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August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM

On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires

All posts View article on FAIR's website On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires The Public Source Editorial Committee On Sunday, August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement: After 674 days of barring foreign media from Gaz…

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August 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM

'The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press's Joseph Torres about the FCC and structural racism for the August 22, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. Th…

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August 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM

When Israel Kills Reporters... Trump & TikTok... Brazil Tariffs....

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August 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel's Murder of Palestinian Journalists

All posts View article on FAIR's website Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel's Murder of Palestinian Journalists Emma Lucia Llano   In his last dispatch for Al Jazeera (8/10/25), journalist Anas al-Sharif reported, "For the past two hours, the Israeli aggressi…

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August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

All posts View article on FAIR's website Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250822.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...")…

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August 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM

How NYT's Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump's Tariffs on Brazil

All posts View article on FAIR's website How NYT's Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump's Tariffs on Brazil Brian Mier   The New York Times (9/26/22) has long argued that Brazil's attempts to hold coup plotters accountable are themselves undemocratic--a storyline Donald T…

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August 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM

NYT Complains Trump Isn't Anti-Media <i>Enough</i>

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Complains Trump Isn't Anti-Media Enough Ari Paul   A New York Times editorial (8/8/25) insisted that an anti-TikTok law "did not target speech based on its content, function or purpose"—but in fact congressional opponents ar…

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August 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM

'It's Really a Full-On Attack on the Voting Rights Act':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's Really a Full-On Attack on the Voting Rights Act': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Mother Jones' Ari Berman about the erasure of the Voting Rights Act for the August 15, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lig…

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August 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM

Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day Janine Jackson   Common Dreams (8/12/25) noted that "many Americans are persuaded by persistent claims that crime is rising, even when they are not." Trump has commandeer…

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August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM

AI Job Loss...Trump Occupies DC...Voting Rights Erasure...

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August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Ari Berman on Voting Rights Erasure

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August 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM

Trump Occupying DC: WaPo Used to Be Disgusted

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump Occupying DC: WaPo Used to Be Disgusted Pete Tucker   The Washington Post's Marc Fisher (8/12/25) envisions "a a scenario in which [Trump's] dramatic takeover of the nation’s capital and his pronouncement that he will mirac…

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August 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM

'People Don't Know the Deep Inequities Baked Into the Tipped Wage':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Don't Know the Deep Inequities Baked Into the Tipped Wage': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the CHAAD Project's Raeghn Draper about tipped workers for the August 8, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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August 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM

AI Job Loss Hype Could Serve as Smokescreen for Trump Recession

All posts View article on FAIR's website AI Job Loss Hype Could Serve as Smokescreen for Trump Recession Conor Smyth Layoffs are scary. They are also rampant. Over the last 25 years, somewhere in the range of 1.5 to 2 million people lost their jobs in a typical month as a…

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August 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM

'DC's Not Making Money Here, DC Is Paying Billions':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'DC's Not Making Money Here, DC Is Paying Billions': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed reporter Pete Tucker about the DC stadium deal for the August 8, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.   …

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August 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM

NYT 'Genocide' Discussion...NYC Shooting...Tipped Workers....

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August 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM

Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium

All posts View article on FAIR's website Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250808.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save …

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August 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM

'The fact that it's happening Shouldn't Be a Surprise': &nbsp;

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The fact that it's happening Shouldn't Be a Surprise':   Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR contributor Ari Paul about genocide in Gaza for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcrip…

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August 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM

'Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Criminalizing Homelessness Only Perpetuates It' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Scout Katovich about forced institutionalization of poor and disabled people for the August 1, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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August 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM

NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Suppressed Genocide Discussion When It Could Have Made a Difference Ari Paul   Omer Bartov (New York Times, 7/15/25): "Israel’s actions could be understood only as the implementation of the expressed intent to make the Gaza S…

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August 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM

Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani Raina Lipsitz   The New York Times (7/30/25) reported that Zohran Mamdani was "facing growing criticism for his absence overseas"—discovering a new rule that m…

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August 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Gaza Famine... WSJ vs. Mamdani... Criminalizing Poverty....

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August 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM

For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes

All posts View article on FAIR's website For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes Jim Naureckas   "What Will Chris Smalls Do Next?" asked New York (7/16/22). Apparently it didn't like the answer. US media know who Chris Smalls is. The New York…

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August 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM

'Everything Makes Sense if You Get That Most of the MAGA Base Are Members of a Cult'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Everything Makes Sense if You Get That Most of the MAGA Base Are Members of a Cult' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Hartmann Report's Thom Hartmann about Jeffrey Epstein and the MAGA movement for the July 25, 2025,…

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August 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM

Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Forced Institutionalization

All posts View article on FAIR's website Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Forced Institutionalization CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250801.mp3 Right-click here to download thi…

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July 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump's Reconciliation Bill

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump's Reconciliation Bill Shirlynn Chan   President Donald Trump on July 4 signed into law an omnibus reconciliation bill, branded in MAGA propaganda (and much of corporate media) as the "Bi…

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July 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM

WSJ Ran 10 Op-Eds in One Week to Try to Take Down Mamdani

All posts View article on FAIR's website WSJ Ran 10 Op-Eds in One Week to Try to Take Down Mamdani Emma Llano   New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani handily won the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June, despite corporate media’s best attempts to discr…

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July 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation Julie Hollar   Even as media report more regularly on starvation in Gaza, coverage still tends to obscure responsibility—as with this CNN headline (7/…

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July 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM

CBS Sell Out... Epstein & MAGA... Iran Opinions....

