a central target in the 2024 election, trans issues returned to the spotlight les…

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December 19, 2024 at 9:37 PM

Syria Is Free, Say Media—But That Shouldn't Mean Free of US Occupation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Syria Is Free, Say Media—But That Shouldn't Mean Free of US Occupation Gregory Shupak   Since the overthrow of the Syrian government, corporate media analysts have offered advice as to how the US should approach Syria going forward…

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December 17, 2024 at 10:45 PM

NYT Panics Over Outrage at Insurance Companies 

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Panics Over Outrage at Insurance Companies  Ari Paul   In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of  alleged shooter Luigi Mangione, I wrote (FAIR.org, 12/11/24) about how Murdoch outlets …

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December 17, 2024 at 5:20 PM

In the Service of Hope

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December 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM

ABC Settles With Trump in a Case It Could Have Won

All posts View article on FAIR's website ABC Settles With Trump in a Case It Could Have Won Ari Paul   Content warning: This article discusses the details of sexual assault. The interview (This Week, 3/10/24) that cost ABC $15 million. ABC has agreed to pay $15 millio…

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December 13, 2024 at 11:26 PM

CEO Assassination... Israeli Genocide... Fast Food Wages....

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December 13, 2024 at 10:44 PM

Corporate Fearmongering Over Fast Food Wage Hike Aged Like Cold French Fries

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Fearmongering Over Fast Food Wage Hike Aged Like Cold French Fries Janine Jackson   Conor Smyth (FAIR.org, 1/19/24): " The history of debates over the minimum wage is filled with claims about the detrimental effect of r…

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December 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM

Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide

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December 12, 2024 at 11:23 PM

What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Genocide

All posts View article on FAIR's website What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Genocide Belén Fernández   Amnesty International (12/5/24) found that "Israel has persisted in committing genocidal acts, fully aware of the irreparable harm it was inflicting on Palest…

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December 11, 2024 at 11:19 PM

Murdoch Outlets and Bezos' WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs

All posts View article on FAIR's website Murdoch Outlets and Bezos' WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs Ari Paul     Zeynep Tufekci (New York Times, 12/6/24) "can’t think of any other incident when a murder in this country has been so openly celebrated.…

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December 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM

'Regulatory Agencies Need to Make Sure Amazon Is Broken Up or Contained'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Regulatory Agencies Need to Make Sure Amazon Is Broken Up or Contained' Ari Paul   Janine Jackson interviewed Good Jobs First's Arlene Martinez about Amazon's subsidized misconduct for the December 6, 2024, episode of CounterSpin.…

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December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM

Change the Conversation!

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December 6, 2024 at 11:16 PM

Sanewashing RFK Jr.... TikTok Ban Upheld... Amazon Misdeeds....

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December 6, 2024 at 10:41 PM

Appeals Court Upholding TikTok Ban Is a Grim Sign for Press Freedom

All posts View article on FAIR's website Appeals Court Upholding TikTok Ban Is a Grim Sign for Press Freedom Ari Paul   An Appeals Court panel upheld banning TikTok in the name of "protect[ing] free speech in the United States...from a foreign adversary nation" (AP, 12/…

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December 6, 2024 at 9:51 PM

With Bolsonaro Facing Prosecution, NYT Renews Attacks on Brazil's Courts

All posts View article on FAIR's website With Bolsonaro Facing Prosecution, NYT Renews Attacks on Brazil's Courts Brian Mier   Brazil's Federal Police released an 884-page report on November 26, laying out the evidence used for its November 21 indictments of former Presid…

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December 6, 2024 at 4:26 PM

Arlene Martinez on Amazon Misconduct, Neil deMause (2019) on Amazon HQ Fight

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December 5, 2024 at 9:25 PM

Pundits Try to Make 'Progressive' Case for Kennedy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pundits Try to Make 'Progressive' Case for Kennedy Ari Paul   Next year, Donald Trump will have the chance to reshape the American public health system with his nomination of anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary…

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December 3, 2024 at 10:52 PM

DC Station Rewrites Gas Exposé After a Word From Its Sponsor

All posts View article on FAIR's website DC Station Rewrites Gas Exposé After a Word From Its Sponsor Pete Tucker   Beyond Gas (11/24): "We found indoor NO2 pollution levels from moderate gas stove use far above the healthstandard set by the EPA for outdoor exposure." …

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December 3, 2024 at 8:52 PM

'At Abu Ghraib, There Was a Conspiracy to Torture'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'At Abu Ghraib, There Was a Conspiracy to Torture' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Constitutional Rights' Katherine Gallagher about the Abu Ghraib verdict for the November 29, 2024, episode of CounterSpin…

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December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM

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December 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM

Stand up for Truth!

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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 💡

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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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