Media & Communication

"He did what Oppenheimer wouldn't do.... And the result was that we have not seen an atomic bomb used since Nagasaki." The post ‘A Monopoly on the Bomb Would Be a Catastrophe for the World’: <br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Dave Lindorff on Spy for No Country appeared first on FAIR.

The long-fought effort to get legal acknowledgement of the abuse of Iraqi detainees in the Iraq War is coming to a federal court in Virginia. The post Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Lawsuit, Dave Lindorff on <i>Spy for No Country</i> appeared first on FAIR.

With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East. The post The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All appeared first on FAIR.

"I know all of the cases that they cherry-picked their text fragments from. They stitched together excerpts." The post ‘I Knew They Had Fabricated a False Narrative’: <br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>Interview with Estela Aranha on 'Twitter Files Brazil' appeared first on FAIR.

A New York Times memo seemed designed to dampen criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza and to reinforce the Israeli narrative of the conflict. The post ACTION ALERT: NYT’s War on Words: Avoid ‘Palestine,’ ‘Genocide,’ ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ appeared first on FAIR.

Since October 7, leading papers have overwhelmingly applied the term "brutal" to violence committed by Palestinians rather than by Israelis. The post ‘Brutal’ Is a Word Mostly Reserved for Palestinian Violence appeared first on FAIR.

"The problem in Haiti is...the way that the economy has been artificially propped up to support foreign enterprises." The post ‘Interventions Laid the Groundwork for the Crisis in Haiti Today’<br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Chris Bernadel on Haiti appeared first on FAIR.

What needs to change in Haiti includes Western media presentations that ignore or erase even recent history. The post Chris Bernadel on Haiti appeared first on FAIR.

Elon Musk's defiance of a Brazilian judge is a political campaign to use social media to reshape global politics in favor of the right. The post Musk Is Consistent in His Opposition to Internet Democracy appeared first on FAIR.

"There's no sense in which holding corporations accountable for following the law is going to interfere with the functioning of the economy." The post ‘Punishments for Corporations and CEOs Are Just Paltry’: <br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Robert Weissman on Boeing scandal appeared first on FAIR.

Corporate profit margins are at a level not seen since the 1950s, as abject greed was whistled past by the press corps. The post Rakeen Mabud on Greedflation, Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone appeared first on FAIR.

The New York Times offered no rebuttal from any international law scholar to the US claim that the ceasefire resolution was "nonbinding." The post UN Tells Israel: Cease Fire; NYT Says: If You Want appeared first on FAIR.

  Janine Jackson interviewed IPS’s Phyllis Bennis about the Gaza ceasefire resolution for the March 29, 2024, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.   Janine Jackson: Reuters reported on March 22 that the United Nations Security Council had rejected a resolution, proposed by the US, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, and […] The post ‘This Is About What Has to Happen to Stop This Genocide’:  <br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpi..

The Truth vs. Alex Jones depicts Jones' transformation from an Austin, Texas–based public access weirdo into a powerful right-wing influencer. The post New Doc Traces Alex Jones’ Footprints on Our Post-Truth Landscape appeared first on FAIR.

Fox created a fear-mongering narrative that distorts the reality of what is actually occurring at the southern border. The post Fox News Border Stats Distort Immigration Reality appeared first on FAIR.

A senior UN human rights official says there is a "plausible" case that Israel is using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza, a war crime. The post Phyllis Bennis on Gaza Ceasefire Resolution, Robert Weissman on Boeing Scandal appeared first on FAIR.

It's heartening that pushback from journalists forced a reversal, but the network's hiring decision was shameful in the first place. The post In Unhiring Ronna McDaniel, NBC Made the Right Move for the Wrong Reason appeared first on FAIR.

Elon Musk has tried to use his wealth to crush free speech. Now his friends in government are joining his efforts to silence critics. The post ‘Free Speech’ Fan Elon Musk Enlists State Allies to Silence Critics appeared first on FAIR.

"It doesn't have to be about just showing the destruction and carnage. There are ways that you can empower people to take action." The post ‘In Even the Best Coverage There Is No Accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry’<br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Evlondo Cooper on climate coverage appeared first on FAIR.

"They could buy the newspaper for a song, sell the building, maybe sell the printing press...and they've already made their money back." The post ‘This Decline in Local Journalism Was Noticed First by Journalists Themselves’  appeared first on FAIR.

The Murdoch empire professed outrage at the idea of an American official intervening in the politics of another country. The post What the Chuck? Murdoch Defends Bibi From Senate Leader appeared first on FAIR.

Investigative reporters and social media users have become adept at recognizing pro-Israeli contortions and patterns of language. The post Flour Massacre Called ‘Aid-Related Deaths’—Rather Than Part of Israel’s Engineered Famine appeared first on FAIR.

Elite media still can’t quite connect images of floods or fires to the triumphant shareholder meetings of the fossil fuel companies. The post Evlondo Cooper on Climate Coverage, Rick Goldsmith on Stripped for Parts appeared first on FAIR.

Establishment media in the US were slow to cover South Africa’s charge—initially providing the public with thin to no reporting on the case. The post Establishment Papers Fell Short in Coverage of Genocide Charges appeared first on FAIR.

"The United States, through the coup d'etat, was in cahoots with elite power in Honduras that replaced a democratically elected president." The post ‘The US State Department Is Complicit With Juan Orlando Hernández’ <br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran ex-president conviction appeared first on FAIR.

"States have the ability to simply say, 'You can't sell this stuff...and then unsell it using an unfair and deceptive contract.'" The post ‘They’re Marketing to Us That We’re Too Stupid to Fix Our Stuff’<br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Gay Gordon-Byrne on right to repair appeared first on FAIR.

Industry still argues that that cellphone isn't really "yours," in the sense that you can't fix it if it breaks. The post Gay Gordon-Byrne on Right to Repair, Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Ex-President Conviction appeared first on FAIR.

The US government campaign against TikTok has very little to do with privacy, and everything to do with McCarthyism and neo-Cold War fervor. The post House Votes Against TikTok—and for More Cold War appeared first on FAIR.

"I found a bunch of liberal organizations that sought to reform this and that, expand this and that, or reestablish particular programs." The post ‘That’s What US Capitalism Does Right Now. It Jettisons Its Elders.’<br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Alfredo Lopez on Radical Elders appeared first on FAIR.

"When the chips are down, the Constitution is only as good as the worst five people who sit on the Supreme Court." The post ‘This Court Is Not Going to Protect Us From Donald Trump’<br></em><span class='not-on-index' style='color:#000000; font-size: 23px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; font-family: 'Open Sans','sans-serif'; padding-bottom: -10px;'>CounterSpin interview with Ian Millhiser on Trump and Supreme Court appeared first on FAIR.