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FAIR, a national organization focused on monitoring the media, has been highlighting issues of media bias and censorship since 1986. Our mission is to strengthen the First Amendment by promoting a wider range of voices in the media and examining practices that overlook public interests, minority opinions, and dissenting views. As an organization against censorship, we bring attention to underreported stories and support journalists facing suppression. We advocate for progressive changes, believing that significant reforms are essential to dismantle the large media conglomerates, create independent public broadcasting, and encourage robust non-profit news sources.

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‘Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness’: CounterSpin interview with Farrah Hassen on criminalizing homelessness

1 week ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Cal Poly Pomona’s Farrah Hassen about criminalizing homelessness for the June 12, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250613Hassen.mp3Janine Jackson: In 1999, then–New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani declared that “streets do not exist in civilized societies for the purpose of people sleeping there.
Murdoch Cheers on Candidate’s Arrest-and Authoritarianism

1 week ago | fair.org | Ari Paul

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained New York City’s comptroller, Brad Lander, as he and other activists escorted immigrants in the halls of Manhattan’s federal immigration court house (AP, 6/17/25; New York Times, 6/17/25; Democracy Now!, 6/18/25). Lander is a progressive Democrat running for mayor, although he is trailing in the polls.
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).
Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran

1 week ago | fair.org | Belen Fernandez

Imagine for a moment that Country A launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Country B. In any sort of objective world, you might expect media coverage of the episode to go something along the lines of: “Country A Launches Illegal and Unprovoked Attack on Country B.”Not so in the case of Israel, whose special relationship with the United States means it gets special coverage in the US corporate media.
NYT Undermines Fight Against Antisemitism by Using It as Shield for Zionism

1 week ago | fair.org | Ari Paul

Pro-Israel zealots commonly attempt to discredit criticism of the Israeli government by equating such criticism with antisemitism, because Israel is the world’s only state with a Jewish majority. One way of lifting up this accusation is to say that pro-Palestine leftists hold Israel to a different standard by focusing on Israel and ignoring human rights concerns in other countries.
How NYT Magazine Threw Away Journalistic Ethics on Suicide

1 week ago | fair.org | Justine Barron

Trigger warning: discussion of suicide and its depictions. The New York Times Magazine recently published a cover story (6/1/25) that gave in-depth representation to the challenges faced by a chronically sick, disabled woman named Paula Ritchie, age 52. Ritchie dealt with underdiagnosed illnesses and pain, as well as challenges in supporting herself and managing her mental health. The Times then told the story of Ritchie ending her own life out of despair over her situation.
How to Subtly Undermine a Promising Left-Wing Candidate

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Raina Lipsitz

There’s an art to writing a profile of a political candidate that sows doubt about their fitness for office without attacking them directly. Done smoothly, it can be more damaging than an overt hit piece. “Zohran Mamdani Crashes the Party,” a recent New York magazine profile (5/20/25) of the New York State Assembly member and New York City mayoral candidate, is a prime example. The headline and subhead (“He’s selling the dream of a socialist New York.
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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.
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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.
‘The Families Wanted Boeing to Face Real Accountability’:CounterSpin interview with Katya Schwenk on Boeing deal

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed independent journalist Katya Schwenk about Boeing’s non-prosecution deal for the June 6, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.