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Fuhrman Left His Mark on Media
After Mark Fuhrman became a symbol of a divided America, it’s quite telling that the disgraced cop later found a landing place on Fox News.
Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions
Why is the US at war with Iran? What is the hoped-for outcome? Who is hoping for it? And what of the millions who got something they didn’t hope for?
‘The US Has Been Intervening Very Heavily in Cuba Since 1960’: CounterSpin interview with Alex Main on war on Cuba?
“You have so many media outlets in the US that just don’t provide the basic context of what US/Cuba policy has been for decades.”
‘Education Is Dangerous Because It Encourages Students to Challenge What Those With Power Take for Granted’: CounterSpin interview with Karma Chávez on academic freedom
“Conservative politicians and their ultra-rich donors are infusing money into universities to create, essentially, conservative think tanks.”
Media Twist Opposition to Land Theft Into Hatred of a Religion
The press entertained the notion that any condemnation of Israel that happens within earshot of a synagogue must be rooted in anti-Jewish sentiment.
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FAIR Studies
Russia Has ‘Oligarchs,’ the US Has ‘Businessmen’
Our elites are engaged in normal economic activity or else looking out for the betterment of humanity, while theirs are nefariously dominating politics.
Do Debate Questions Reflect Concerns of Democratic Voters?
Election Focus 2020: The fiscally conservative, risk-averse, largely-happy-with-the-status-quo voter—which, by the way, probably fits the profile of most of the corporate media questioners—would haunt much of NBC’s debates.
So Who Is Reporting That Trump Sanctions Have Killed Thousands of Venezuelans?
The study is the clearest evidence of the devastating impact US policy is having on the people of Venezuela.
Establishment Media and the Green New Deal: New Wine in Old Bottles
While the resolution was a radical departure from politics as usual, most corporate media filtered coverage of the “Green New Deal” through the lens of conventional expectations.
Zero Percent of Elite Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela
A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period, zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took an anti–regime change or pro-Maduro/Chavista position.
