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FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.

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Pundits Try to Make ‘Progressive’ Case for Kennedy

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2024/12/05

Many commentators have worked hard to downplay the danger Robert Kennedy Jr. would pose to the US public as health and human services secretary.

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DC Station Rewrites Gas Exposé After a Word From Its...

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2024/12/03

An editor’s note said: “This story…has been updated to include additional research.” A more honest note might have read: “We changed this story to keep a sponsor happy.”

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‘At Abu Ghraib, There Was a Conspiracy to...

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2024/12/03

"The jury found not that our clients 'claimed' that they were tortured, but that our clients *were* subjected to torture."

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How Trump Will Seek Revenge on the Press

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2024/11/14

Given Trump’s constant attacks on media, journalists fear that he will use the power of the state to intimidate if not destroy the press.

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‘MAGA Republicans and Corporate Media Share a...

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2024/11/13

"You would expect journalists in a democratic society to take as the central story here that targeting of these minority groups."

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Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese...

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2024/11/09

Western corporate media outlets have done a fine job of legitimizing Israel's mass killing, displacement and destruction in Lebanon.

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Chris Matthews Garbles It All for You

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2024/11/08

MSNBC's Chris Matthews used his post-election appearance on Morning Joe to demonstrate just how unhelpful political commentary can be.

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Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for...

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2024/11/08

We talk about what just happened, and corporate media’s role in it, with Julie Hollar, senior analyst at the media watch group FAIR, and FAIR’s editor Jim Naureckas.

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Media Blame Left for Trump Victory—Rather Than Their...

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2024/11/07

Coverage of issues in this election season dovetailed well with the Trump campaign's lines of attack against the Biden/Harris administration.

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WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption’s...

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2024/10/31

The Washington Post's "Climate Lab" seems to be working hard to cast doubt on whether climate change is really causing weather disasters to be more expensive.

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‘The Point Is to Sprinkle a Little Doubt About the...

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2024/10/31

"People will...use the filing of the lawsuit itself as its own form of proof, even though the lawsuit itself doesn't contain proof."

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Bezos’ Declaration of Neutrality Confirms:...

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2024/10/30

While media are focused on how Bezos bent the knee for Trump, it may be President Harris whom Jeff Bezos fears most.

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White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not...

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2024/10/29

Not only are white men without college degrees not uniquely disadvantaged, they're actually better paid than any other demographic without a college degree.

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In Midst of Palestinian Genocide, Late Hamas Leader...

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2024/10/26

After the Israeli military killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, it didn’t take long for the usual media suspects to line up with their anti-eulogies.

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Non-Endorsements Another Sign of Our...

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2024/10/25

In blocking endorsements expected to go to Trump's opponent, billionaire owners are using their media power to help a fellow billionaire.

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Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran

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2024/10/25

The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.

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Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as...

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2024/10/25

Trump’s “Big Lie” attorneys are not so much returning to the field, but actually never left.

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CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to...

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2024/10/24

CPB declared it was giving NPR $1.9 million in "editorial enhancement" funding--using language that reads as a direct response to the recent right-wing criticism.

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‘We’re Witnessing This Global Tidal Wave of...

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2024/10/24

"We cannot say we are for press freedom when we are giving Israel the guns it assassinates Palestinian journalists with."

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US Sanctions Shoot Down Sputnik Radio

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2024/10/22

Russian state radio network Radio Sputnik is off the air in the two markets on which it aired in the United States, and the cause of the closure is reportedly US government sanctions.

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