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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

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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'

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December 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM

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December 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM

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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

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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

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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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