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July 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM

FAIR Study: Sunday Talkshows Downplayed Criticism During Trump's Second Transition

All posts View article on FAIR's website FAIR Study: Sunday Talkshows Downplayed Criticism During Trump's Second Transition Keiwana Grant-Floyd   The Sunday morning talkshows have for decades played an important part in shaping political narratives in the United States. T…

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June 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM

Last Day of FAIR's Summer Fund Drive!

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June 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Zohran Mamdani... Iran Bombing... Trump Budget....

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June 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM

Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani Ari Paul   They tried. Oh, did the media try. The declared victory for Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist, in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor highligh…

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June 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM

 'This Isn't Just About Policy, It's About What Kind of Nation We Want to Be'

All posts View article on FAIR's website  'This Isn't Just About Policy, It's About What Kind of Nation We Want to Be' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Joint Center's LaToya Parker about the Trump budget's racial impacts for the June 20, 2025, episode of Co…

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June 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Adam Johnson on Media in War Mode

All posts View article on FAIR's website Adam Johnson on Media in War Mode CounterSpin Column (6/22/25) This week on CounterSpin: Prosecutors at the 1946 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg declared: War is essentially an evil thing. Its consequences are not c…

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June 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM

'To Address Migration Requires a Reorientation of How the US Relates to the Global South':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'To Address Migration Requires a Reorientation of How the US Relates to the Global South': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR's Michael Galant about sanctions and immigration for the June 20, 2025, episode of CounterS…

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June 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM

'Their Goal Is to Equate Protests for Palestine With Support for Terrorism':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Their Goal Is to Equate Protests for Palestine With Support for Terrorism': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Defending Rights and Dissent's Chip Gibbons about freeing Mahmoud Khalil for the June 12, 2025, episode of Cou…

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June 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM

Cuckoo for Cuomo: Ex-Governor's Name Dominated Coverage of NYC Mayoral Race

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cuckoo for Cuomo: Ex-Governor's Name Dominated Coverage of NYC Mayoral Race Kendra Pierre-Louis After years of dealing with a corruption-ridden Mayor Eric Adams, beleaguered New Yorkers on June 24 selected a mayoral candidate in th…

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June 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Support Media and Analysis That Fights for Democracy!

Support Media and Analysis That Fights for Democracy! View this email in your browser   Support Media and Analysis That Fights for Democracy! Dear FAIR Friend,  It’s the last week of FAIR’s summer …

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June 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM

NYT Gave Green Light to Trump's Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Gave Green Light to Trump's Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When Bryce Greene   The New York Times (6/18/25) made clear that it wouldn't mind an unprovoked attack on Iran—so long as it wasn't done hastily. In the…

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June 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM

Iran Attack... Cheering Repression... Sanctions & Immigration....

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June 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM

'Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness'  

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness'   Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Cal Poly Pomona's Farrah Hassen about criminalizing homelessness for the June 12, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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June 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM

Top Papers Dutifully Echo Cooked-Up Charges Against Abrego Garcia

All posts View article on FAIR's website Top Papers Dutifully Echo Cooked-Up Charges Against Abrego Garcia Emma Llano   After citing Trump administration charges that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a member of MS-13, Al Jazeera (6/6/25) included a response from his advocates:…

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June 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Michael Galant on Sanctions & Immigration, LaToya Parker on Budget's Racial Impacts

All posts View article on FAIR's website Michael Galant on Sanctions & Immigration, LaToya Parker on Budget's Racial Impacts CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250620.mp3 Right-click here to …

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June 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Murdoch Cheers on Candidate's Arrest—and Authoritarianism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Murdoch Cheers on Candidate's Arrest—and Authoritarianism Ari Paul   New York comptroller Brad Lander being arrested by DHS secret police for asking to see their warrant (AP, 6/17/25). US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agen…

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June 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM

I Believe in Science—But Not Necessarily Science Journalism

All posts View article on FAIR's website I Believe in Science—But Not Necessarily Science Journalism Jim Naureckas   "Have the canines acquired strange mutations living near the power plant?" Popular Mechanics (6/8/25) asks. Spoiler alert: No. I like to read science st…

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June 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Working Hard to Justify Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran

All posts View article on FAIR's website Working Hard to Justify Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran Belén Fernández   Imagine for a moment that Country A launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Country B. In any sort of objective world, you might expect media coverag…

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June 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM

NYT Undermines Fight Against Antisemitism by Using It as Shield for Zionism

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Undermines Fight Against Antisemitism by Using It as Shield for Zionism Ari Paul   Pro-Israel zealots commonly attempt to discredit criticism of the Israeli government by equating such criticism with antisemitism, because Israe…

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June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM

How NYT Magazine Threw Away Journalistic Ethics on Suicide

All posts View article on FAIR's website How NYT Magazine Threw Away Journalistic Ethics on Suicide Justine Barron   Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and its depictions. The New York Times Magazine (6/1/25) ignored ethical guidelines designed to keep reporting fro…

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June 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM

Keep FAIR Free & Fearless!

Keep FAIR Free & Fearless! View this email in your browser   Keep FAIR Free & Fearless! Dear FAIR Family,  We’re in the third week of our summer fundraising appeal, and about halfway toward…

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June 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM

LA Repression... Zohran Mamdani... Mahmoud Khalil....

