Issue Area: Race and Racism
Institutional Racism Ignored: More feelings than facts in coverage of inequality (October 2009) By
Misjudging Sotomayor Coverage: Not much of a case for left-wing media bias (August 2009) By and
Hate Speech, Media Activism and the First Amendment: Putting a spotlight on dehumanizing language (May 2009) By
Misjudging Sotomayor Coverage: Not much of a case for left-wing media bias (August 2009) By and
Hate Speech, Media Activism and the First Amendment: Putting a spotlight on dehumanizing language (May 2009) By
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Scapegoating Minorities for Failures of Banking: Blaming CRA makes little sense, but gets finance industry off the hook (January 2009) By
Making Islamophobia Mainstream: How Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry (November/December 2008) By and
‘Secret Muslims,’ Open Bigotry: Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign (November/December 2008) By and
Islamofascism: A fringe term goes mainstream, with a little help from the media (10/1/08) By and
Daniel Pipes' Witch Hunt at a Public School (10/1/08) By and
Michelle Malkin Cooks Up Terrorist Donuts (10/1/08) By and
The Dirty Dozen: Who's who among America's leading Islamophobes (10/1/08) By and
Playing the Racism Card: Race-baiters are no strangers in the McCain camp (Update October 2008) By
Homophobia, Racism and Sexism?: The Connections Are Clear to Far Right (July/August 1995) By
Inventing Obama’s Race Problem: Media muddle needs some sort of trouble (September/October 2008) By
Obama the Snob?: Hanging the ‘elitist’ label on another Democratic candidate (July/August 2008) By
William F. Buckley, Rest in Praise: Glowing obits obscure an ugly record (May/June 2008) By
'Tribal’ Label Distorts African Conflicts: Ethnic framing may obscure political contexts (May/June 2008) By
Endorsing a Different Standard (Update April 2008) By
Standing by Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (Update June 2007) By
Miseducation: The media and the Supreme Court on race and public education (November/December 2007) By
A Poverty of Coverage: Why aren’t the poor on the media agenda? (September/ October 2007) By
Bono, I Presume?: Covering Africa Through Celebrities (May/June 2007) By
Standing by Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (May/June 2007) By
Evolution Confusion: Newsweek’s muddled version of human origins (Update April 2007) By
Obamamania: How loving Barack Obama helps pundits love themselves (March/April 2007) By
Never Apologize (September/October 2006) By
Are You on the NewsHour’s Guestlist?: PBS flagship news show fails public mission (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: FAIR’s Original 1990 NewsHour Study (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: Live vs. Taped Sources (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: ‘Can’t We Give This a Rest?’ (July/August 2006) By
The False Debate Over 'Broken Borders': When pro-business passes as pro-immigrant (May/June 2006) By
"Our Media Refuse to Name This Reality": Jonathan Kozol on resegregated education (March/April 2006)
Philly Papers Defend Non-Coverage of Mumia Victory (March/April 2006) By
George Gerbner, 1919–2005: From anti-fascist fighter to cultural environmentalist (March/April 2006) By
Fighting Back: FAIR's media activism successes (January/February 2006) By
20 Stories That Made a Difference: For better or worse (January/February 2006) By and and
Failing at Its "No. 1 Goal": Lack of balance at C-SPAN’s Washington Journal (November/December 2005) By
Demonizing the Victims of Katrina: Coverage painted hurricane survivors as looters, snipers and rapists (November/December 2005) By
“Saying What They’ve Been Thinking”: Racial stereotypes in Katrina commentary (November/December 2005) By
