FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
A presidential campaign starting many months early isn’t necessarily a bad thing. With a crowded field of candidates in both parties and no clear frontrunners, there could be ample time to discuss major policy differences on Iraq, healthcare and the like. But the early primary season has instead seen reporters fixated on campaign fundraising and […]
The coverage and commentary set off by the release of Sicko, Michael Moore’s documentary about the failures of the U.S. healthcare system, was certainly enlightening–as an example of how corporate media continue to twist and restrict the much-needed debate on healthcare reform. Aside from an occasional concession that 46 million uninsured Americans are indeed problematic, […]
When they’re discussed at all by corporate media, civilian deaths in Afghanistan are often presented as a tactical or public relations problem for U.S. military and political officials, or labeled as “accidental” or “errant.” The civilian deaths are not accidents, however; they are the predictable result of a deliberate decision to protect American troops by […]
An Ill-Serving Survey MSNBC.com’s Bill Dedman’s story (6/21/07) on the political donations of journalists was headlined “Journalists Dole Out Cash to Politicians,” but Dedman found just 143 newsroom employees (out of more than 100,000 across the country) who donated to political campaigns. As Chris Daly (JournalismProfessor.com, 6/22/07) pointed out, a more accurate headline would have […]
