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Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Many corporate news reporters seem unable to present a labor action as other than an unwonted interruption of a natural order.
Montana TikTok Ban a Sign of Intensified Cold War With China
Corporate anti-competitive power and Cold War fears lead the government to contemplate censoring media now available to 80 million Americans.
The Character Assassination of San Francisco
The media narrative holds that permissive policies protecting the homeless have allowed a zombie army of criminals to control San Francisco.
‘Apartheid’ Designation Ignored as Israel Kills Children in Gaza Again
Coverage of Gaza attacks in the Washington Post, New York Times and CNN didn’t include a single reference to Israel as an apartheid state.
WSJ Worries Debt Limit Fight Could Jeopardize Military Contractors’ Profits
The Wall Street Journal hand-wrings about the area of the discretionary budget that appears least likely to face cuts.
‘The Court’s Position Is, No One Can Tell Them What to Do’
“The most important thing that journalists can do is…speak of the justices as political appointees chosen by partisan officials.”
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FAIR Studies
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.
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.
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.
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.
NYT, WSJ Look to Hawks for Ukraine Expertise
Perspectives that critically examine government actions have been hard to find in New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporting on Ukraine,
