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Washington Post depiction of a UPS driver.

Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage

Elite media are deeply accustomed to calling any union action a harm, and any company acknowledgment of workers’ value a concession.

‘The Athletic Is the Negation of Local Sports Coverage’

“When you get rid of local coverage, what you also get rid of is the watchdog that is so important…. It’s not all fun and games.”

Melissa Crow

‘People Have to Be Able to Access the Asylum Process, Regardless of Manner of Entry’

“It doesn’t matter if you come in at a port of entry or between ports of entry, you are still entitled to apply for asylum in this country.”

War Made Invisible cover title

How to Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths 

Norman Solomon’s book attempts to show how our media institutions came to be so casual about burying the costs of US wars.

Guardian depiction of the AMOC Atlantic current system.

Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don’t Stop the Presses

When a cornerstone of the global climate may soon collapse, you’d think news outlets might want to put that on the front page.

Washington Post depiction of Ukrainian troops firing artillery at Russian troops

Fans of Cluster Bombs Dominate WaPo’s Opinion Section

As the US escalates the already bloody Ukraine conflict, the Washington Post’s opinion pages cheerlead for the military/industrial complex.

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FAIR Studies

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.

New York Times depiction of NYPD officers in the subway. Photo: Gregg Vigliotti

Who Gets to Talk About How Police Need to Change?

The New York Times leaned heavily on official sources when reporting on policing policy—giving the biggest platform to the targets of reform.

Collage of some of the Black men killed by police in January 2023.

Tyre Nichols Was One of Too Many

News outlets treat cases like Tyre Nichols’ as isolated incidents, lavishing short-term attention that makes the chronic seem exceptional.

Headlines about "Iranian-made drones" from the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal

To US Papers, Iranian Weapons Far More Newsworthy Than Those Made in USA

If newspapers were concerned about human life, there wouldn’t be such a gap in coverage between Iranian and US-made weapons.