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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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‘Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music’: CounterSpin interview with Tom Morello on music as protest

4 days ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed guitarist Tom Morello about music as protest for the May 30, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250530Morello.mp3Janine Jackson: We know the roll by now: Trump blurts out his latest hateful fever dream, and then anyone seeking favor scrambles to, if not make it make sense, make it happen.
‘Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again’: CounterSpin interview with Bryce Covert on work requirements

1 week ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed independent journalist Bryce Covert about Medicaid work requirements for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
‘The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare’: CounterSpin interview with Erin Reed on trans care 'questions'

1 week ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Erin in the Morning‘s Erin Reed about transgender care “questions” for the May 23, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack

1 week ago | fair.org | Ari Paul

Elias Rodriguez is the suspect in the murder of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington, DC, outside a diplomatic reception at the Capital Jewish Museum. Journalist Ken Klippenstein (Substack, 5/22/25) has posted what he believes to be an authentic manifesto of the alleged shooter, a story that was subsequently reported on in the Jewish and Israeli press (Forward, 5/22/25; Israel Hayom, 5/22/25; Jewish Chronicle, 5/22/25).
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy

2 weeks 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.
‘I’m Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media’: CounterSpin interview with Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's aid blockade

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed UNRWA USA’s Mara Kronenfeld about Israel’s aid blockade for the May 16, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250516Kronenfeld.mp3Janine Jackson: It’s long been said of the turmoil in Israel/Palestine that your understanding is shaped by when you’re told to start the clock.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Ari Paul

New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger delivered an impassioned defense of press freedom to the Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame, which later ran in the Times (5/13/25). At first glance, Sulzberger is repeating what many free press advocates, including myself (FAIR.org, 11/14/24, 2/26/25, 4/25/25), have said, which is that press freedom is under attack, and it is incumbent upon free society to fight back.
How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don’t Have to Give a Damn

3 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

More than two months ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a complete blockade of aid—including food, water and medical supplies—from entering the besieged Gaza strip.
‘This Budget Would Give Polluters the Green Light’: CounterSpin interview with Ashley Nunes on public land selloff

3 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Biological Diversity’s Ashley Nunes about the selloff of public lands for the May 9, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.
Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption

3 weeks 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.