Suspect Sources: Behind Tales of Mayhem (November/December 2005) By
Opinion Omission: Women hard to find on op-ed pages, TV panels (May/June 2005) By
World’s Worst Disasters Overlooked: Survey identifies biggest “forgotten” crises (May/June 2005) By
Sweeping Away Lott's Racist Record (Update June 2005) By
Academic Racists Make Mainstream Inroads: From National Review to the New York Times (March/April 2005) By
America’s Broken Electoral System: Get over it, says mainstream press (March/April 2005) By
Suppressing the Vote, Suppressing the News: Stories on pre-election manipulation took false balance to absurd lengths (January/February 2005) By
A Different Race: The black press reveals gaps in mainstream election coverage (November/December 2004) By
Weeding the Field: Press tries to determine who should and shouldn't run for president (September/October 2003) By
Inventing Africa: New York Times archives reveal a history of racist fabrication (September/October 2003) By
The Blair Witch Trial (Update June 2003) By
O'Reilly's Racist Slurs--in Context (Update June 2003) By
Disrespect, Distortion and Double Binds: Media treatment of progressive black leaders (March/April 2003) By
White Noise: Voices of color scarce on urban public radio (September/October 2002) By and
The 'Oh Really?' Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics (May/June 2002) By
Power Sources: On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups (May/June 2002) By
Reparations and the Media: A slanted arena for discussions of slavery recompense (May/June 2002) By
"This Isn't Discrimination, This Is Necessary": Amid pleas for tolerance, some call for profiling--and worse (November/December 2001)
Study of NPR's Coverage of Deaths in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November/December 2001)
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
The Most Biased Name in News: Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt (July/August 2001) By
Media Passed by Jesse Jackson: . . . And passed up a great story (January/February 2001) By
Novak on 'Color-Blindness' (Update October 2000)
Fronting for Big Coal: Halting global warming would be racist, PR insists (September/October 2000) By and
Limbaugh: A Color Man Who Has a Problem With Color? (6/7/00) By and
Statistical Bias: Journalists find 'comfort' after the Diallo killing (May/June 2000) By
Anything but Racism: Media make excuses for 'whitewashed' TV lineup (January/February 2000) By
Racism and Mainstream Media (10/1/99) By
Only "Elegant" Victims Need Apply (May/June 1999) By
The Right’s 'Race Desk': American Enterprise Institute finds profit in prejudice (March/April 1999) By
'Old Days' Slow to Haunt Lott: Press missed tips on racist ties (March/April 1999) By
A Sex-Free Scandal: When racism is the issue, media are slow to dig (March/April 1999) By
Steven Emerson's Crusade: Why is a journalist pushing questionable stories from behind the scenes? (January/February 1999) By
Polls Apart: Manufacturing an Anti-Bilingual Latino Majority (November/December 1998) By
Media Blackface: 'Racial Profiling' in News Reporting (September/October 1998) By
The Myth of the 'Crack Baby': Despite Research, Media Won't Give Up Idea Of 'Bio-Underclass' (September/October 1998) By
Media Preferences: The Myth of Popular Opposition in the Affirmative Action Debate (May/June 1998) By
Criminal Communities: 'Racial dualism' puts white supremacy in the media crime frame (January/February 1998) By
Hate Talk and Politics (Update August 1997)
Racism Meets Spacism: What If Deadly Plutonium Fell on Your Country—and No One Cared? (Update February 1997) By
End of Racism? (March/April 1996)
FAIR's Bob Grant Success (Update June 1996)
White Man's Burden: How the Press Frames Affirmative Action (September/October 1995) By
