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AT&T and OAN: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
The revelations about AT&T and OAN puncture the myth that Trumpian populism is isolated on the fringes of Red State America.
Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden’s Spending Plan
Henry Olsen presented a red herring argument that ignored all the polls showing support for the reconciliation plan.
Bobby Lewis on One America News, Jean Su on People vs. Fossil Fuels
OAN’s audience has been told that Trump really won the 2020 election and that chemical cocktails are better for Covid than vaccines.
‘There’s a Lot the Postal Service Can Do to Be Present in the 21st Century’
“He is embarking on one of the most outlandish plans ever unveiled, which is to charge Americans more for slower mail.”
‘Threats Are Being Made Against Teachers Who Are Teaching the Truth’
“This is showing how important critical race theory is, because if it wasn’t that important, they wouldn’t be trying to silence it.”
Deathly Silence: Journalists Who Mocked Assange Have Nothing to Say About CIA Plans to Kill Him
Covert plans for the state-sanctioned murder on British soil of an award-winning journalist should attract wall-to-wall media coverage.
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FAIR Studies
Missing Voices in Broadcast Coverage of Afghan Withdrawal
Corporate journalists overwhelmingly leaned on government and military sources, while offering no clear antiwar voices.
Tabloids Want Crime, Not Rent, on NYC Voters’ Minds
New York City’s two big tabloid dailies gave far more coverage to crime than to the affordable housing crisis in the past year.
TV News Coverage of Southern Border Lacks Refugee Sources, Historical Context
TV news coverage of the southern US border largely ignores the experiences and voices of those most impacted by the immigration system.
Sunday Shows Hit Snooze on Climate Alarm
If we have any hope of addressing the climate crisis, journalists have to move beyond debating its existence or importance, and start looking at both its causes—very concretely, looking at culprits—and its solutions.
Leading Papers Talked Up Establishment’s Senate Candidates
Democrats celebrated dual Georgia Senate race victories this week, which gives them, with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tiebreaker vote, a bare majority in the Senate. But not all Democrats are created equal, and the one-vote margin makes the politics of each individual in that majority more consequential. In 2020, several states witnessed competitive Democratic […]
