Media

Covering the Impact of Climate Change—Without Mentioning Climate Change

Olivia Riggio FAIR Euronews (6/26/26) shows how easy it is to link extreme weather to climate change, and climate change to fossil fuels. Severe weather has gripped the globe this week, with record-shattering, deadly heat in Western Europe. In the US, heat, wind and drought conditions fueled wildfires in the Southwest, while heavy thunderstorms, wind and…

Press Sees Mamdani as ‘Kingmaker’ Because They Don’t See Voters as Rational

Janine Jackson FAIR To translate from the Murdochian, “hateful” here means being opposed to genocide, police brutality and rent-gouging (New York Post, 6/24/26). The win by a number of progressive candidates in New York City primaries told us something about corporate media. Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post (6/24/26) surprised no one with a front page declaiming: “The Hateful…

How Many Ways Can You Avoid Reporting That Cops Killed a Baby?

Janine Jackson FAIR “One-Year-Old Boy Killed After Officer Fires at Vehicle in Mississippi,” said the New York Times headline (6/16/26). So, a “one-year-old boy”—what most people would call a baby—was “killed after” a police officer fired at a vehicle, but there’s no verb you could use to connect those two things? The Times subhed continued that pacifying work: It is…

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