Islam: Fundamental Misunderstandings About a Growing Faith (July/August 1995) By
Dial H for Hate: Neo-Nazi Recruitment on ABC's Flagship (Update June 1995)
Racism Resurgent: How Media Let The Bell Curve's Pseudo-Science Define the Agenda on Race (January/February 1995) By
50,000 Watts of Hate: Bigotry Is Broadcast on ABC Radio's Flagship (January/February 1995) By
The Rehabilitation of Racism: Action Alert (Update December 1994)
Crime Contradictions: U.S. News Illustrates Flaws in Crime Coverage (May/June 1994) By and
Hearing What They Want to Hear: Media interpret Jackson as blaming blacks for crime (May/June 1994) By
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers Face Media Double Standard (March/April 1994) By and
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers face media double standard (March/April 1994) By and
East Timor: Media Turned Their Backs on Genocide (November/December 1993) By
New York Post: Militant White Daily (January/February 1993)
Hunger in Africa -- A Story Still Untold (September 1992) By
'The Loudest Silence Ever Heard': Black Conservatives in the Media (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
Press Finds 'New Candor' in Old Stereotypes (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
For Media Decision-Makers, Urban Problems are Old News (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
“Asian Invasion” Cliches Recall Wartime Propaganda (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
Buchanan and Duke: Playing the Same Hand (March 1992)
Gulf War Coverage: The Worst Censorship Was at Home (Special Gulf War Issue 1991) By
So Sayeth Newsweek on Crime (May/June 1989) By
Jackson's "Free Ride": Rather and Reality Are Polls Apart (March/April 1988)
Scapegoating Minorities for Failures of Banking: Blaming CRA makes little sense, but gets finance industry off the hook (January 2009) By
Making Islamophobia Mainstream: How Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry (November/December 2008) By and
‘Secret Muslims,’ Open Bigotry: Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign (November/December 2008) By and
Islamofascism: A fringe term goes mainstream, with a little help from the media (10/1/08) By and
Daniel Pipes' Witch Hunt at a Public School (10/1/08) By and
Michelle Malkin Cooks Up Terrorist Donuts (10/1/08) By and
The Dirty Dozen: Who's who among America's leading Islamophobes (10/1/08) By and
Playing the Racism Card: Race-baiters are no strangers in the McCain camp (Update October 2008) By
Homophobia, Racism and Sexism?: The Connections Are Clear to Far Right (July/August 1995) By
Inventing Obama’s Race Problem: Media muddle needs some sort of trouble (September/October 2008) By
Obama the Snob?: Hanging the ‘elitist’ label on another Democratic candidate (July/August 2008) By
William F. Buckley, Rest in Praise: Glowing obits obscure an ugly record (May/June 2008) By
'Tribal’ Label Distorts African Conflicts: Ethnic framing may obscure political contexts (May/June 2008) By
Endorsing a Different Standard (Update April 2008) By
Standing by Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (Update June 2007) By
Miseducation: The media and the Supreme Court on race and public education (November/December 2007) By
A Poverty of Coverage: Why aren’t the poor on the media agenda? (September/ October 2007) By
Bono, I Presume?: Covering Africa Through Celebrities (May/June 2007) By
Standing by Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (May/June 2007) By
Evolution Confusion: Newsweek’s muddled version of human origins (Update April 2007) By
Obamamania: How loving Barack Obama helps pundits love themselves (March/April 2007) By
Never Apologize (September/October 2006) By
