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‘Divisive’: How Corporate Media Dismiss Ideas Unpopular With Elites
New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (Twitter, 12/29/20) described a $2,000 Covid relief check as “divisive,” even though 75% of Americans (and 72% of Republicans) wanted the government to prioritize another universal payment. All too often, words such as “divisive,” “contentious” or “controversial” are used merely as media codewords meaning “ideas unpopular with the […]
‘Hale’s Crime Is Not Leaking Information, but Exposing Government Lies About the Drone Program’
“From the Pentagon Papers to the Drone Papers, the US government has sought to conceal the realities of its warmaking, and take from us our ability to make democratic choices about what our government is doing.”
Dorothy A. Brown and Amy Hanauer on Tax Unfairness
While recognizing that it’s not the sole source of inequality, there are things we can do about blatant, enduring and powerful unfairness in US tax policy.
New York State Hands Billions Back to Wealthy Investors—and NYT Doesn’t See a Story
The New York Times has failed to write about the fact that New York state has billions of dollars that could pay for roads, schools and services, but instead is handed back to wealthy financiers.
Support the Tropes
Corporate media invoke the language of human rights and humanitarianism to convince those to the left of center to accept, if not support, US actions abroad.
‘We Really Can’t Take Anything These Companies Say at Face Value’
“We really can’t understate the importance of relationships in Washington, and specifically how much the revolving door benefits corporate interests.”
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2001 was a wild year for bold media predictions 😆
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@FAIRmediawatch Suddenly, all media outlets are using the new euphemism...former cop or ex-cop...immediately after an officer is fired or resigns. It seems important to make the distinction: Daunte Wright was not shot by an ex-cop.
FAIR Studies
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.
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.
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