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‘The Government’s Own Disclosures Demonstrate These Strikes Are Not Lawful’: CounterSpin interview with Jeffrey Stein on Trump's boat attacks
“The public should be able to read the government’s legal justification right now, while there’s still an opportunity to stop these illegal and dangerous strikes.”
‘These Changes Are Reducing Our Power to Effect Positive Change for Families’: CounterSpin interview with Cara Brumfield on erasing federal data
“Manipulating the Decennial Census for political gain is so deeply undemocratic, and we need to talk about it in those terms.”
As Millions March Against Fascism, NYT Warns Against Progressives
Two days after massive pro-democracy marches, the New York Times published a forceful message of its own—not against fascism, but against progressivism.
‘Decades of National Security Policy Have Gotten Us to Where We Are’: CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on Trump's plan to crush the left
“It’s not just that it’s written in such a way that it opens the door to political policing. That was the original intent.”
Pentagon Creates New Legion of PR Toadies
The Trump administration is throwing real reporters out of the Pentagon even as Trump is using the military in unprecedented ways.
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FAIR Studies
When a Shooter Is Trans—and Not a Cis Male—Suddenly Identity Matters
Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.
Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.
Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation
Gaza’s conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.
America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran
56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?
NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues
Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.
