Filed Under: “FAIR”

In some quarters, leak of billionaires’ tax avoidance provokes more outrage than their non-payment

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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The talk radio icon’s chronic inaccuracy and lack of accountability were never called out as he rose to national prominence.


 

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