Filed Under: “FAIR”
In some quarters, leak of billionaires’ tax avoidance provokes more outrage than their non-payment
By Ari Paul
Centrist and conservative politicians more interested in pursuing who leaked proof billionaires don’t pay taxes than fixing the laws they abuse
Giant media companies are converging on independent podcasting
By Forest Hunt
Podcasting has long been a platform for independent voices and privacy for users, consolidation is changing all that
After hushing Israel’s critics, conservative Jewish pundits are suddenly concerned about free speech
By Ari Paul
Jewish right-wing media figures are showing that they love false censorship claims just as much as their Christian Right counterparts
Obsessed with DC, elite media mostly ignored state-based abortion restrictions
By Julie Hollar
National journalists have given very little coverage of well-funded and successful efforts to restrict abortion access in various states
TV news doesn’t seem interested in the climate crisis, except to debate if it’s real
By Julie Hollar
Climate change is a huge problem, so why are the top media political shows refusing to talk about it?
All too often, journalists mistake elite disapproval of policies for popular opposition
By Alan MacLeod
Many policies that are supported by the public are portrayed as ‘controversial’ because politicians oppose them
Substack isn’t the disruption it’s marketed as, for both good and ill
By Ari Paul
Substack and grassroots media platforms are empowering independent opinions, but what the world needs more is producers, editors, and investigators working together to counteract corporate media.
Journalists need to stop repeating law enforcement propaganda against encryption
By John O'Day
The extremists planning the 1/6 Capitol attack did it on the open web, not on on encrypted messaging platforms like Signal or Telegram.
Trump briefings? Always news. Biden briefings? Not news.
By Janine Jackson
For four years, the press breathlessly covered every Trump White House briefing. Have they done the same for the current administration?
The media’s failure to scrutinize Rush Limbaugh early in his career enabled his lies and bigotry
By Steve Rendall
The talk radio icon’s chronic inaccuracy and lack of accountability were never called out as he rose to national prominence.