Are You on the NewsHour’s Guestlist?: PBS flagship news show fails public mission (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: FAIR’s Original 1990 NewsHour Study (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: Live vs. Taped Sources (September/October 2006) By and
Sidebar: ‘Can’t We Give This a Rest?’ (July/August 2006) By
The False Debate Over 'Broken Borders': When pro-business passes as pro-immigrant (May/June 2006) By
"Our Media Refuse to Name This Reality": Jonathan Kozol on resegregated education (March/April 2006)
Philly Papers Defend Non-Coverage of Mumia Victory (March/April 2006) By
George Gerbner, 1919–2005: From anti-fascist fighter to cultural environmentalist (March/April 2006) By
Fighting Back: FAIR's media activism successes (January/February 2006) By
20 Stories That Made a Difference: For better or worse (January/February 2006) By and and
Failing at Its "No. 1 Goal": Lack of balance at C-SPAN’s Washington Journal (November/December 2005) By
Demonizing the Victims of Katrina: Coverage painted hurricane survivors as looters, snipers and rapists (November/December 2005) By
“Saying What They’ve Been Thinking”: Racial stereotypes in Katrina commentary (November/December 2005) By
Suspect Sources: Behind Tales of Mayhem (November/December 2005) By
Opinion Omission: Women hard to find on op-ed pages, TV panels (May/June 2005) By
World’s Worst Disasters Overlooked: Survey identifies biggest “forgotten” crises (May/June 2005) By
Sweeping Away Lott's Racist Record (Update June 2005) By
Academic Racists Make Mainstream Inroads: From National Review to the New York Times (March/April 2005) By
America’s Broken Electoral System: Get over it, says mainstream press (March/April 2005) By
Suppressing the Vote, Suppressing the News: Stories on pre-election manipulation took false balance to absurd lengths (January/February 2005) By
A Different Race: The black press reveals gaps in mainstream election coverage (November/December 2004) By
Weeding the Field: Press tries to determine who should and shouldn't run for president (September/October 2003) By
Inventing Africa: New York Times archives reveal a history of racist fabrication (September/October 2003) By
The Blair Witch Trial (Update June 2003) By
O'Reilly's Racist Slurs--in Context (Update June 2003) By
Disrespect, Distortion and Double Binds: Media treatment of progressive black leaders (March/April 2003) By
White Noise: Voices of color scarce on urban public radio (September/October 2002) By and
The 'Oh Really?' Factor: Bill O'Reilly spins facts and statistics (May/June 2002) By
Power Sources: On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups (May/June 2002) By
Reparations and the Media: A slanted arena for discussions of slavery recompense (May/June 2002) By
"This Isn't Discrimination, This Is Necessary": Amid pleas for tolerance, some call for profiling--and worse (November/December 2001)
Study of NPR's Coverage of Deaths in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (November/December 2001)
What's Not Talked About on Sunday Morning?: Issues of corporate power are not on the agenda (September/October 2001) By and
The Most Biased Name in News: Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt (July/August 2001) By
Media Passed by Jesse Jackson: . . . And passed up a great story (January/February 2001) By
Novak on 'Color-Blindness' (Update October 2000)
Fronting for Big Coal: Halting global warming would be racist, PR insists (September/October 2000) By and
Limbaugh: A Color Man Who Has a Problem With Color? (6/7/00) By and
Statistical Bias: Journalists find 'comfort' after the Diallo killing (May/June 2000) By
Anything but Racism: Media make excuses for 'whitewashed' TV lineup (January/February 2000) By
Racism and Mainstream Media (10/1/99) By
Only "Elegant" Victims Need Apply (May/June 1999) By
