FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
One of the biggest dramas of the 1996 election–for the political press corps, at least–has been the question of the Republican platform’s abortion plank. Would Bob Dole alienate the religious right by trying to change the plank? Would he alienate pro-choice voters by not changing it? Will Pat Buchanan walk out of the convention? Can […]
It’s no small thing to win a public relations fight. A corporation under pressure benefits from the biases of the profit-making news media, but the pro-corporate leanings of commercial journalism don’t guarantee favorable coverage. What you need are propaganda-generating troops, and if you have the money, you can buy some. In the late 1980s, the […]
