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FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.





BY Janine Jackson
‘The Modis, the Trumps, the Bolsonaros Come Out of the Wreckage of Neoliberal Policy’
June 4, 2021
BY Alan MacLeod
Stability: Media Codeword for ‘Under US Control’
June 4, 2021
BY CounterSpin
Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre
June 4, 2021
BY Janine Jackson
‘Roe Has Never Been Enough, and We Still Need It’
May 28, 2021
BY CounterSpin
Vijay Prashad on India, Covid and Modi
May 28, 2021

“It’s not just this government; it’s been a long policy of the attrition of…public healthcare.”

Once we realize what âstabilityâ and âdestabilizingâ mean, news from corporate outlets makes much more sense.

Journalism has been central to public reckoning with the Tulsa massacre ever since that late May night 100 years ago.

“Reproductive justice is more than abortion; it’s comprehensive. We’re talking about the human right to maintain bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities.”

US corporate media don’t seem to see a story worth telling in India, beyond how Modi might hold on to power despite some unfortunate “missteps.”

The role of right-wing media purveyors of outright bigotry and falsehood in turning white Republicans strongly against the Black Lives Matter movement should not be overlooked.
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@SteveKrak How many times does Fox have to dishonor our ancestors before you stop appearing on the network? https://fair.org/home/fox-news-is-outraged-by-nazi-analogies-and-other-big-lies/
FAIR: Stability: Media Codeword for 'Under US Control' - https://bit.ly/3gg3PhU ââŚthe US, who just blocked multiple United Nationsâ ceasefire attempts while greenlighting $735 million worth of arms sales to Israel, might be a more obvious "destabilizing" factor in the conflict
In media- and politicalspeak, âstabilityâ often simply means âunder US control.â Therefore, by definition, the US cannot destabilize another government or region; only foreign actors can do such a thing.
--@AlanRMacLeod
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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 causesâvery concretely, looking at culpritsâand its solutions.

Democrats celebrated dual Georgia Senate race victories this week, which gives them, with Vice President Kamala Harrisâ 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 […]

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.

Despite the increase of young people planning to vote, corporate media have largely forgotten about them in the weeks leading up to the election.

Establishment media overwhelmingly turned to columnists, pundits and government officials for interpretation of the uprisingsârather than to the activists facing tear gas on the frontlines.
FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. We expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, we believe that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.
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