FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
When women’s basketball star Sheryl Swoopes publicly came out of the closet on October 26, she became one of the first openly gay athletes in professional team sports, and by far the most famous. It was a groundbreaking step made all the more remarkable by Swoopes’ star power: The WNBA’s only three-time MVP and a […]
Throughout the Iraq War, the mainstream media have shown little interest in documenting or quantifying the suffering of Iraqis. But a recent comment by George W. Bush provoked an unexpected round of discussion on the topic. At the close of a public event on December 12, Bush took questions from the audience. The very first […]
Polls Apart “Democrats Fear Backlash at Polls for Antiwar Remarks” was the Washington Post’s headline (12/7/05) over a report asserting that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s endorsement of a six-month withdrawal plan is “a position that polls show most Americans do not support.” While poll questions on Iraq withdrawal have not focused on Pelosi’s particular […]
