‘Worship of the Holy Framers Offers Us Nothing to Deal With the Problems We Have Today’
“Trying to call gun violence a public health matter is perceived on the other side as just another trick to get the guns out of our hands.”
Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi
The question is whether the Court’s conservative majority can use its special brand of backwards-looking to determine this country’s future.
Depp/Heard Verdict a Loss for Violence Survivors—and a Free Press
The damage from the Depp/Heard case extends to all issues that depend on unfettered discussion in a free press.
‘Tolerance of Violence in Homes Is the Necessary Precursor to Public Violence’
“The reason that we don’t have a good understanding of domestic violence and sexual violence and the role that those play in persistent misogyny and racism is, frankly, because we don’t have a very diverse media.”
James Henry on Paradise Papers, Soraya Chemaly on Domestic Violence and Mass Killings
The millions of leaked documents dubbed the Paradise Papers bring some sunlight to an arena where secrecy is the point: the world of “offshore financial centers,” where a melange of the world’s wealthiest stash money, bilk governments and generally betray any notion of a social compact.
‘We Have to Look at How Tolerant We Are of Violence in Homes’
“The reason that we don’t have a good understanding of domestic violence and sexual violence and the role that those play in persistent misogyny and racism is, frankly, because we don’t have a very diverse media.”
Jorge Gutierrez and Soraya Chemaly on Orlando Massacre
While corporate media talked about “radical Islam,” others worked to maintain focus on the victims, with things like a short video from the group Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, featuring people talking about the killings and other violence they face.
Talking About Racism May Be Destructive to Cable Relationships—Unlike Domestic Violence Charges
without destroying your relationship there—bringing up the status of people of color at the network
Not All Domestic Violence Studies Are Created Equal
Recent media responses to a Department of Justice (DOJ) study on domestic violence raise an interesting question: What makes some DOJ studies less “scientific” than others? How can the same agency at times be a bastion of impartial science, and at others be a purveyor of questionable, ideology-driven data? The answer can be found not […]
Forgotten Behind Bars
One man’s prison rape story doesn’t come close to filling this kind of vacuum and mis-reporting in the newspaper of record. “Newspapers in New York could have a full time corrections reporter, there’s so much out there,” says Gary Craig. Not a bad idea.
Life Without Father
In July, the anti-feminist Independent Women’s Forum scored a double win worthy of the Women’s National Basketball Association: IWF representatives published op-ed articles in the New York Times (7/10/97) and the Wall Street Journal (7/11/97) on consecutive days with the very same message. And the message was repeated a third time on CBS Evening News […]
Battered Men? Battered Facts
Husbands are battered as much as wives in the U.S.? John Leo, syndicated U.S. News & World Report columnist, is sure of it. “There’s no doubt about this,” Leo said as a guest on CNN‘s Crossfire (7/2/94). “It was established in 1980 by a female researcher.” When co-host Michael Kinsley asked him if it seemed […]
A Hell of a Nice Murderer:
Tired of reporting fraught with double standards and a blame-the-victim mentality, a coalition of women’s rights advocates in San Francisco decided to study daily press coverage of violence against women. Barbara Johnson, an independent media critic who frequently works with FAIR, conducted an eight-month study of the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Examiner‘s coverage […]
Domestic Violence Campaign: Super Bowl Success Sparks Good Ol’ Boys’ Backlash
Shortly before the start of the Super Bowl on NBC this January, viewers saw a public service announcement that warned: “Domestic violence is a crime.” For some, the PSA came as a surprise, but not for those involved in the campaign to get 30 seconds of airtime donated to the ad. The moment (worth roughly […]
Super Bowl Sunday
The Super Bowl is one of the most widely viewed television events every year. Unfortunately, many women’s shelters report that Super Bowl Sunday is also one of the worst days of the year for violence against women in the home. At the request of FAIR’s Women’s Desk and other advocates for women, NBC Sports aired […]
