ACTION ALERT: NYT Falsely Reports That Attempts on Presidents’ Lives Are Rare
Please tell the New York Times to correct its false report about the uncommonness of presidential assassination attempts.
Jim Naureckas
Covering for International Abusers, Media Reverse Victim and Offender in Iran
US corporate media frequently presented Iran as responsible for the predictably violent consequences of the US/Israeli aggression.
Why Corporate Media Needed to Misrepresent Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s kind of politics terrified an elite that thrives on keeping the 99 Percent divided and conquered.
At NYT, Pretending You Don’t Know Makes You a Real Reporter
Even when you have examples of people being shot down on video by federal agents, the paper has to pretend there’s a valid case for justifying murder.
Recentering the Debate Over ‘Greenland’ Begins With Calling Kalaallit Nunaat by Its Actual Name
The message reporters get when they actually talk to the nation’s citizens is that Kalaallit Nunaat is not a piece of property to be sold or swapped.
I Wish I’d Been Wrong About What ‘Control of the Border’ Would Look Like
Sixteen years later, Ross Douthat has gotten the kind of sincerity on immigration control that he wanted. How does it look?
The First Amendment Allows You to Report Things the Government Doesn’t Want Reported
Actually, the First Amendment does give you a license to “expose elite military personnel, compromise operations or assist our adversaries.”
Billionaire’s Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires
The Washington Post, which serves the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing billionaire wealth is a bad idea.
Most-Read FAIR Posts of 2025
The rise of authoritarianism was the big story of 2025, and the censorship that goes along with it.
FBI Is Making an Enemies List—and Most Corporate Media Didn’t Even Check It Once
The Trump FBI’s enemies list could encompass over half the US public, and virtually no corporate media outlets covered this catastrophic decree.
CBS’s Suck-Up to Barrett May Be a Taste of Propaganda to Come
A softball interview with Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett provides a glimpse of the kind of journalism we can expect from CBS News now.
Under Trump, Criticism Is Now Criminal
After the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, Trump escalated his war on free speech, calling for criminalizing criticism of himself.
For Media, Trying to Help Gazans Survive Turns Heroes Into Zeroes
It would be hard to make up a story with more dramatic potential. Yet corporate media somehow knew this was a story to steer clear of.
I Believe in Science—But Not Necessarily Science Journalism
When it comes to science journalism, what’s on the label is not always what’s in the tin.
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy
If you follow the New York Times’ approach to journalism, your audience won’t know when their government is acting illegally, or denying truth and reality.
Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption
The New York Times’ Eric Lipton defended his reference to lobbyists buying access to the president for millions of dollars as “potentially corrupt.”
Corporate Media Minimize Massive Hands Off! Protests
Corporate media journalists are apt to regard protesters as akin to spectators rushing onto the field during a game.
Trump’s Protest Threat Reflects Belief That Free Speech Belongs to Some
Trump has come out with a diktat threatening sanctions against any educational institution that tolerates forbidden demonstrations.
With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May ‘Work for Working Class’ in Second Term
NPR’s evidence that Trump is a “populist”—or at least has a populist lurking inside him—is remarkably thin.
