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In the Wake of Abu Akleh’s Murder, Media Continued to Obscure Israeli Violence
US media are “terrified of being attacked if they don’t repeat the Israeli versions of events. They live in constant fear.”
Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change
This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion on Kennedy v. Bremerton that “the Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.” The case was about whether there was a problem with a Washington […]
Mass Shooters’ Most Common Trait—Their Gender—Gets Little Press Attention
Out of 20,000 pieces on recent mass shootings, FAIR found only 37 that linked shootings to toxic masculinity or misogyny.
Misogyny, Theocracy and Other Missing Issues in Post-Roe Coverage
What’s missing from the press coverage is any real discussion of the agenda of having power over women’s lives and destiny.
‘This Country Would Want to See Money Taken From the Pentagon and Reallocated’
“The Pentagon shouldn’t be a jobs program. If we need a jobs program in this country, and we do, we should create a jobs program.”
‘In the Middle East, We Are Hearing a New Set of Excuses to Justify the Same Old Policy’
“His visit will not help peace. It will not help human rights. It will not help US interests in the region.”
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Mass Shooters’ Most Common Trait—Their Gender—Gets Little Press Attention
Out of 20,000 pieces on recent mass shootings, FAIR found only 37 that linked shootings to toxic masculinity or misogyny.
Trans Youth Targeted by Texas Are Marginalized by Corporate Media
Bigotry is experiencing an unprecedented mainstreaming—through the calculations of conservative media, and the indifference of centrist media.
Blaming Workers, Hiding Profits in Primetime Inflation Coverage
Segments on inflation put far more emphasis on the contributions of labor shortages than to the role of corporate profit-taking.
Media Need to Treat Every Day as Earth Day if We Want a Livable Planet
On Earth Day, no doubt most major media will pay lip service to the extreme dangers of climate change. But what happens the next day?
How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?
TV coverage of Ukraine has both a familiar reliance on US officials to frame events and a newfound ability to cover the impact on civilians.
