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March 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM

"Free Speech"...No Other Land...Worker-to-Worker Organizing

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March 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM

Media Obscure Message of Oscar-Winning Documentary <i>No Other Land</i>

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Obscure Message of Oscar-Winning Documentary No Other Land Raina Lipsitz   When No Other Land won this year’s Academy Award for best documentary feature, corporate media outlets didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet. Seve…

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March 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM

Eric Blanc on Worker-to-Worker Organizing

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March 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM

MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors

All posts View article on FAIR's website MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors Luca GoldMansour   Dave Zirin (The Nation, 2/28/25): "MSNBC’s programming is now politically monochromatic—and moving as far to the right as the Democratic Party will allow." At a tim…

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March 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM

'If Energy Transfer Prevails, This Could Really Embolden Other Corporations'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'If Energy Transfer Prevails, This Could Really Embolden Other Corporations' Janine Jackson Janine Jackson interviewed EarthRights International's Kirk Herbertson about Big Oil's lawsuit against Greenpeace for the February 28, 2025…

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March 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Trump's Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some

All posts View article on FAIR's website Trump's Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some Jim Naureckas   In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow note that the Western notion of freedom derives from the Roman legal tradition, in w…

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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 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM

Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name Gregory Shupak   News outlets often preferred euphemisms like "displacing" or "resettling" to the more accurate "ethnic cleansing, as in this CBC headline (2/4/25). Earlier this …

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February 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM

ADL's Stats Twist Israel's Critics Into Antisemites

All posts View article on FAIR's website ADL's Stats Twist Israel's Critics Into Antisemites Nora Lester Murad   Media outlets continue to print headlines about antisemitism based on Anti-Defamation League statistics known to be faulty and politicized. In doing so, they gr…

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February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM

The World’s Richest People Look Out for Each Other:

All posts View article on FAIR's website The World’s Richest People Look Out for Each Other: Pete Tucker   The wrap WaPo rejected. The Washington Post won’t say why it cancelled a six-figure ad buy calling for Elon Musk to be fired, but it’s likely the same reason the …

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February 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM

What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy

All posts View article on FAIR's website What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy Ari Paul   Selling "freedom fries" at the Nebraska state fair in 2004 (Creative Commons photo: E Egan). If you are younger than 30, you probably don’t remember there was a time in th…

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February 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM

Musk Coup... Captives Released... Healthcare Study....

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February 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM

AP Describes Musk's Coup as 'Penchant for Dabbling'

All posts View article on FAIR's website AP Describes Musk's Coup as 'Penchant for Dabbling' Janine Jackson   AP (2/4/25) concludes with Elon Musk describing his government takeover as a card game: "If we don’t take advantage of this best hand of cards, it’s never going…

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February 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM

WaPo Provides Cover for Musk's Government Takeover

All posts View article on FAIR's website WaPo Provides Cover for Musk's Government Takeover Pete Tucker   Adam Johnson (Column, 2/3/25): "The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN ran with the framing that 'DOGE' was some good-faith, post-ideological effort to 'cut co…

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February 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action

All posts View article on FAIR's website Coverage of Israeli and Palestinian Captives Demonstrates Dehumanization in Action Belén Fernández   Three Israeli men held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip were freed on Saturday, February 8,  in exchange for 183 Palestinian prisoners h…

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February 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Luke Charles Harris on Critical Race Theory (2021)

All posts View article on FAIR's website Luke Charles Harris on Critical Race Theory (2021) CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250214.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as.…

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February 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Deny, Defend, Disinform: 

All posts View article on FAIR's website Deny, Defend, Disinform:  John Canham-Clyne   The murder of UnitedHealth Group executive Brian Thompson, and the subsequent arrest of Luigi Mangione, focused media and policymakers’ attention on the savage practices of private US h…

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February 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM

NYT Advises Trump to Kill More Venezuelans 

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Advises Trump to Kill More Venezuelans  Lucas Koerner   Donald Trump is back in the White House, and faux opposition is once again the order of the day for the Western media and the Democratic Party. Whether it comes to crimina…

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February 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM

'There's More Going On in Our Fight Than Being Reactive to Nonsense Executive Orders':

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'There's More Going On in Our Fight Than Being Reactive to Nonsense Executive Orders': Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed TLDEF's Ezra Young about trans rights law for the February 7, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is …

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February 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM

'We Need to Understand the Political Economy That's Given Rise to RFK'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'We Need to Understand the Political Economy That's Given Rise to RFK' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Dartmouth-based Anne Sosin about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and rural health for the February 7, 2025, episode of Counter…

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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

All posts View article on FAIR's website David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250131.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   …

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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

All posts View article on FAIR's website Silky Shah on the Attack on Immigrants CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250124.mp3 Right-click here to download this episode ("Save link as...").   De…

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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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