The Right’s 'Race Desk': American Enterprise Institute finds profit in prejudice (March/April 1999) By
'Old Days' Slow to Haunt Lott: Press missed tips on racist ties (March/April 1999) By
A Sex-Free Scandal: When racism is the issue, media are slow to dig (March/April 1999) By
Steven Emerson's Crusade: Why is a journalist pushing questionable stories from behind the scenes? (January/February 1999) By
Polls Apart: Manufacturing an Anti-Bilingual Latino Majority (November/December 1998) By
Media Blackface: 'Racial Profiling' in News Reporting (September/October 1998) By
The Myth of the 'Crack Baby': Despite Research, Media Won't Give Up Idea Of 'Bio-Underclass' (September/October 1998) By
Media Preferences: The Myth of Popular Opposition in the Affirmative Action Debate (May/June 1998) By
Criminal Communities: 'Racial dualism' puts white supremacy in the media crime frame (January/February 1998) By
Hate Talk and Politics (Update August 1997)
Racism Meets Spacism: What If Deadly Plutonium Fell on Your Country—and No One Cared? (Update February 1997) By
End of Racism? (March/April 1996)
FAIR's Bob Grant Success (Update June 1996)
White Man's Burden: How the Press Frames Affirmative Action (September/October 1995) By
Islam: Fundamental Misunderstandings About a Growing Faith (July/August 1995) By
Dial H for Hate: Neo-Nazi Recruitment on ABC's Flagship (Update June 1995)
Racism Resurgent: How Media Let The Bell Curve's Pseudo-Science Define the Agenda on Race (January/February 1995) By
50,000 Watts of Hate: Bigotry Is Broadcast on ABC Radio's Flagship (January/February 1995) By
The Rehabilitation of Racism: Action Alert (Update December 1994)
Crime Contradictions: U.S. News Illustrates Flaws in Crime Coverage (May/June 1994) By and
Hearing What They Want to Hear: Media interpret Jackson as blaming blacks for crime (May/June 1994) By
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers Face Media Double Standard (March/April 1994) By and
Fear of a Rap Planet: Rappers face media double standard (March/April 1994) By and
East Timor: Media Turned Their Backs on Genocide (November/December 1993) By
New York Post: Militant White Daily (January/February 1993)
Hunger in Africa -- A Story Still Untold (September 1992) By
'The Loudest Silence Ever Heard': Black Conservatives in the Media (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
Press Finds 'New Candor' in Old Stereotypes (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
For Media Decision-Makers, Urban Problems are Old News (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
“Asian Invasion” Cliches Recall Wartime Propaganda (Special Issue on Racism, July/August 1992) By
The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh Debates Reality (July/August 1994)
Buchanan and Duke: Playing the Same Hand (March 1992)
Gulf War Coverage: The Worst Censorship Was at Home (Special Gulf War Issue 1991) By
So Sayeth Newsweek on Crime (May/June 1989) By
Jackson's "Free Ride": Rather and Reality Are Polls Apart (March/April 1988)
David Helvarg on BP spill, Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Rand Paul (5/28/10)
Sikivu Hutchinson on Tea Party movement, Carl Conetta on Pentagon spending (2/12/10)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina anniversary, Sarah Anderson on executive pay (9/4/09)
Sikivu Hutchinson on Tea Party movement, Carl Conetta on Pentagon spending (2/12/10)
Jordan Flaherty on Katrina anniversary, Sarah Anderson on executive pay (9/4/09)
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Sonali Kolhatkar on Afghan women and the war, Dedrick Muhammad on Obama's NAACP speech and 'tough love' (7/31/09)
Gerald LeMelle on Obama in Africa, Katha Pollitt on Caitlin Flanagan in Time (7/17/09)
David Barsamian on Iran upheaval, Chandra Bhatnagar on UN racism report (6/26/09)
