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‘It’s Important Americans Don’t Take for Granted They Can Exercise Their First Amendment Rights’
“These bills…use vague, sweeping language to define new criminal offenses, or redefine existing ones, related to conduct that may occur during a protest.”
‘Some of Our Most Profitable Companies Are Not Contributing to Our Basic Needs’
“We have a corporate tax code that is just riddled with loopholes that enable companies like this to get away with avoiding taxes, in ways that really leave regular people responsible for a larger share of our tax payments.”
‘The System for Building Wealth Is Designed for White Wealth’
“The notion that you have to have a law say, “We discriminate against Black people,” before we can find the law actually discriminates against Black people, defies logic and history.”
Elly Page on Anti-Protest Bills, Christy Mallory on Targeting Trans Youth
If the Chauvin verdict is testament to the power of protest, so too are the vigorous efforts to squelch that power. Plus: Right-wing legislators target trans kids at the state level.
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.
Media’s Top Meaning for ‘Proxy’ Is ‘Iranian Ally’
With the word “proxy,” corporate media downplay the extent of US interference in other countries, while frequently portraying Iran as undercutting other peoples’ independence.
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: The guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case did not leave things as settled as some would like to hope. But one thing was made clear: the power of protest.
https://fair.org/home/its-important-americans-dont-take-for-granted-they-can-exercise-their-first-amendment-rights/
"Florida's law is about Black Lives Matter; it's not about January 6, you know? We know that there are particular targets, and we shouldn't pretend we don't know." https://bit.ly/3eDv310
supposed progressive outlets just running the press release. No mention of anti-vaccine patent waiver Bill Gates bankrolling it, no mention of the fact that all the world leaders lending their name are from North Atlantic countries actively preventing manufacturing of generics https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1387138675348320259
Harry and Meghan to join Joe Biden at Vax Live concert to increase global vaccination https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/27/harry-and-meghan-to-join-joe-biden-at-vax-live-concert-to-increase-global-vaccination?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1619553774
FAIR Studies
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.
Young Voices Largely Missing in Election Coverage
Despite the increase of young people planning to vote, corporate media have largely forgotten about them in the weeks leading up to the election.
Activist Voices Missing From Corporate Coverage of Uprisings
Establishment media overwhelmingly turned to columnists, pundits and government officials for interpretation of the uprisings—rather than to the activists facing tear gas on the frontlines.
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