Dear FAIR friends,
Trump’s presidential campaign continues to this day with constant rallies around the country. Corporate media are served up to the audience as targets of abuse from the stage and from the audience.
Yet the same outlets Trump derides as “enemies of the people” continue to boost him— highlighting presidential tweets that scare up division and hatred as news is a dangerous course for corporate media to follow.
Elite media also seem to think that reinterpreting officials’ statements to make them more palatable is part of journalistic professionalism. FAIR recently challenged corporate media to use the words that actually describe what they are reporting:
Calling Racism by Its Real Name
For years, that’s been the deal with corporate media and racism. Actions, policies,
statements and ideas that regular people have no trouble identifying as racist become,
in elite media hands, “racially tinged,” “racially charged,” “race-related.” And if racism
isn’t a thing our famously objective reporters can see, well, maybe it’s not really
out there, right?
Through it all, FAIR continues to challenge the media, calling them out on the real harm that trivial, power-worshipping reporting does to a democracy.
We need to keep doing this work—and we need your help!
Please support us in this work. All donations are appreciated.
Thanks, Deborah, Janine & Jim
P.S. Back by popular demand. For a donation of $35 or more, you can opt-in to receive a fabulous thank-you gift: a T-shirt commemorating the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s concert for FAIR. We have reissued the iconic concert T-shirt with the terrific “DISinformation” art by Robbie Conal on the front and two concert rosters listed on the back.
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