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CNBC Helps SpaceX Pull Off Trillion-Dollar Pump-and-Dump
CNBC pumped SpaceX stock by inviting sources with vested interests to celebrate Musk’s cult of personality and obfuscate the company’s magical thinking.
Mia Ives-Rublee on Disability Directive
Corporate news reporters whistle past a Trump administration directive advising states to ignore policies that integrate disabled people into communities.
Corporate Pundits Panic Over Democratic Voters’ Socialist Preferences
Alarmed by voters’ rejection of corporate media’s preference for moderates, establishment media outlets reacted with panicked op-eds.
NYT Reported Iran Deal From Pro-Israel, Pro-War Perspective
Why did Trump end the war without limiting Iran’s “nuclear program” and its support for “proxy forces,” or without conducting “regime” change?
‘Anyone Whose Beliefs Are Inconvenient Becomes a Terrorist’: CounterSpin interview with Seth Stern on criminalizing dissent
“When there’s enough resistance, the administration will back down, or shift its priorities. People do have the power to do that.”
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FAIR Studies
Climate Coverage Plunges, Though Crisis More Dire Than Ever
The scientific consensus that we need to phase out fossil fuels fast has not changed, but coverage about climate change in US news outlets has plunged.
A History of Iran Propaganda
CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.
The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.
After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that “the war in Gaza is over” on October 3, 2025, US news outlets’ interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.
Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
