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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.”
‘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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