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July 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM

America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran

All posts View article on FAIR's website America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran Bryce Greene In the four days of coverage after President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran (6/21–24/25), the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal…

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July 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM

'People Don't Want to Be Complicit in War Crimes':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'People Don't Want to Be Complicit in War Crimes': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights' Iman Abid about the economy of genocide for the July 18, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a…

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July 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Thom Hartmann on Epstein & MAGA, Han Shan (2009) on Ken Saro-Wiwa

All posts View article on FAIR's website Thom Hartmann on Epstein & MAGA, Han Shan (2009) on Ken Saro-Wiwa CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250725.mp3 Right-click here to download this epis…

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July 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM

Paramount Sells Out Journalism to Secure Purchase by Skydance

All posts View article on FAIR's website Paramount Sells Out Journalism to Secure Purchase by Skydance Ari Paul   FCC chair Brendan Carr (Bloomberg, 7/24/25) enthused about Skydance's promises: "They’ve committed to addressing bias issues. They’ve committed to embracing…

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July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM

'They Were Able to Pass These Bills Because of Anti-Trans Media Bias'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'They Were Able to Pass These Bills Because of Anti-Trans Media Bias' Julie Hollar Sam Feder is the director of Heightened Scrutiny, a documentary that follows transgender ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio as he argues before the Supreme …

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July 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM

'The Current Commercial System Will Always Fail Democracy':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Current Commercial System Will Always Fail Democracy': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed media scholar Victor Pickard about the Paramount settlement for the July 18, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly ed…

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July 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM

Oil & Climate... Trump Budget Harms... Trans Study Update....

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July 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM

Writing About the Oil Business and Ignoring the Fate of the Earth

All posts View article on FAIR's website Writing About the Oil Business and Ignoring the Fate of the Earth Olivia Riggio   ABC (7/15/25) reports on the death toll of Texas' fossil fuel–fueled floods. In Texas, at least 134 people are dead, including 36 children, and a …

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July 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM

'ICE Operates Within a Broader Apparatus Around Criminalization and the Deportation Machine'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'ICE Operates Within a Broader Apparatus Around Criminalization and the Deportation Machine' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Detention Watch Network's Silky Shah about mass deportation for the July 11, 2025, episode of …

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July 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM

Iman Abid on the Economy of Genocide, Victor Pickard on Paramount Settlement

All posts View article on FAIR's website Iman Abid on the Economy of Genocide, Victor Pickard on Paramount Settlement CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250718.mp3 Right-click here to download th…

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July 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM

NYT Obscured Worst Harms of Trump's Budget

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Obscured Worst Harms of Trump's Budget Conor Smyth President Donald Trump has just signed into law what will go down as perhaps the most significant legislative achievement of his second term in office. Dubbed the One Big Beaut…

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July 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM

NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues Wilson Korik   In recent years, transgender Americans have seen an exponentially growing assault on their rights. In the first half of 2025 alone, 942 anti-trans b…

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July 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM

Deportation on Steroids... What 'Intifada' Means... Unheard Protesters....

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July 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM

On CNN, LA's ICE Protesters Were Seen and Not Heard

All posts View article on FAIR's website On CNN, LA's ICE Protesters Were Seen and Not Heard Luca GoldMansour   A FAIR study found that CNN’s primetime coverage of the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests in early June rarely included the voices of the protesters themselves. Ins…

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July 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM

'Media and Corporate Power Structures See Genuine Democracy as a Terrible Danger':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Media and Corporate Power Structures See Genuine Democracy as a Terrible Danger': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed RootsAction's Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon about Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Party for the July 4…

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July 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM

Silky Shah on Mass Deportation

All posts View article on FAIR's website Silky Shah on Mass Deportation CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250711.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   Intercept …

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July 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Massive Expansion of Trump's Deportation Machine Passes With Little Press Notice

All posts View article on FAIR's website Massive Expansion of Trump's Deportation Machine Passes With Little Press Notice Belén Fernández   Salon (7/3/25): "The funds going towards deportation would...be enough to fully fund the program to end world hunger for four year…

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July 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM

Cartoonists Can Compare Victims of Genocide to Nazis—But Not the Perpetrators

All posts View article on FAIR's website Cartoonists Can Compare Victims of Genocide to Nazis—But Not the Perpetrators Hank Kennedy   This Mr. Fish cartoon (Scheer Post, 12/5/23) was called antisemitic because in calling attention to the Israeli army's ongoing and very …

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July 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM

'The Goal Is to Put the Words "Iran" and "Nuclear" in the Same Sentence'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Goal Is to Put the Words "Iran" and "Nuclear" in the Same Sentence' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Citations Needed's Adam Johnson about media in war mode for the June 27, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a l…

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July 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM

I Covered the Intifada. It's Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against Jews.

All posts View article on FAIR's website I Covered the Intifada. It's Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against Jews. Daoud Kuttab   Zohran Mamdani to Kristen Welker (Meet the Press, 6/29/25): "Freedom and justice and safety are things that, to have meaning, have to be app…

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July 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Trump Bombs Iran... Mamdani & Democrats... RIP Bill Moyers....

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