FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
As evidence continues to emerge that global warming is already occurring (Nature, 4/23/98), the oil industry is gearing up to try to convince the public that science is still uncertain. Representatives from the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon, Chevron and from corporate-backed think tanks got together to produce a “Global Climate Science Communications Action Plan,” a […]
CNN‘s recent retraction of its “Valley of Death” story might suggest that American journalism maintains high standards for military or intelligence-related reporting–and sets the record straight when those standards aren’t met. In July, CNN (and corporate sibling Time) retracted reports that U.S. special forces operating illegally in Laos in 1970 had used nerve gas as […]
