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There’s No ‘Vaccine Mandate’—but That Doesn’t Stop WaPo Asking People How They Feel About It
When journalists gin up controversy over lesser measures, they make progress in the fight against Covid that much harder.
Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware
Media have misinformed the public about a campaign whose own architects say is about disinforming, confusing and inflaming people.
‘If Police Made Asian Americans Safe, We’d Already Be Safe’
“To address anti-Asian violence at its roots, the US must reckon with the history of violence in our immigration policies, and the wars across Asia.”
They All Scream Over Ben & Jerry’s Not Selling Ice Cream on the West Bank
What’s striking about the editorial reaction to the Ben & Jerry’s news is it insinuates that boycotting Israel is extreme and illegitimate.
Manchin’s Coal Conflict of Interest Not of Interest to Corporate News
Corporate media don’t tell their audience that Sen. Joe Manchin has a giant conflict of interest in the matter of fossil fuels.
Gushing Coverage of the Billionaire’s Space Race
Media companies deemed the future of space tourism more newsworthy than the exploitation that has, at least partially, funded its infancy.
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FAIR Studies
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 […]
Study of 2020 Debates Finds New Topics but Familiar Framing
A FAIR analysis of the 2020 general election debates found stunning breaks from past practices combined with tried-and-true tropes of national US debates.