Ali Abunimah on Gaza, A.C. Thompson on Katrina's Hidden Race War (1/9/09)
Kai Wright on the Proposition 8 vote, Andy Worthington on Guantánamo (11/21/08)
Lori Minnite on ACORN & vote fraud, Bethany Albertson on the Bradley Effect (10/17/08)
David Cay Johnston on meltdown/bailout, Isabel MacDonald & Steve Rendall on 'Smearcasting,' FAIR's Islamophobia report (10/10/08)
Eartha Jane Melzer on Ohio GOP vote suppression, Sarah Anderson on Wall Street CEO pay (9/26/08)
Katrina Special: Colette Pichon Battle on Katrina three years later, Leigh Dingerson on New Orleans schools. Derrick Evans on the FEMA trailer tour, ' (8/29/08)
Helena Cobban on Russia/Georgia conflict, Iyanna Jones on black radio's 'Disappearing Voices' (8/15/08)
Adam Serwer on Obama and race, Eric Boehlert on TV diversity study (8/8/08)
Bill Fletcher on Wright and Obama, Andy Worthington on Guantanamo (5/16/08)
Glen Ford on Obama-Clinton, Rob Richie on electoral process (1/25/08)
Peter Hart on 2008 primaries, Kali Akuno on New Orleans public housing (1/11/08)
Robert Parry on 'Why We Write,' Karlos Schmieder on gentrification (11/16/07)
Neil deMause on FAIR's poverty study, Alex Koppelman on Lou Dobbs and U.S. Border Patrol criminals (9/7/07)
Tammy Johnson on affirmative action and the Supreme Court, Rachel Morris on Sami al-Haj (7/20/07)
Mark Lloyd, Hannah Sassaman, Dory Graham and Bruce Dixon on the state of radio (7/6/07)
David Swanson on 'benchmarks,' Mark Potok on Dobbs and leprosy (5/18/07)
David Enders on Iraq, Harut Sassounian on LAT and Armenian genocide (5/4/07)
Richard Prince on Don Imus, Carlo Bonini on Niger forgeries (4/13/07)
Mahmood Mamdani on Darfur, Karen Greenberg on Guantánamo (3/16/07)
Elizabeth de la Vega on domestic spying, Kristal Brent Zook on Duke rape investigation (1/26/07)
Rick Perlstein on Conservatives & Martin Luther King, Sarah Olson on Watada Subpoena (1/19/07)
Sarah Anderson on Augusto Pinochet, Rafael Olmeda on NBC-Telemundo (12/15/06)
Glen Ford on Barack Obama, Chris Slevin on trade & the elections (11/17/06)
John Nichols on midterm elections, Clarissa Martinez on Latino voters (11/10/06)
Amitabh Pal on India, Eric Deggans on Hurricane Katrina (3/10/06)
Jonathan Kozol on "Shame of the Nation" (1/6/06)
Michelle Goldberg on the War on Christmas, Gadi Dechter on Michael Steele (12/2/05)
Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Katrina and racism, Ward Harkavy on the Bush Beat (10/14/05)
Rosa Brooks on Judith Miller, Patrice O'Neill on The Fire Next Time (7/8/05)
Mark Jones on "forgotten crises," Jack Shaheen on Arabs on TV (3/18/05)
Frank Brodhead on Iraq elections, Tiffiniy Cheng on Eyes on the Prize (2/4/05)
Stephen F. Cohen on Russia Danielle Worthy on voting rights and the black press (9/17/04)
Sonali Kolhatkar on Afghan women and the war, Dedrick Muhammad on Obama's NAACP speech and 'tough love' (7/31/09)
Gerald LeMelle on Obama in Africa, Katha Pollitt on Caitlin Flanagan in Time (7/17/09)
David Barsamian on Iran upheaval, Chandra Bhatnagar on UN racism report (6/26/09)
Ali Abunimah on Gaza, A.C. Thompson on Katrina's Hidden Race War (1/9/09)
Kai Wright on the Proposition 8 vote, Andy Worthington on Guantánamo (11/21/08)
Lori Minnite on ACORN & vote fraud, Bethany Albertson on the Bradley Effect (10/17/08)
David Cay Johnston on meltdown/bailout, Isabel MacDonald & Steve Rendall on 'Smearcasting,' FAIR's Islamophobia report (10/10/08)
Eartha Jane Melzer on Ohio GOP vote suppression, Sarah Anderson on Wall Street CEO pay (9/26/08)
Katrina Special: Colette Pichon Battle on Katrina three years later, Leigh Dingerson on New Orleans schools. Derrick Evans on the FEMA trailer tour, ' (8/29/08)
Helena Cobban on Russia/Georgia conflict, Iyanna Jones on black radio's 'Disappearing Voices' (8/15/08)
