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Terri Gerstein on Gig Workers’ Rights
Corporate media lionize corporations that make vast profits by exploiting their employees—such that those workers need government assistance to stay alive.
Axios Looks for Silver Lining in Trump’s Tinfoil Economy
“Voters don’t care.” Axios writes, that “the economy’s not that bad.” Axios doesn’t seem to care about giving voters an accurate picture of Trump’s economy.
Florida’s Lawsuit Against NYT’s Gaza Coverage Is Pure Desperation
Florida’s lawsuit against the New York Times says less about the newspaper’s Israel/Palestine coverage than it does about the state of the pro-Israel right.
‘Pinochet Carried Out Terrorism Less Than Two Miles From the White House’: CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on Letelier/Moffitt murders
“Unfortunately our history is always going to be a few steps forward and a couple steps back, and people just need to keep pushing through that.”
Corporate Media Don’t Understand the Houthis—and Don’t Want You to, Either
Corporate media see one thing above all that anyone needs to know about the Houthis: They are simply proxies of Iran, the West’s current favorite enemy.
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FAIR Studies
Whose Voices Are Centered in Coverage of Cuban Crisis? A FAIR Study
The New York Times, Miami Herald and Associated Press each covered the Cuban crisis extensively, but the coverage varied dramatically across outlets.
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.
