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February 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM

To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo

All posts View article on FAIR's website To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo Pete Tucker   Elon Musk (X, 2/26/25) gives his seal of approval to the new univocal Washington Post. “Bravo, Jeff Bezos!” That was the congratulatory message Elon Musk posted…

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February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM

'Millionaires, Corporations? They're Not Going to H&R Block':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Millionaires, Corporations? They're Not Going to H&R Block': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Color of Change's Portia Allen-Kyle about predatory tax preparers for the February 21, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Kirk Herbertson on Big Oil's Lawsuit Against Environmentalism

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February 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Corporate Media Offer Excuses for 'Powerless' Democrats

All posts View article on FAIR's website Corporate Media Offer Excuses for 'Powerless' Democrats Julie Hollar   As oligarchs Donald Trump and Elon Musk continue their pursuit of power unfettered by the Constitution, many citizens wonder why their elected representatives i…

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February 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM

FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment

All posts View article on FAIR's website FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment Ari Paul   Deadline (1/22/25) noted that the last FCC chair, Jessica Rosenworcel, dismissed the complaints Brendan Carr reinstated because "they seek to weaponize the licensing authority o…

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February 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM

NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile 

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile  Raina Lipsitz   Michelle Goldberg (New York Times, 11/6/24): "Gone will be the hope of vindicating the country from Trumpism.... What’s left is the more modest work of trying to ameliora…

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February 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM

'We Have a Widespread Failure to Properly Name This Plan for Ethnic Cleansing

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Have a Widespread Failure to Properly Name This Plan for Ethnic Cleansing Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the University of Guelph-Humber's Gregory Shupak about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine for the February 21,…

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February 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Israel's Ethnic Cleansing... 'Gulf of America'... Bezos & Musk....

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February 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Covering Attack on USAID as if Constitutional Restraints Were Up for Debate

All posts View article on FAIR's website Covering Attack on USAID as if Constitutional Restraints Were Up for Debate Luca GoldMansour   NBC News (2/4/25) put Trump's unconstitutional attack on USAID in a Cold War frame. Are the corporate media outlets reporting on Dona…

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February 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Gregory Shupak on Palestine Ethnic Cleansing, Portia Allen-Kyle on Tax Unfairness

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February 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Sleepwalking Into Autocracy... Deportation Economics... Gaza Death Toll....

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February 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Media Fail to Inform About Disastrous Economic Effects of Mass Deportations

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Fail to Inform About Disastrous Economic Effects of Mass Deportations Conor Smyth   A non-hypothetical headline from the centrist Peterson Institute for International Economics (9/26/24). “GDP Could Take Massive Hit as a R…

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February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM

Ezra Young on Trans Rights Law, Anne Sosin on RFK Jr. and Rural Health

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February 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Counting the Victims of Israel's War on Gaza Is Low on Media's Priority List

All posts View article on FAIR's website Counting the Victims of Israel's War on Gaza Is Low on Media's Priority List Luca GoldMansour   As Gazans return under a ceasefire, the official death toll has risen beyond 60,000, including almost 18,000 children (Middle East Mo…

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February 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM

As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy Julie Hollar   CNN (1/31/25) framed Elon Musk's extra-constitutional power grab as part of "the war over federal spending." When President Donald Trump announced…

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February 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM

'We've Seen This Incredible Flow of Billionaire Money Into Campaigns'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We've Seen This Incredible Flow of Billionaire Money Into Campaigns' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Americans for Tax Fairness's David Kass about billionaire election-buying for the January 31, 2025, episode of Counte…

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February 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM

With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May 'Work for the Working Class' in Second Term

All posts View article on FAIR's website With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May 'Work for the Working Class' in Second Term Jim Naureckas NPR (2/1/25) investigates how a politician who surrounds himself with fellow billionaires can "work for the working class." NPR'…

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January 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM

Funding Freeze... Tren de Aragua... Billionaire Elections....

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January 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM

'Because There Was Economic Insecurity, Immigrants Became an Easy Scapegoat'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Because There Was Economic Insecurity, Immigrants Became an Easy Scapegoat' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Detention Watch Network's Silky Shah about the attack on immigrants for the January 24, 2025, episode of Count…

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January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM

David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying

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January 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Friedman Is Back as Midwife to Help Trump Rebirth Middle East

All posts View article on FAIR's website Friedman Is Back as Midwife to Help Trump Rebirth Middle East Belén Fernández   Thomas Friedman has what Edward Said (Village Voice, 10/17/89) called "the special combination of disarming incoherence and unearned egoism." It is …

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January 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM

ACTION ALERT: When Trump Tried to Freeze Federal Funds, WaPo Saw Not Illegality But 'Determination'

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: When Trump Tried to Freeze Federal Funds, WaPo Saw Not Illegality But 'Determination' Julie Hollar   New York's headline (1/28/25) was accurate—but was it "riveting storytelling"? When President Donald Trump ordere…

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January 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

Media Hype Set Up Tren de Aragua to Serve as Trump's New Bogeyman

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Hype Set Up Tren de Aragua to Serve as Trump's New Bogeyman Belén Fernández   CNN (6/10/24) on Tren de Aragua: "The scale of its operations is unknown, but crimes attributed to alleged members of the gang have worried elect…

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January 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Gaza Ceasefire... Musk Salute... 'Saving' TikTok....