Adam Serwer on Obama and race, Eric Boehlert on TV diversity study (8/8/08)
Bill Fletcher on Wright and Obama, Andy Worthington on Guantanamo (5/16/08)
Glen Ford on Obama-Clinton, Rob Richie on electoral process (1/25/08)
Peter Hart on 2008 primaries, Kali Akuno on New Orleans public housing (1/11/08)
Robert Parry on 'Why We Write,' Karlos Schmieder on gentrification (11/16/07)
Neil deMause on FAIR's poverty study, Alex Koppelman on Lou Dobbs and U.S. Border Patrol criminals (9/7/07)
Tammy Johnson on affirmative action and the Supreme Court, Rachel Morris on Sami al-Haj (7/20/07)
Mark Lloyd, Hannah Sassaman, Dory Graham and Bruce Dixon on the state of radio (7/6/07)
David Swanson on 'benchmarks,' Mark Potok on Dobbs and leprosy (5/18/07)
David Enders on Iraq, Harut Sassounian on LAT and Armenian genocide (5/4/07)
Richard Prince on Don Imus, Carlo Bonini on Niger forgeries (4/13/07)
Mahmood Mamdani on Darfur, Karen Greenberg on Guantánamo (3/16/07)
Elizabeth de la Vega on domestic spying, Kristal Brent Zook on Duke rape investigation (1/26/07)
Rick Perlstein on Conservatives & Martin Luther King, Sarah Olson on Watada Subpoena (1/19/07)
Sarah Anderson on Augusto Pinochet, Rafael Olmeda on NBC-Telemundo (12/15/06)
Glen Ford on Barack Obama, Chris Slevin on trade & the elections (11/17/06)
John Nichols on midterm elections, Clarissa Martinez on Latino voters (11/10/06)
Amitabh Pal on India, Eric Deggans on Hurricane Katrina (3/10/06)
Jonathan Kozol on "Shame of the Nation" (1/6/06)
Michelle Goldberg on the War on Christmas, Gadi Dechter on Michael Steele (12/2/05)
Earl Ofari Hutchinson on Katrina and racism, Ward Harkavy on the Bush Beat (10/14/05)
Rosa Brooks on Judith Miller, Patrice O'Neill on The Fire Next Time (7/8/05)
Mark Jones on "forgotten crises," Jack Shaheen on Arabs on TV (3/18/05)
Frank Brodhead on Iraq elections, Tiffiniy Cheng on Eyes on the Prize (2/4/05)
Stephen F. Cohen on Russia Danielle Worthy on voting rights and the black press (9/17/04)
Limbaugh Defenders Ignoring Long Record of Racist Remarks (10/16/09)
Media Fall for 'Race Card' Spin: Outraged press ignores McCain's ties to GOP race-baiting tradition (8/5/08)
TV's New Diversity?: NY Times notices race, gender progress-—but little ideological shift (4/3/08)
Media Fall for 'Race Card' Spin: Outraged press ignores McCain's ties to GOP race-baiting tradition (8/5/08)
TV's New Diversity?: NY Times notices race, gender progress-—but little ideological shift (4/3/08)
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Howard Kurtz's Imus Amnesia: Critic forgets requests to shun racist show (4/19/07)
Rallying Around Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (4/11/07)
Racism Is to Be Expected From Don Imus: CBS, NBC, media pundits complicit in talk host's bigotry (4/9/07)
Trent Lott's Redemption Song: Coverage of minority whip election ignores racist ties (11/17/06)
Study Finds Lack of Balance, Diversity, Public at PBS NewsHour: Public TV's flagship news program offers standard corporate fare (10/4/06)
CNN's Immigration Problem: Is Dobbs the exception—or the rule? (4/24/06)
C-SPAN Slanting Right: Washington Journal's guestlist lacks balance (12/19/05)
Covering Katrina: Has a More Critical Press Corps Emerged? (9/9/05)
Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide: Hateful rant shows Disney's double standard on speech (7/1/05)
Post Responds on Lott Profile (4/25/05)
Time Covers Coulter:: Magazine's Cover Story a Sloppy, Inaccurate Tribute to Far-Right Pundit (4/21/05)
Washington Post Sweeps Away Lott's Racist Record (4/18/05)
Women's Opinions Also Missing on Television: Women of color virtually invisible on Sunday shows (3/24/05)
GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life (2/12/03)
Media Play Catch-up on Lott’s Latest Endorsement of Racism (12/11/02)
