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Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA’s Culture of Violence
The right-wing movement Kirk was a crucial part of has played the leading role in dehumanizing others and normalizing violence.
When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests
Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion.
Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault
Can the Trump administration, or any administration, declare people guilty and summarily kill them based on that declaration?
‘Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast’: CounterSpin interview with Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and public health
“It is my opinion that misinformation—not just scientific, but all kinds—is the greatest existential threat to the United States right now.”
CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television
Face the Nation’s renunciation of editing comes in the wake of other recent capitulations by CBS and Paramount to Trump administration demands.
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FAIR Studies
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.
Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation
Gaza’s conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.
America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran
56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?
NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues
Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.
On CNN, LA’s ICE Protesters Were Seen and Not Heard
A FAIR study found that CNN’s primetime coverage of the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests in early June rarely included the voices of the protesters themselves.
