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Media Allow Republicans to Use ‘Unity’ as Tool of Division
Media lay out the narrative the GOP will work for the next two years to build: that Democrats are the ones sowing division by refusing to work together to get things done.
Chris Savage, Talia Buford & Peggy Case on Flint Water Crisis
Conversations about Flint on CounterSpin, in its particulars and in terms of how it fits into bigger questions around environmental racism, resource control and local governance.
Reports of Racial Disparities in Covid Vaccines Distort Science
Much of the scientific journalism on US Covid vaccines has been inaccurate, misleading, fearmongering and irresponsible.
‘The Basic Problem Is a Lack of Central Strategy’
“We have chosen the most profitable form of ending the pandemic, which is a vaccine…. This is the only solution, given how out of control we’ve let this become, as a result of not being good at public health.”
Media Elevate Eugenicists, Sideline Disabled Voices in Discussions of Covid Rationing
Corporate media have elevated some experts without disclosing their troubling views on disability, aging and the value of human life.
Corporate Media’s Leaked Chinese Documents Confirm China Didn’t Hide Covid-19
When Western media reports omit necessary context, they imply that the appropriate benchmark to compare China’s response to is perfection, which it inevitably falls short of, allowing the creation of a narrative in which China’s pandemic response was especially (and suspiciously) incompetent and sluggish.
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Journalist uses CNN figures to disprove CNN China "cover up" claims.
@FAIRmediawatch and their damn facts again! https://twitter.com/JoshC0301/status/1352021496944877569
I demolished the idea that leaked Chinese documents to CNN/NYT/ProPublica show that China was hiding Covid-19 from the world with its "slow" response for @FAIRmediawatch here. Please share how western media are burying the real story of Covid's discovery! https://fair.org/home/corporate-medias-leaked-chinese-documents-confirm-china-didnt-hide-covid-19/
Don't miss this story for @FAIRmediawatch—or the thread. @jewstein3000 tracks how @nytimes @washingtonpost
and more have elevated “bioethicists” without referencing their eugenicist views that olders and people with disabilities are expendable.
#ExposeAbleism #ExposeAgeism https://twitter.com/jewstein3000/status/1352281920147660804
I’m super proud of this story I wrote for @FAIRmediawatch on media coverage of Covid around disability and aging, giving space to literal eugenicists as experts. Plz read! 1/ https://fair.org/home/media-elevate-eugenicists-sideline-disabled-voices-in-discussions-of-covid-rationing/
Rather, it means that we “treat each other with dignity and respect” and, crucially, that “disagreement must not lead to disunion.”' https://fair.org/home/media-allow-republicans-to-use-unity-as-tool-of-division/
A nauseating but important read.
“unity” does not mean “adopt the priorities of the minority opposition (which, by the way, just sought to overthrow the democratic election).”
FAIR: Media Allow Republicans to Use 'Unity' as Tool of Division - https://bit.ly/2LNJzcg
FAIR Studies
Leading Papers Talked Up Establishment’s Senate Candidates
Democrats celebrated dual Georgia Senate race victories this week, which gives them, with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaker vote, a bare majority in the Senate. But not all Democrats are created equal, and the one-vote margin makes the politics of each individual in that majority more consequential. In 2020, several states witnessed competitive Democratic […]
Study of 2020 Debates Finds New Topics but Familiar Framing
A FAIR analysis of the 2020 general election debates found stunning breaks from past practices combined with tried-and-true tropes of national US debates.
Young Voices Largely Missing in Election Coverage
Despite the increase of young people planning to vote, corporate media have largely forgotten about them in the weeks leading up to the election.
Activist Voices Missing From Corporate Coverage of Uprisings
Establishment media overwhelmingly turned to columnists, pundits and government officials for interpretation of the uprisings—rather than to the activists facing tear gas on the frontlines.
Chinese ‘Imperialism’ in Hong Kong Concerns US Media; Puerto Rican, Palestinian Colonies, Not So Much
While one cannot describe China’s national security law as an act of “colonialism” or “imperialism,” since Hong Kong is part of China, FAIR conducted a study comparing media coverage of Hong Kong’s national security law and actual colonialism by the US in Puerto Rico, and by its ally Israel in Palestine.
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