Media Downplay Bigotry of Jesse Helms (8/31/01)
Washington Post Responds to FAIR: Letter-writing campaign called "group-thinking" (3/2/01)
Genocide, A Casino... What's the Difference?: Washington Post piece on "greedy Indians" exhibits ignorance of history (2/16/01)
Ashcroft Quizzed About Southern Partisan Endorsement: Attorney general nominee refuses to condemn white supremacist magazine (1/19/01)
Southern Partisan: "Setting the Record Straight": Attorney general nominee praised white supremacist magazine (1/12/01)
Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry? (3/1/00)
Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry? (3/1/00)
Hate Radio Makes a Comeback (9/3/99)
Washington Post Columnist Questions Lott's "Fitness" To be Majority Leader: Record Shows Lott's Involvement With Racist (12/22/98)
Trent Lott Supported White-Supremacist Group— Evidence Emerges:: Senator's Spokesperson Misled Journalists (12/15/98)
National Media Should Cover Racist Links of Prominent Elected Officials Like Rep. Bob Barr and Sen. Trent Lott (12/11/98)
Pat Buchanan in His Own Words (2/26/96)
Study Finds National Public Radio Fails To Reflect Public (3/29/93)
Questions About Source in Immigration Debate: Group Has Links to Racist Fund (1/1/93)
Howard Kurtz's Imus Amnesia: Critic forgets requests to shun racist show (4/19/07)
Rallying Around Their Racist Friend: Before firing, pundits defended Imus (4/11/07)
Racism Is to Be Expected From Don Imus: CBS, NBC, media pundits complicit in talk host's bigotry (4/9/07)
Trent Lott's Redemption Song: Coverage of minority whip election ignores racist ties (11/17/06)
Study Finds Lack of Balance, Diversity, Public at PBS NewsHour: Public TV's flagship news program offers standard corporate fare (10/4/06)
CNN's Immigration Problem: Is Dobbs the exception—or the rule? (4/24/06)
C-SPAN Slanting Right: Washington Journal's guestlist lacks balance (12/19/05)
Covering Katrina: Has a More Critical Press Corps Emerged? (9/9/05)
Paul Harvey's Tribute to Slavery, Nukes, Genocide: Hateful rant shows Disney's double standard on speech (7/1/05)
Post Responds on Lott Profile (4/25/05)
Time Covers Coulter:: Magazine's Cover Story a Sloppy, Inaccurate Tribute to Far-Right Pundit (4/21/05)
Washington Post Sweeps Away Lott's Racist Record (4/18/05)
Women's Opinions Also Missing on Television: Women of color virtually invisible on Sunday shows (3/24/05)
GE, Microsoft Bring Bigotry to Life (2/12/03)
Media Play Catch-up on Lott’s Latest Endorsement of Racism (12/11/02)
Media Downplay Bigotry of Jesse Helms (8/31/01)
Washington Post Responds to FAIR: Letter-writing campaign called "group-thinking" (3/2/01)
Genocide, A Casino... What's the Difference?: Washington Post piece on "greedy Indians" exhibits ignorance of history (2/16/01)
Ashcroft Quizzed About Southern Partisan Endorsement: Attorney general nominee refuses to condemn white supremacist magazine (1/19/01)
Southern Partisan: "Setting the Record Straight": Attorney general nominee praised white supremacist magazine (1/12/01)
Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry? (3/1/00)
Why Does Tim Russert Associate With Don Imus' Bigotry? (3/1/00)
Hate Radio Makes a Comeback (9/3/99)
Washington Post Columnist Questions Lott's "Fitness" To be Majority Leader: Record Shows Lott's Involvement With Racist (12/22/98)
Trent Lott Supported White-Supremacist Group— Evidence Emerges:: Senator's Spokesperson Misled Journalists (12/15/98)
National Media Should Cover Racist Links of Prominent Elected Officials Like Rep. Bob Barr and Sen. Trent Lott (12/11/98)
Pat Buchanan in His Own Words (2/26/96)
Study Finds National Public Radio Fails To Reflect Public (3/29/93)
Questions About Source in Immigration Debate: Group Has Links to Racist Fund (1/1/93)
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