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On Syria, Intelligence and Evidence
One would hope that the lessons of Iraq might inform more of the coverage of Syria. But that’s not always the case. Over the course of the past week, the White House and various officials have been...
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NPR’s New Boss: Financial Industry Lobbyist, GOP Donor, Right-Wing Think Tank...
Last month NPR CEO Gary Knell left to take a job at National Geographic, making him the latest in a string of CEOs who left after a short stint running the public radio outlet. On September 13, NPR...
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To NPR, TPP Is a Poker Game With a Pot Full of Jobs
(cc photo: Viri G) The Obama administration has been quietly working on a major international trade pact called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Corporate media tend to give an unequivocal pass...
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Forgetting Fallujah
US airstrike, Fallujah, February 2006 (cc photo: James Gordon) The Iraq War was back in the news again, with reports that Al-Qaeda-affiliated forces claimed control over the city of Fallujah. For many...
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Russia, Ukraine and ‘US Prestige’
Given the US media’s general fondness for the Ukrainian protesters who wound up driving President Viktor Yanukovych from office, it was inevitable that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military...
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Crediting Obama for Bringing Troops Home–Without Noting He Sent Them Abroad
With news today that the US is planning to keep almost 10,000 troops in Afghanistan–a day after seeing some headlines about the war’s “end”–you might wonder if journalists can get the troop counting...
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Criminal Justice Media’s ‘Twisted’ Coverage
Arrestees presumed guilty in the New York Post. Last week’s Brian Lehrer Show (6/10/14) was pretty remarkable. The popular show, based on New York City public radio station WNYC, had on journalist...
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NPR and the Eagerness of White Guy Sources
I reach out to diverse sources on deadline. Only the white guys get back to me :( — NPR‘s Education Team (@npr_ed) July 2, 2014 Edward Schumacher-Matos Exiting NPR ombud Edward Schumacher-Matos was...
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NPR Presents CIA-Backed Group as Independent Expert on Snowden’s ‘Harm’
NPR‘s Dina Temple-Raston Glenn Greenwald was on Democracy Now! this morning (8/13/14) talking about his new piece in the Intercept (8/12/14) critical of an NPR report (Morning Edition, 8/1/14)...
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New NPR Boss: ‘We’re Going to Be Talking About Brands That Matter a Little...
The new CEO of NPR, Jarl Mohn, comes mostly from the world of commercial media. He made his name at VH1 and MTV, and then went on run the E! channel (Current, 6/24/14). That’s not his only...
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FAIR TV September 14, 2014
After Barack Obama announces his plan to strike ISIS, we take a look at how media are marching to war. Plus Henry Kissinger faces an all-too-rare critical interviewer, while Fox News issues a...
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FAIR TV: Perception vs. Reality, 60 Minutes & the FBI, NPR Takes Netanyahu’s...
This week on the show: 60 Minutes cheers on the FBI, NPR takes Netanyahu’s side on settlements, and media blur the difference between perception and reality. Please take a look, and don’t forget to...
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A New Way to Silence Mumia Abu-Jamal
Democracy Now! covers an attack on free speech. Where is the rest of the media? There are plenty of people who’d rather the world never heard from Mumia Abu-Jamal. And now the state of Pennsylvania is...
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Is Keystone Coverage Getting Worse?
Thanks to some complicated political maneuvering, the Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news. It’s an old issue, to be sure, and the particulars of the debate should be familiar now. But some of the...
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No, NPR Did Not Ask Cosby About Rape Accusations
NPR host Scott Simon made headlines over the weekend for “Asking Bill Cosby About Rape Allegations” (Salon, 11/17/14). “Bill Cosby Refuses to Answer Sexual Assault Questions on NPR,” the Huffington...
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A ‘Child’ Is Missing–From a New York Times Headline
Read this headline from the New York Times (11/16/14): This is what a Palestinian boy looks like. (cc photo: Giles) Palestinian Shot by Israeli Troops at Gaza Border Think for a second about what kind...
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FAIR TV: Keystone Misinformation, War ‘Works’ and NPR’s Cosby Questions
On this week’s edition: The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news–and so is a lot of the same old misinformation. Plus we’ll look at how some TV journalists think about how war “works.” And NPR‘s...
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Refusing to Take Sides, NPR Takes Sides With Torture Deniers
Blood trails at Abu Ghraib. National Public Radio, following the lead of the Washington Post (FAIR Blog, 12/9/14) (and in contrast to the New York Times–FAIR Blog, 8/8/14), tries to avoid applying the...
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Update: NPR Doesn’t Ban ‘Torture’–but Offers Euphemisms to Use in Its Place
US prisoner at Abu Ghraib This is an update to “Refusing to Take Sides, NPR Takes Sides With Torture Deniers” (FAIR Blog, 12/12/14). As Romenesko (12/12/14) points out, NPR‘s ethics department has...
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More Pointless Campaign 2016 Journalism
Jeb Bush says he’s seriously thinking about deciding whether or not he wants to try to become president. (cc photo: World Affairs Council of Philadelphia) Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that...
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