Extra! 1994 Ed. 6 – Update June

June 1, 1994

ABC’s Junk Science

Victor Neufeld, 20/20‘s executive producer, whose wife is a PR agent whohas represented the nuclear, chemical and plastics industries, has continued to steer the show away from environmental stories. In an Extra! expose (1-2/94), 20/20 staffers and ex-staffers told of Neufeld squelching stories critical of the nuclear industry and putting a spin on environmental stories […]

June 1, 1994

FAIR

NPR Health Reform ‘Debate’ Needs Second Opinion

Listeners to National Public Radio‘s Morning Edition are familiar with two regular pundits–former U.S. Representatives Tom Downey (D.-N.Y.) and Vin Weber (R.-Minn.)–who are supposed to give contrasting viewpoints on congressional events. But on the healthcare issue, NPR‘s point-counterpoint team are working for the same side–the side of the health insurance industry and healthcare companies who […]

What’s FAIR

FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. We expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, we believe that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.

Contact

Support

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.