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Writing in Al Jazeera about Panama’s establishment of a truth commission to investigate the consequences of the 1989-90 US invasion of that country, Belén Fernández cites FAIR’s 1990 critique of invasion coverage.
The kind of question CNN’s Christopher Cuomo asked Bernie Sanders at CNN’s Iowa town meeting were quite different from the kind Cuomo asked Hillary Clinton.
In a column published by numerous outlets, FAIR associate Norman Solomon offered FAIR’s Jim Naureckas as a rebuttal to the “escalating media assault” on Bernie Sanders.
Capitalist institutions like giant media conglomerates tend to see an aversion to socialism as normal and healthy.
Among many other things, Bowie was a shrewd observer and sharp critic of the media–from his earliest hit, 1969’s “Space Oddity,” in which Major Tom is told that “the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.”
Media blogger Richard Prince (Journal-isms, 1/11/16) quoted from Jim Naureckas’ review of David Bowie’s media criticism (1/11/16) in his roundup of reactions to Bowie’s death: Media critics, too, registered their admiration. “It’s hard to think of an artist who has used the media as part of their art more than David Bowie did,” Jim Naureckas […]
AlterNet associate editor (and frequent FAIR contributor) Adam Johnson cited FAIR’s research on media and poverty: Bringing up the issue of poverty to the debates’ sizable audience isn’t superficial: a 2012 study by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting found that cable news mentions of key topics like inequality were inextricably linked to their coverage of […]
Meteor Blades of Daily Kos (1/8/16) excerpted Jim Naureckas’ FAIR post (1/6/16) on how the Washington Post hyped Donald Trump’s crowd numbers.
The leading environmental-themed comic strip in the United States, Mark Trail, is apparently written by a climate-change denier.
The Washington Post hypes the “MASSIVE” turnout for Trump a month before the primary, though it’s not even half the size of the crowd Bernie Sanders attracted in the same general area three months ago.
The New York Times’ front-page story doesn’t point out how unlikely it is that North Korea has, in fact, detonated a hydrogen bomb.
Where could Donald Trump have gotten the idea that his “infantile threats of massive bombing” would be taken seriously as foreign policy proposals? Maybe he reads Thomas Friedman’s column.
Because Russia’s government is considered an enemy of Washington, US media express skepticism about its interest in increasing its powers, suspecting it might have its own self-interest rather than the safety of its citizens foremost in mind.
Common Dreams’ Sarah Lazare (12/29/15) cited FAIR Blog on journalistic counts of fatal police shootings.
Common Dreams (12/29/15) reposted Jim Naureckas’ piece (12/29/15) on the Washington Post’s fatal police shooting tally.
The Washington Post’s tally of fatal police shootings in 2015 is a journalistic accomplishment. But it’s hard to escape the feeling that the Post framed its report to minimize its remarkable findings.
It’s easy to get outraged by the crimes of official enemies, and to forget or to justify the crimes of the state you identify with. What really sets Trump apart is that he seems lackadaisical about both types of crimes.
Jim Naureckas’ piece on ABC’s right-leaning debate questions (12/22/15) was picked up by Common Dreams.
Although primary debates are ostensibly intended to help members of each major party select their nominee, the questions asked by the debate moderators from ABC consistently posed questions from the right.
“Local newspapers are the main vehicle for the public to get a glimpse of what’s going on at the level of government that most impacts their lives,” Naureckas told Common Dreams. “Las Vegas is a one-industry town, and Adelson is a casino billionaire who is part of that industry.”
