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Gallup Ends Presidential Approval Polling After 88 Years—Likely Because a President Disapproved
Gallup’s extensive database had allowed journalists to compare approval ratings among all presidents since Franklin D. Roosevelt at various stages of their tenure.
‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’: CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history
“Right now is the exact moment that we should be looking back on the conditions that marginalized people experienced at this country’s formal conception.”
Gregory Shupak on the US War on Iran
It’s hard to parse US corporate news coverage of the attacks on Iran if you aren’t willing to let go of the idea that might does not, in fact, make right.
Three Massive Funds Control a Chunk of Most Media: Maybe that's why you might not have heard of them
Putting the interests of capital writ large above all else is the Big Three’s job.
Covering for International Abusers, Media Reverse Victim and Offender in Iran
US corporate media frequently presented Iran as responsible for the predictably violent consequences of the US/Israeli aggression.
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FAIR Studies
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.
When a Shooter Is Trans—and Not a Cis Male—Suddenly Identity Matters
Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.
Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.
