Jim Naureckas

New York

Editor, Extra! Magazine at Fair

Editor of FAIR's magazine Extra! since 1990. On Mastodon https://t.co/2UAWnnEOLw

Articles

I Believe in Science-But Not Necessarily Science Journalism

1 week ago | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

I like to read science stories, even (maybe especially) when they’re not politically earthshaking. But sometimes what’s on the label is not what’s in the tin. Take a Popular Mechanics story, “The Dogs of Chernobyl Are Experiencing Rapid Evolution, Study Suggests” (6/8/25).
Chart Test

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

Jim Naureckas is the editor of FAIR.org, and has edited FAIR's print publication Extra! since 1990. He is the co-author of The Way Things Aren’t: Rush Limbaugh’s Reign of Error, and co-editor of The FAIR Reader. He was an investigative reporter for In These Times and managing editor of the Washington Report on the Hemisphere. Born in Libertyville, Illinois, he has a poli sci degree from Stanford. Since 1997 he has been married to Janine Jackson, FAIR’s program director.
Ellipses Test

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

Jim Naureckas is the editor of FAIR.org, and has edited FAIR's print publication Extra! since 1990. He is the co-author of The Way Things Aren’t: Rush Limbaugh’s Reign of Error, and co-editor of The FAIR Reader. He was an investigative reporter for In These Times and managing editor of the Washington Report on the Hemisphere. Born in Libertyville, Illinois, he has a poli sci degree from Stanford. Since 1997 he has been married to Janine Jackson, FAIR’s program director.
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy

1 month ago | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

A FAIR post (5/22/25) on New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger’s selective defense of press freedom (New York Times, 5/13/25) referred to him as someone who “clings to the false god of journalistic neutrality at all costs.” Natasha Lennard’s piece in the Intercept (5/20/25) on media coverage of the Trump administration’s arrest of Rep. LaMonica McIver (D–N.J.) illustrates what we mean by this.
Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption

1 month ago | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

New York Times reporter Eric Lipton (Bluesky, 5/12/25) defended his reference to lobbyists giving the Trump family millions of dollars to buy access to the president as “potentially corrupt.”“Corruption requires explicit quid pro quo,” Lipton maintained.
Donald Trump - FAIR

2 months ago | fair.org | Ari Paul |Julie Hollar |Janine Jackson |Jim Naureckas

If you relied on articles and broadcasts from the legacy national news media during early 2025, you wouldn’t know the extent of grassroots action.
Trump’s protest threat reflects belief that free speech belongs to some

Mar 6, 2025 | mronline.org | Jim Naureckas

In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow note that the Western notion of freedom derives from the Roman legal tradition, in which freedom was conceived as “the power of the male household head in ancient Rome, who could do whatever he liked with his chattels and possessions, including his children and slaves.”Because of this,freedom was always defined—at least potentially—as something exercised to the cost of others.
Trump’s Threats to Jail or Deport Campus Protesters Reveal His View of Free Speech | Common Dreams

Mar 5, 2025 | commondreams.org | Jim Naureckas

In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow note that the Western notion of freedom derives from the Roman legal tradition, in which freedom was conceived as “the power of the male household head in ancient Rome, who could do whatever he liked with his chattels and possessions, including his children and slaves.” Because of this, “freedom was always defined—at least potentially—as something exercised to the cost of others.” You have to understand this notion of freedom—that to...
Trump’s Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some

Mar 4, 2025 | fair.org | Jim Naureckas

In The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber and David Wengrow note that the Western notion of freedom derives from the Roman legal tradition, in which freedom was conceived as “the power of the male household head in ancient Rome, who could do whatever he liked with his chattels and possessions, including his children and slaves.” Because of this, “freedom was always defined—at least potentially—as something exercised to the cost of others.” You have to understand this notion of freedom—that to...
With zero evidence, NPR suggests Trump may ‘work for working class’ in second term

Feb 5, 2025 | mronline.org | Jim Naureckas

“Can Trump’s Second Act Work for the Working Class While Giving Back to His Super Donors?” asks NPR.com (2/1/25). The answer, from NPR senior editor and correspondent Ron Elving, is a resounding—maybe!Elving presents the politics of the second Trump administration as a perplexing paradox:Today we are confronted with an alliance between those whom political scientists might call plutocrats and those who are increasingly labeled populists. The contrast is stark, but the symbiosis is unmistakable.