NYT Scolds China for Not ‘Learning to Live’—or Die—With Covid
By Jim Naureckas / FAIR Four and a half million people. That’s how many Chinese people would have died from Covid-19 had its government taken the same approach to the…
Factchecking the Factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and Media Access
Millions of people in the Soviet Union, including virtually all intellectuals, had access to and tuned into Western media in the 1970s.
WSJ Sells Lithium Neocolonialism as Climate Necessity
By Teddy Ostrow / FAIR True to its name, the Wall Street Journal never fails to lay bare its corporate sympathies. In a recent feature headlined “The Place With the…
NPR Distorts History of US Invasion of Afghanistan
By Bryce Greene / FAIR In the first part of a series of reports on Afghanistan, NPR host Steve Inskeep (Morning Edition, 8/5/22) interviewed current Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob…
Why Is There More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than About Banning Them?
By Karl Grossman / FAIR It’s of critical importance—indeed, existential importance—to the world: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. And a coalition of peace organizations in the United…
Chile’s Draft Constitution: Undemocratic—or Too Much Democracy?
By Ari Paul / FAIR Chileans will vote in September on whether to approve a new constitution that promises to address inequality and lack of democracy (Reuters, 7/4/22). It would…
Turning a San Francisco Recall Into Rout for Police Reform
By Dave Lindorff / FAIR San Francisco voted on June 7 to recall its district attorney, Chesa Boudin, a reformer who had challenged the traditional “lock ’em up” policies of…
In The Wake of Abu Akleh’s Murder, Media Continued to Obscure Israeli Violence
By Robin Andersen / FAIR On May 13, two days after the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces, as her loss still dominated international…
‘In the Middle East, We Are Hearing a New Set of Excuses to Justify the Same Old Policy’
CounterSpin interview with Raed Jarrar on Biden's Saudi trip.
NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts
By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ first budget agreement, saying it “excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city’s…
Calling Russia’s Attack ‘Unprovoked’ Lets U.S. Off the Hook
By Bryce Greene / FAIR Many governments and media figures are rightly condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine as an act of aggression and a violation of international…
The Ugly Truth Behind Vaccine ‘Hacking’ Concerns
Does it make sense to describe the alleged "stealing" of Covid-19 vaccine research by Russian and Chinese hackers as a form of “theft”?
Jeff Cohen: The Biggest Threat to Free Speech No One Is Talking About
The FAIR co-founder dissects the failures of the mainstream media, the midterm elections and the future of the Democratic Party.