LA Repression... Zohran Mamdani... Mahmoud Khalil.... Here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the past week. View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: June 13, 2025 Here are the stories FAIR has been working on fo…

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June 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM

For Media, Unruly Protesters Are Bigger Problem Than Trump's Police State

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, Unruly Protesters Are Bigger Problem Than Trump's Police State Shirlynn Chan   The protests emerged as resistance to militarized law enforcement (Al Jazeera, 6/7/25), a dynamic that was often obscured by coverage that …

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June 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM

How to Subtly Undermine a Promising Left-Wing Candidate

All posts View article on FAIR's website How to Subtly Undermine a Promising Left-Wing Candidate Raina Lipsitz     Sure, you may like the idea of a "socialist New York," but New York magazine (5/20/25) is here with a bunch of anonymous sources to tell you it's "more com…

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June 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Chip Gibbons on Freeing Mahmoud Khalil, Farrah Hassen on Criminalizing Homelessness

All posts View article on FAIR's website Chip Gibbons on Freeing Mahmoud Khalil, Farrah Hassen on Criminalizing Homelessness CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250613.mp3 Right-click here to down…

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June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM

When Media Tell Us Who ‘Won’ a Latin American Election, Start to Ask Questions

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Media Tell Us Who ‘Won’ a Latin American Election, Start to Ask Questions John Perry   AP (4/13/25) attributes Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's re-election to "voters weary of crime"—even though murders rose sharply under…

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June 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Help us stay defiant!

Help us stay defiant! View this email in your browser   Help us stay defiant! ✊ Dear FAIR Friend,  Militarized, illegal and inhumane attacks on migrants, protesters and those who fight for humanit…

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June 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM

'The Families Wanted Boeing to Face Real Accountability':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Families Wanted Boeing to Face Real Accountability': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed independent journalist Katya Schwenk about Boeing's non-prosecution deal for the June 6, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a …

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June 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM

Thunberg & Gaza... DOGE After Musk... Syrian Massacres....

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June 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM

The Hidden Story: Israeli 'Aid' Is Part of Genocide Plan

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Hidden Story: Israeli 'Aid' Is Part of Genocide Plan Belén Fernández   Israeli tanks opened fire last Sunday on a crowd of thousands of starving Palestinians at an aid distribution center in the city of Rafah in the southern Ga…

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June 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM

Jeff Hauser on DOGE After Musk, Katya Schwenk on Boeing Deal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Hauser on DOGE After Musk, Katya Schwenk on Boeing Deal CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250606.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Sav…

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June 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM

NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage Ari Paul   The New York Times (12/2/19) apparently doesn't think Greta Thunberg is an icon Gaza desperately needs. When Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was fighting for climate jus…

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June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM

Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread

All posts View article on FAIR's website Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread Julie Hollar   New York Times promo for an upcoming podcast on how "medical treatment for transgender young people, and how the care got pulled into a political fig…

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June 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM

'Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed guitarist Tom Morello about music as protest for the May 30, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.bl…

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June 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign

All posts View article on FAIR's website Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign Gregory Shupak   In The Political Economy of Human Rights (South End Press, 1979), Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman argued that the American ruling class and corporate media regard blood…

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June 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM

Support Fiercely Independent Media

Support Fiercely Independent Media View this email in your browser   Support Fiercely Independent Media! Dear FAIR Friend,  As the Trump administration’s attacks on the First Amendment intensify, …

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May 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Embassy Shooting... Trans Athletes... Tom Morello....

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May 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices  

All posts View article on FAIR's website Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices   Olivia Riggio   The New York Times (5/28/25) gave the last word to a Trump official who framed trans participation in high school sports as "violating women…

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May 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM

'Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed independent journalist Bryce Covert about Medicaid work requirements for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. …

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May 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Tom Morello on Music as Protest

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tom Morello on Music as Protest CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250530.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Tom Morel…

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May 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM

'The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Erin in the Morning's Erin Reed about transgender care "questions" for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpi…

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May 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM

NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack Ari Paul   Ken Klippenstein (Substack, 5/22/25) published a statement, ostensibly from embassy shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez, "citing the war in Gaza as its central grievance and f…

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May 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Israel vs. Journalism... Democracy Warnings... Trans Care 'Questions'....

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May 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM

An 'Objective' Press Won't Alert You to Threats to Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website An 'Objective' Press Won't Alert You to Threats to Democracy Jim Naureckas   Natasha Lennard (Intercept (5/20/25): "News organizations should...have long ago stopped affording the Trump administration such credulous coverage." A…

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May 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM

'I'm Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'I'm Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed UNRWA USA's Mara Kronenfeld about Israel's aid blockade for the May 16, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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May 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care 'Questions'

All posts View article on FAIR's website Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care 'Questions' CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250523.mp3 Right-click here to download this epi…

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May 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM

NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism's Worst Enemy

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism's Worst Enemy Ari Paul   New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger (5/13/25) says the press should ask itself, "Were we open-minded enough to unexpected facts?" It's a…

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May 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM

Weaponized Famine... Human Shields... Crypto Corruption....

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May 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM

How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don't Have to Give a Damn

All posts View article on FAIR's website How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don't Have to Give a Damn Janine Jackson   The World Health Organization (5/12/25) "calls for the protection of health care and for an immediate end to the aid blockade, which is starvi…

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May 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM

'This Budget Would Give Polluters the Green Light'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'This Budget Would Give Polluters the Green Light' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Biological Diversity's Ashley Nunes about the selloff of public lands for the May 9, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This i…

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