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January 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM

For Elite Media, 'Oligarch' Is Just a Partisan Claim

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Elite Media, 'Oligarch' Is Just a Partisan Claim Janine Jackson   The New York Times' Jess Bidgood (1/17/25) suggests Democrats should be wary of criticizing Donald Trump's wealthy friends, "given the popularity of some of tho…

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January 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Media Credit Trump for Gaza Truce—Sidelining Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Credit Trump for Gaza Truce—Sidelining Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity Gregory Shupak   Shadi Hamid (Washington Post, 1/16/25): "Donald Trump might seem like a madman. But it turns out that might be a good thing—at le…

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January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM

Silky Shah on the Attack on Immigrants

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January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Musk's Nazi Salute Becomes 'Awkward Gesture' in 'Exuberant Speech'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Musk's Nazi Salute Becomes 'Awkward Gesture' in 'Exuberant Speech' Pete Tucker     Elon Musk was not the first supporter to celebrate a Trump victory by evoking Nazi Germany (PBS, 11/22/16). There’s something about the start of …

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January 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Trump Vow to 'Save' TikTok No Reprieve for Free Speech

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump Vow to 'Save' TikTok No Reprieve for Free Speech Ari Paul   In its message declaring the platform unavailable, TikTok played to Donald Trump's vanity by saying it was "fortunate" to have his assistance. So here we are. Aft…

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January 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM

As Trump II Begins, Bezos Swaps Scrutiny for 'Storytelling'

All posts View article on FAIR's website As Trump II Begins, Bezos Swaps Scrutiny for 'Storytelling' Julie Hollar   As the Washington Post faces a staff rebellion and plummeting subscription rates, billionaire owner Jeff Bezos has introduced a new mission statement: "Rive…

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January 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM

LA Fires... Activist Burnout... WaPo Responds....

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January 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Diagnosing Activist Burnout, Elite Media Fuel It

All posts View article on FAIR's website Diagnosing Activist Burnout, Elite Media Fuel It Raina Lipsitz   Ten months before the 2024 election, high-profile news outlets were already sounding the alarm: If Trump were to win another term, widespread fatigue, despair and act…

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January 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights (2024)

All posts View article on FAIR's website Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights (2024) CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250117.mp3 Right-click h…

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January 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM

'The Idea That China Growing Wealthier Is a Threat to Us Is Wacky'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Idea That China Growing Wealthier Is a Threat to Us Is Wacky' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR's Dean Baker about China trade policy for the January 10, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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January 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Right-Wing Sleuths Find the LA Fires Culprit: Once Again, It's Wokeness

All posts View article on FAIR's website Right-Wing Sleuths Find the LA Fires Culprit: Once Again, It's Wokeness Ari Paul   CBS Evening News (1/13/25) cited Colorado's 2021 Marshall Fire as another example of how climate disruption is making wildfires more destructive. …

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January 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM

ACTIVISM UPDATE: Responses Show WaPo Is Hearing From Its Critics 

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTIVISM UPDATE: Responses Show WaPo Is Hearing From Its Critics  Jim Naureckas   The Washington Post (1/3/25) argued that "serious accountability is possible" in Israel—by which it meant that Ariel Sharon once had to change his …

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January 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM

'Right Beneath the Surface Is This Level of Fury at the Way Things Are, and a Willingness to Act'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Right Beneath the Surface Is This Level of Fury at the Way Things Are, and a Willingness to Act' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Rising Up!'s Sonali Kolhatkar and Laura Flanders and Friends' Laura Flanders about indepe…

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January 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM

Censored Cartoon... Ceasefire Violations... China Trade....

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January 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Remember When Howard Dean Yelling Made Him Unfit to Be President?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Remember When Howard Dean Yelling Made Him Unfit to Be President? Janine Jackson   Remember when the exuberant yelling of Gov. Howard  Dean was enough for corporate media to declare him unfit for the presidency (Extra!, 3–4/04)? …

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January 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM

Three Holiday Car Attacks—With Two Different Frames 

All posts View article on FAIR's website Three Holiday Car Attacks—With Two Different Frames  Ari Paul   Three vehicular attacks in public areas shocked the world this past holiday season. First was the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which killed six …

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January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Dean Baker on China Trade Policy

All posts View article on FAIR's website Dean Baker on China Trade Policy CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250110.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as..."). New York T…

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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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