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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

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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

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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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July 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon on Mamdani and the Democrats

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon on Mamdani and the Democrats CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250704.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save …

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July 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM

Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran Gregory Shupak   Aggression is widely understood as the most serious form of the illegal use of force under international law. At the post–World War II Nuremberg Trials, British…

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July 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM

Farewell to Bill Moyers, Who Showed What Public TV Could Be

All posts View article on FAIR's website Farewell to Bill Moyers, Who Showed What Public TV Could Be Julie Hollar   White House press secretary Bill Moyers in 1965. Bill Moyers died last week at the age of 91. His career began as a close aide to President Lyndon B. Joh…

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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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