While labor market trends have had an inflationary impact, the disproportionate focus on them, without mention of the underlying conditions that lead to labor shortages in the first place, erases the culpability of corporations.
"The failure to name—and, worse, to try to obscure through misleading comparisons—what is plainly a threat to US democracy is a dereliction of journalistic duty."
Establishment journalists failed their “first they came for the Communists…” moment at the very beginning of the Trump administration, when DC police arrested and charged at least nine alternative journalists for covering protests at Trump’s inauguration that included property damage. BY JANINE JACKSON FAIR May 25, 2017 It is heartening at least that Montana newspapers More
"According to a search of the Nexis news database, Manning's op-ed received scant coverage. . . . In the abstract, journalists often profess a great deal of admiration for whistleblowers, and value the service such individuals provide to the news media. " By Peter Hart FAIR BLOG June 18, 2014 US Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning wrote a remarkable More
"We can have raging debates in mainstream media about issues like gun control and gay marriage and minimum wage, but when the elites of both parties agree on military intervention–as they so often do–debate is nearly nonexistent." By Steve Rendall April 12, 2013 FAIR BLOG (Photo: United for Justice With Peace) FAIR founder Jeff Cohen's latest piece More
Amy Goodman: Corporate Media No Longer Mainstream, But Extreme "This is no longer a mainstream media, but an extreme media beating the drums for war," journalist Amy Goodman tells the National Conference For Media Reform meeting in Denver. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5scBuP2EK-I] Published on Apr 7, 2013 Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS More
NOVA faulted for failing to disclose funder's interest in drones By Elizabeth Jensen Current.org, March 18, 2013 Editor's Notes: If you have not seen it, this PBS program is an extremely slick propaganda piece for the use of military drones, those that carry the bombs and are being used by the CIA to kill civilians More
Bored With Occupy—and Inequality Class issues fade along with protest coverage By John Knefel Extra! May 2012 FAIR Occupy Wall Street is rightly credited with helping to shift the economic debate in America from a fixation on deficits to issues of income inequality, corporate greed and the centralization of wealth among the richest 1 percent. The movement More
Bored With Occupy—and Inequality Class issues fade along with protest coverage By John Knefel Extra! May 2012 FAIR Occupy Wall Street is rightly credited with helping to shift the economic debate in America from a fixation on deficits to issues of income inequality, corporate greed and the centralization of wealth among the richest 1 percent. The movement More
CNN Pushing Alarmist Tales of Hezbollah Sleeper Agents Posted on 03/26/2012 by Peter Hart FAIR With discussions of a military attack on Iran circulating among U.S. and Israeli political elites, CNN has added fuel to the fire with a series of alarmist reports about supposedly Iranian-linked terrorist operatives inside the United States who are ready to strike. On the March More
