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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
Korean Voices Missing From Major Papers’ Opinions on Singapore Summit
In major-paper opinion coverage of the Singapore summit, the people with the most to lose and gain from the summit, the people whose nation was actually being discussed—Koreans—were almost uniformly ignored.
Out of 26 Major Editorials on Trump’s Syria Strikes, Zero Opposed
A survey by FAIR of the top 100 papers in the US by circulation found not a single editorial board opposed to Trump’s April 13 airstrikes on Syria. Twenty supported the strikes, while six were ambiguous as to whether or not the bombing was advisable. The remaining 74 issued no opinion about Trump’s latest escalation of the Syrian war.
Few to No Anti-Bombing Voices as Trump Prepares to Escalate Syria War
The curators of American public opinion at the three most influential broadsheets in the United States have decided that dissent from the build-up to new airstrikes on Syria is not really an opinion worth hearing.
West Virginia Strike Highlights Corporate Media’s Atrophied Labor Coverage
The statewide teachers and school staffers strike in West Virginia—just concluded earlier this week with a stunning victory by the union—offers an ominous case study of the state of labor coverage in the national press.
