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WaPo Tries Old Tricks to Smear DC’s DSA-Backed Mayoral Candidate
In close Washington, DC, mayoral elections, the Washington Post associates the candidate it wants to lose with extremists and corruption, facts be damned.
‘You Have This Assumption That It’s Going to Be Easy to Overthrow the Iranian Government’: CounterSpin interview with Annelle Sheline on Iran War questions
“Not only did sanctions harm the populations and consolidate the control of the government, they also undermine US interests in the long term.”
Melissa Garriga on Data Centers
Data centers are very much brick and mortar—despite press coverage that suggests that artificial intelligence all happens in the ether somewhere.
Fuhrman Left His Mark on Media
After Mark Fuhrman became a symbol of a divided America, it’s quite telling that the disgraced cop later found a landing place on Fox News.
Annelle Sheline on Iran War Questions
Why is the US at war with Iran? What is the hoped-for outcome? Who is hoping for it? And what of the millions who got something they didn’t hope for?
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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.
