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‘Protest Is the Tool by Which We Realize Our Democracy’
“Don’t let them intimidate you. Don’t be silenced. The First Amendment gives you the right to speak and act for your conscience.”
NYT Invents a Bipartisan Anti-Immigrant Consensus
Contrary to the New York Times, the evidence of local Democrats morphing into Trumpists on the border is scant to nonexistent.
Media Obsession With Inflation Has Manufactured Discontent
Corporate media’s single-minded obsession with inflation has left the public with an objectively inaccurate view of the economy.
Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest
US journalists invoke the First Amendment a lot, but not so much when it extends to regular folks saying NO to the US government.
Corporate Media Fed COP 28 Carbon Capture Confusion
Rather than exposing CCS as the greenwashing ploy it essentially is, some reporting added to confusion and misunderstandings.
‘We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context’
The best of CounterSpin for 2023 is only a sample of the valuable conversations it’s been our pleasure to host this year.
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FAIR Studies
Sunday’s Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding
Sunday show guests skewed strongly toward US politicians with strong financial influence from the military industry and pro-Israel advocates.
For Cable News, a Palestinian Life Is Not the Same as an Israeli Life
Cable news coverage of victims, war crimes and context show a double standard when it comes to US allies versus official US enemies.
In Hours of Israel/Gaza Crisis Coverage, a Word You’ll Seldom Hear: ‘Ceasefire’
As casualties in Gaza mount, most TV news outlets have paid scant attention to the growing calls for a ceasefire.
As Skies Turn Orange, Media Still Hesitate to Mention What’s Changing Climate
On US TV news, viewers were more likely to hear climate denial than the connection between fossil fuel consumption and worsening wildfires.
NYT’s Anti-Trans Bias—by the Numbers
The New York Times used its front-page coverage primarily to wonder whether trans people’s rights and access to healthcare have gone too far.
