…the opportunity to share information and build communities, making them immensely important parts of the modern public square. Adam Johnson (FAIR.org, 5/21/18): “Readers should know who’s helping bankroll groups that…
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Crying Wolf on Election Fraud Is OK at NYT—if Targets Are Official Enemies
…skilfully reading between the lines. Coups are good, actually Venezuela and Bolivia are far from isolated cases. In fact, a study done by Adam Johnson (Truthdig, 1/29/19) found that the…
Corporate Media Reverse Reality by Blaming BLM Protesters for Everything
…murdered by the state for trivial or nonexistent infractions in the US’s selective enforcement system (often euphemized as a “law enforcement system”). As Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi of the…
ACTION ALERT: With Planet at Stake, Moderators Must Make Climate a Focus of Debates
…climate change. Zero questions were asked in 2012 as well. As FAIR’s Adam Johnson wrote in 2016 (FAIR.org, 10/19/16): In over eight hours of presidential debates spanning four years, there…
CNN’s Portrayal of North Korea as Lawless Aggressor Reverses Reality
…hostility towards a country rises—what Adam Johnson dubbed the North Korea Law of Journalism. Not only does Western media coverage of North Korea traffic in obvious falsehoods and unverifiable claims,…
Morningside Case Shows Media Learned Few Lessons From Exonerated Five
…narrative when one teen was brought in for questioning: “LONG WAIT FOR JUSTICE.” The despicable practice of publishing pre-trial photos (of children no less), as Adam Johnson has explained for…
Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s
…on the DPRK—but they don’t. Writing for FAIR (7/6/17), Adam Johnson defined the “North Korea Law of Journalism” as a phenomenon in which editorial standards among US corporate media “are…
Shining a Spotlight on Anti-Homeless Reporters
…international phenomenon. While homelessness or begging aren’t crimes, media coverage is often shaded with a criminal insinuation, or connected to a sense of fear. Adam Johnson and Nima Shirazi of…
