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Media Ignore Criticism of DHS’s New ‘Disinformation’ Board—Unless it’s from the Right
If only the right gets to weigh in on what’s “scary,” the voices of those who truly suffer will continue to go unheard.
Julie Hollar on Roe Reversal, Tesnim Zekeria on Baby Formula Shortage
Elite media are interested in abortion as an issue, but it is not understood as a human right but rather as a partisan football.
The Extraordinary Supremacy of the Hyperwealthy
While the hyperwealthy attract celebrity treatment, when they manage multinational companies their extraordinary supremacy becomes clearer.
‘What if We Use Public Money to Transform What Local Media Looks Like?’
“What we talked about was not the woes of one specific industry, but instead we talked about the impact on communities.”
‘The Race Crisis and the Democracy Crisis Are Inseparable’
“We cannot downplay or disregard the white nationalist assault on multi-racial democracy, and we have to document it everywhere it turns up.”
Manufacturing Opinion on Lifting Title 42 Border Restrictions
Once respondents have been given specific information, they no longer represent the larger population they are supposed to represent,
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FAIR Studies
Trans Youth Targeted by Texas Are Marginalized by Corporate Media
Bigotry is experiencing an unprecedented mainstreaming—through the calculations of conservative media, and the indifference of centrist media.
Blaming Workers, Hiding Profits in Primetime Inflation Coverage
Segments on inflation put far more emphasis on the contributions of labor shortages than to the role of corporate profit-taking.
Media Need to Treat Every Day as Earth Day if We Want a Livable Planet
On Earth Day, no doubt most major media will pay lip service to the extreme dangers of climate change. But what happens the next day?
How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?
TV coverage of Ukraine has both a familiar reliance on US officials to frame events and a newfound ability to cover the impact on civilians.
Biden’s Multi-Billion Afghan Theft Gets Scant Mention on TV News
Two months ago (FAIR.org, 12/21/21), I noted the striking contrast between vocal media outrage—ostensibly grounded in concern for Afghan people—over President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, and the relative silence over the growing humanitarian crisis in that country, which threatens millions with life-threatening levels of famine. While influenced by drought and […]
