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US Cartooning Tradition in Peril in Trump’s First Year

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'Kristi Noem Is Actually Claiming Videotaping DHS Officers Is Violent':

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September 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM

When Palestinians Die in Israeli Captivity, US Media Almost Never Take Note

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September 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Kirk Purges... Pentagon vs. Press... Junket in Jerusalem....

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September 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM

UN Declares Genocide in Gaza While 250 US Lawmakers Are in Israel 

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September 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM

'The White House Is Shaking Down Media Owners to Get Them to Follow the Trump Agenda'

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September 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM

'Near Daily' Israeli Assaults on Lebanon Have Become Non-News for Western Media

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September 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Jai Dulani and Vivek Bharathan on Data Center Opposition, Keith McHenry (2024) on Homeless Policy

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September 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM

For US Corporate Media, Italy's Gaza Protests Had Two Strikes Against Them

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September 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM

Trump Turns Pentagon Into Department of War on First Amendment

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump Turns Pentagon Into Department of War on First Amendment Ari Paul   NBC News (9/20/25): "Journalists who cover the Defense Department at the Pentagon can no longer gather or report information, even if it is unclassified, u…

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September 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Charlie Kirk Purges Show the Need to Stand Up to Government Bullying

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September 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM

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September 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM

Whitewashing Kirk... Corporate Compliance... TikTok Sale....

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September 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM

ACTION ALERT: Snopes Thinks Kirk Was Kidding About Killing Gays Being 'God's Perfect Law'

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September 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM

As Ellison Buys Out TikTok, US Moves Toward One-Party Media

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September 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM

Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Criminalizing Witness, Tim Karr on Media Compliance

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September 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM

Barnard Prez's NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy

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September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM

'Media Really Took at Face Value What Trump Said About This Boat and Its Occupants':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Media Really Took at Face Value What Trump Said About This Boat and Its Occupants': Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed CEPR's Alex Main about Trump's Venezuelan boat assault for the September 12, 2025, episode of Counte…

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September 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM

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September 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM

Charlie Kirk... CBS Moves Right... Venezuelan Boat....

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September 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM

Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA's Culture of Violence

All posts View article on FAIR's website Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA's Culture of Violence Ari Paul The Atlantic's Graeme Wood (9/11/25) expressed doubt that "this disgusting scene of high-definition murder...will restore the moral senses of all those who have hithert…

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September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM

When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests

All posts View article on FAIR's website When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests Pete Tucker   Thousands of people marching against the military occupation of our nation's capital (Washington Post, 9/6/25) was not a news story to the New York…

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September 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM

Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault

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September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM

'Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast'

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September 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM

CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television

All posts View article on FAIR's website CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television Saurav Sarkar   Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that Face the Nation (8/31/25) “shamefully edited the interview to whitewash the truth” because it cut out what AP…

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September 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM

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September 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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September 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM

'Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way':

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September 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM

Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health

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September 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM

NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It

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September 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Media Dance Around Illegality of Trump's Third-Country Deportation Scheme

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September 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM

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August 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Starvation in Gaza... DC Occupation... Gavin Newsom....

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August 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM

More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage

All posts View article on FAIR's website More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage Shirlynn Chan   International human rights organizations have pleaded with governments to oppose Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza for the better part of th…

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August 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM

The Miami Herald's Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba

All posts View article on FAIR's website The Miami Herald's Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba Reed Lindsay     This story was written in collaboration with Belly of the Beast, an independent outlet that covers Cuba and US/Cuba relations. The Miami Heral…

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August 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers' Voices

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August 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM

Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump?

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump? Raina Lipsitz   NBC News (8/21/25): "the Democratic Party’s base above all else is itching for a fighter to take on Trump and the GOP"—but can Newsom "overcom…

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August 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM

WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters' Vital Work on DC Occupation

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters' Vital Work on DC Occupation Pete Tucker     When the Washington Post (8/20/25) asked 604 DC residents about Trump's takeover, Post editors didn't like what they said, so they to…

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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

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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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