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Corporate Media Mock Chicago Teachers for Trying to Help Their Community
Billionaire-owned media outlets have framed teachers’ advocacy for their students and communities as self-serving.
Media Focus on Epstein’s Powerful Friends Erases Their Victims
Most elite media coverage has focused not on Epstein’s victims, but on the lifestyles of Jeffrey Epstein and his rich and famous friends.
‘The Risk Is Reporting This Like It’s a Normal Political Story’: CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on attacks on voting
“While it’s been portrayed as about 2020, I think the bigger reason they want the ballots is about 2026 and 2028.”
DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties—But Media Still Aren’t Much Interested
Only a few US corporate media outlets have referenced the latest Epstein/Israel revelations–and these framed them as at best conspiracy-adjacent.
Reed Lindsay on the War on Cuba
The Trump White House is openly trying to harm the Cuban people, and US media are openly trying to sell that to us as something to root for.
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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.
