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CNN Cleared to Join CBS Under Trumpian Paramount Ownership
Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, which faced legal action over concern that it consolidated too much media power, is now going forward.
‘There’s a History of Resistance to Corporate Crime’: Russell Mokhiber on covering corporate crime
“We sat around as a message to the future: not to close your eyes, to keep your eyes open, and if you see something, say something and take action.”
Five Years Later, Media Blame Afghans for US-Engineered Disaster
US media have covered the anniversary of US troop withdrawal by muddying the US role in the country’s hardships–as though Afghan history began in August 2021.
Hegseth Hoping His Media Minions Can Smooth His Way to the White House
Unable to change the realities on the ground, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking the next-best approach by trying to change the way the war is reported.
Russell Mokhiber on Covering Corporate Crime
Interrogating the role of profit-driven corporations in today’s journalism is crucial, but it’s part of questioning corporate power over our lives in general.
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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.
