FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
This week: Time slams public school teachers; what did their “bad apples” cover story get wrong? Plus we look at how ABC is framing the climate change debate among Republican politicians, and we note that election season pundits shouldn’t confuse the message they’re hearing from a minority of the population that votes with “the public.”
60 Minutes cheers on the FBI, NPR takes Netanyahu’s side on settlements, and media blur the difference between perception and reality.
The People’s Climate March wasn’t fit for TV news, Obama is a “reluctant warrior,” and the US has a “longtime concern” for human rights in Egypt.
Are corporate media banging the war drums in 2014 just like they did in 2003? USA Today promotes a poll that they say shows the public wants a more ‘muscular’ foreign policy. But is that really the message the public is sending? Plus the New York Times remembers a Chris Christie foreign policy ‘gaffe’– saying something accurate about the occupation of the West Bank.
On the show this week: On the day of his funeral, the New York Times declared that Michael Brown was “no angel.” We look at that and other shoddy reporting from Ferguson. Plus Newsweek spreads farfetched fear about Ebola and African immigrants, and we look at how often union leaders appear on the Sunday chat […]
Some good–and not so good–media reactions to the police killing of Michael Brown. Plus pundits wonder what took Obama so long to bomb Iraq, and two papers try to raise doubts about the death toll in Gaza.
This week’s show: Palestinian guests are asked to condemn Hamas. Do Israeli guests face similar treatment? Plus CBS goes to Michael Bloomberg for Africa analysis and the New York Times publishes a correction that makes a bigger mistake the article it was correcting. Watch:
This week on the show: Media figures demonstrate their concern for Israeli lives–and their lack of concern for Palestinians. Plus NBC host David Gregory makes a claim about Iran–and an Iranian official is there to challenge him. And ABC‘s Walmart report: Is it journalism or infomercial? Watch:
This week on FAIR TV: ABC’s embarrassing mistake in its Gaza coverage, This Week touts a right-wing conspiracy film and CBS presents viewers with the story of the risk-taking billionaire CEO who is cutting thousands of jobs.
This week: Media cover right-wing domestic terrorism–without calling it terrorism. Plus CNN’s left/right discussion of Israeli occupation left a lot to be desired, and USA Today calls Walmart protesters “party poopers.” Watch:
Tracing the “Putin is delusional” storyline. CBS gives viewers an energy expert who just so happens to work for the oil industry. And there’s good economic news: We’re all rich again! Well, not all of us.
Big-time journalists think Obama should approve the Keystone pipeline to show that he wants to make Republicans happy. ABC tells us about an “average” family’s 401K plan–which isn’t average at all. And Fox host Bill O’Reilly says he’s trustworthy–take his word for it.
Food stamp cuts are an encouraging sign of bipartisanship, according to some media accounts. And journalists are fascinated by the “real” Mitt Romney. Plus a domestic terror trial that’s not getting much press attention–perhaps because the terror suspects aren’t Muslims.
This week on the show: Does Chris Christie have a temper problem? Fox‘s Brit Hume has some thoughts. CBS covers French politics–well, mostly a French politician’s sex life. And Time puts Hillary Clinton’s nonexistent presidential campaign on its latest cover. Watch:
This week on FAIR TV: What are media missing in their tributes to Nelson Mandela? We share a few thoughts. Also: USA Today‘s front page told readers that the US public is mostly opposed to the tentative deal on Iran’s nuclear program. That’s not what most other polls are saying. We’ll explain why.
The Washington Post warns Democrats not to veer too far to the left, CBS helps Amazon.com with some drone PR, and we take a look at the media hype about the so-called “knockout game.”
This week on FAIR TV: Obamacare is like Hurricane Katrina? No, says one pundit: It’s like Obama’s Iraq War. Also this week: The Washington Post does PR for Paul Ryan as a poverty fighter, and CNN responds to its unbalanced pro-nuclear documentary with…a pro-nuke panel discussion.
This week on FAIR TV: Media still hesitate to talk about climate change when covering extreme weather like the typhoon that just ravaged the Philippines. Chris Christie is “magical,” says one pundit–we’ll tell you what his trick is. And nuclear negotiations don’t make media coverage of Iran any better.
Media are showing keen interest in stories about problems with individual insurance policies. But are they getting the story right? And did CBS ask tough questions of the former deputy director of the CIA–or did they throw softballs? Plus NBC and ABC offer examples of corporate synergy at work, using their news divisions to promote […]
60 Minutes goes after disability benefits, government leaks on that Somalia raid, and Time magazine’s Iran timeline is missing some important history.
