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December 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM

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

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December 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM

Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2024

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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December 16, 2024 at 11:24 PM

ABC Settles With Trump in a Case It Could Have Won

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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November 29, 2024 at 4:58 PM

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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

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November 15, 2024 at 11:28 PM

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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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