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Since the fall of 1986, FAIR has been monitoring corporate media to document bias, government influence and skewed reporting, while championing the efforts of independent journalism.

CounterSpin's interview with Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on gambling with the news:"This will incentivize the news to pr...
12/20/2025

CounterSpin's interview with Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on gambling with the news:

"This will incentivize the news to prioritize that which solicits the most gambling, and not that which has the most political or social relevance, not that which challenges power, not that which exposes injustice or highlights misdeeds, but that which generates people wagering."

We’re learning about the deal just struck by “news” outlets CNN and CNBC with the “prediction market operator” Kalshi Inc.

Trump’s FCC is seeking to further loosen ownership limits and allow powerful media conglomerates to usurp more of the ai...
12/20/2025

Trump’s FCC is seeking to further loosen ownership limits and allow powerful media conglomerates to usurp more of the airwaves.

Allowing allegedly local broadcast firms to acquire even more stations will put control over news in still fewer, more corporate hands.

One has to wonder if nonprofits really think scrubbing their website of language about diversity and inclusion is going ...
12/19/2025

One has to wonder if nonprofits really think scrubbing their website of language about diversity and inclusion is going to spare them from the Trump administration’s budget knives.

Threats of funding cuts don’t just endanger nonprofits, they warp them—which is why putting political strings on funding violates the First Amendment.

You might find dry, data-based acknowledgement that workers’ wages haven’t kept up with productivity, or with inflation ...
12/19/2025

You might find dry, data-based acknowledgement that workers’ wages haven’t kept up with productivity, or with inflation – maybe there’s even a graph. But elite media show no substantive, sustained interest in asking what forces can be brought to bear against corporate power, and its whims and prejudices. Where power is, who has it, how it’s used: That’s the intentional emptiness at the center of corporate media’s storytelling – and it’s where independent reporters start.

Even Forbes has to acknowledge that even as the Starbucks strike “drags” into a second month, “global support grows.”

Trump’s fantasy of triumphing over 3,000 years of history helped news outlets put into the rearview mirror the two bruta...
12/18/2025

Trump’s fantasy of triumphing over 3,000 years of history helped news outlets put into the rearview mirror the two brutal years Israel spent annihilating Gaza.

Despite Trump’s pronouncement, a "peace" has not held, though the fantasy narrative has.

There is no actual evidence cited in these pieces that the killers were in any way inspired by recent protests about Isr...
12/16/2025

There is no actual evidence cited in these pieces that the killers were in any way inspired by recent protests about Israel’s war against Gaza. To say the least, it’s unlikely that followers of ISIS are looking to US campus protesters or Democratic Socialists of America mayoral candidates for strategic guidance.

The rush to blame the shooting on a pro-Palestinian slogan reflects the extent to which media serve as an echo chamber for Israeli talking points.

Some people say that the New York Times has downplayed documented human rights abuses against Palestinians while spotlig...
12/12/2025

Some people say that the New York Times has downplayed documented human rights abuses against Palestinians while spotlighting dubious atrocity claims by discredited Israeli partisans. Others say Times journalists are "mouthpieces for Hamas." The existence of both criticisms, in the Times' view, proves that the paper is doing a fair and unbiased job.

Even as NYT chief Joe Kahn was clamping down on the newsroom, he offered praise to then-President Joe Biden for backing Israel’s genocide.

Transcript of CounterSpin's interview with Alex Main on US interference in Honduras' election:"Honduras remains perhaps ...
12/12/2025

Transcript of CounterSpin's interview with Alex Main on US interference in Honduras' election:

"Honduras remains perhaps more geostrategic than ever, in the eyes of the folks in charge now in Washington, DC. And that has had a huge influence on what happens in the country, because the US has just an enormous amount of economic influence there. Honduras is heavily dependent, not just on trade with the US, but also on remittances from Hondurans that are in the US. They're a big part of the annual GDP of the country.

"And so every little thing that the US does and says regarding Honduras really has huge effects in the country, effects that are very rarely noted here."

"If you are a right-wing Latin American government that's aligned with the US, you get a free pass in the media."

CNN and CNBC have announced they are “partnering” with Kalshi Inc., described by Wikipedia as a financial exchange and p...
12/12/2025

CNN and CNBC have announced they are “partnering” with Kalshi Inc., described by Wikipedia as a financial exchange and prediction market offering gambling via event contracts. Their tagline is: “Prediction Market for Trading the Future.”

So these news outlets, we’re told, will now integrate Kalshi’s predictive information into their journalism. We could joke: "What could go wrong?" But, seriously, what could go right?

We’re learning about the deal just struck by “news” outlets CNN and CNBC with the “prediction market operator” Kalshi Inc.

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Since 1986, FAIR has been monitoring corporate media to document bias, government influence and skewed reporting, while championing the efforts of independent journalism.