FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
Real-life socialist Paul Street (ZNet, 3/5/09) takes issue with a Newsweek cover story “about the Obama administration’s economic recovery and bailout plan… that ‘…has already–under a conservative Republican administration–effectively nationalized the banking and mortgage industries.’” Though the piece bore “the remarkable title ‘We are All Socialists Now,’” Street lists “four key things missing from this […]
It’s kind of logical. In a pathological way. A country that devotes a vast array of resources to killing capabilities will steadily undermine its potential for healing. For social justice. For healthcare as a human right. Martin Luther King Jr. described the horrific trendline four decades ago: “A nation that continues year after year to […]
After televangelist Pat Robertson publicly called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frias (700 Club, 8/22/05), the editors of several major newspapers were quick to denounce his outrageous incitement to violence. However, in criticizing the conservative televangelist, the prestige press overlooked its own highly antagonistic treatment of Venezuela’s president, which surely contributed to […]
