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FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
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Media Show Little Interest in Israeli Bombing of Gaza
Israel is bombing Palestine again, although you likely wouldn’t guess that from watching TV news.
Karlin Itchoak on Wildlife Refuge Drilling, Steven Rosenfeld on How to Vote
Opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling is being reported as a Trumpian bad idea. Is that enough?
At Washington Post, Defunding Police Is a Step Too Radical
Washington Post coverage has paternalistically painted police defunding as a radical utopian fantasy that would hurt Black communities.
Defining Steve Bannon Downward
The effort to legitimize power, in this case by pretending a leading white supremacist was less central to the regime than he was, is pretty much the New York Times’ North Star.
Polls Favor Biden: Is It Different This Time?
This is a time for media to focus less on fluctuations in polling data and more on the reasons why citizens should cast their votes.
Not All Criticism of Kamala Harris Is Created Equal
Emerging as a corporate media frame is a sloppy, mystifying confusion that refuses to distinguish the racist and sexist slurs against Harris from an authentic discussion of the trajectory of her political positions.
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CounterSpin, the weekly radio show of FAIR, provides a critical exposé of the corporate news. Produced and hosted by Janine Jackson it is heard on more than 135 noncommercial stations. The current show, back archives and transcripts are available online.
FAIR Studies
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.
Chinese ‘Imperialism’ in Hong Kong Concerns US Media; Puerto Rican, Palestinian Colonies, Not So Much
While one cannot describe China’s national security law as an act of “colonialism” or “imperialism,” since Hong Kong is part of China, FAIR conducted a study comparing media coverage of Hong Kong’s national security law and actual colonialism by the US in Puerto Rico, and by its ally Israel in Palestine.
In Pandemic, Sunday Shows Centered Official Voices, Sidelined Independent Health Experts
On the networks’ Sunday morning political talk shows, which play an important role in setting agendas for national political debate, the voices asked to participate were overwhelmingly the usual narrow cast of Beltway actors, with independent public health experts playing a marginal role, and public interest voices almost entirely sidelined.
As US Consigns Iranians to Death, Corporate Media Look the Other Way
Because the US government is directly responsible for Iranian deaths, Washington’s role should be a central concern to US media. Yet that’s not the case, according to an examination of stories.
Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics
Media debate hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an even-handed way than to define which positions—and candidates—are acceptable, and which are not.
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