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As horrible as Trump is when it comes to attacking press freedom, the Lemon case is the latest escalation in a long history of government attacks on the press who cover protests.
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Lemon Arrest Shows Being Near Protesters Can Make You an Enemy of the State
The Lemon and Fort arrests ratchet up a trend by US officials, both local and national, to view reporters as accomplices to anti-government protesters.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:16 PM
As horrible as Trump is when it comes to attacking press freedom, the Lemon case is the latest escalation in a long history of government attacks on the press who cover protests.
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"To act like the administration is saying we should not talk about racial discrimination, is not true. They just don't want to talk about racial discrimination about anyone other than white people."
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‘There’s an Attack on Racial Equity Analysis Because They Feel It Changes the Conversation’: CounterSpin interview with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on the State of the Dream
"People want to talk so much about the King holiday as a time for community service, but it's really a time for community action."
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January 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM
"To act like the administration is saying we should not talk about racial discrimination, is not true. They just don't want to talk about racial discrimination about anyone other than white people."
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There have been creditable Big Media reports on Minneapolis, but just as events have shown us the need for a disruptive new way forward in politics, they’ve shown the value of citizen journalism that doesn’t pretend to come from nowhere.
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Beyond Corporate Media, Journalists Are Stepping Up and Speaking Up About ICE
It’s not clear whether corporate media know they’re writing themselves a resignation letter, but they are.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
There have been creditable Big Media reports on Minneapolis, but just as events have shown us the need for a disruptive new way forward in politics, they’ve shown the value of citizen journalism that doesn’t pretend to come from nowhere.
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There is tremendous pressure by the government to keep immigration enforcement, and all the expanded policing around mass deportations, in the shadows by keeping agents’ identities anonymous.
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Social Media Working to Protect ICE Clampdown in Minneapolis
We have a social media oligarchy that is now working directly in the interests of the Trump administration’s national police state.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
There is tremendous pressure by the government to keep immigration enforcement, and all the expanded policing around mass deportations, in the shadows by keeping agents’ identities anonymous.
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Don't miss the brilliant @ruddock.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social on this week's CounterSpin!
As the powers that be find it harder to forcefeed their narrative over your lying eyes and questioning minds, the game shifts--to their seeking to use their power to silence anyone who might say anything different than what they say.
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Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance
People who never called themselves "political" are moving out of their comfort zone to register their opposition to violent, state-sanctioned power.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Don't miss the brilliant @ruddock.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social on this week's CounterSpin!
As the powers that be find it harder to forcefeed their narrative over your lying eyes and questioning minds, the game shifts--to their seeking to use their power to silence anyone who might say anything different than what they say.
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Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance
People who never called themselves "political" are moving out of their comfort zone to register their opposition to violent, state-sanctioned power.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:08 PM
As the powers that be find it harder to forcefeed their narrative over your lying eyes and questioning minds, the game shifts--to their seeking to use their power to silence anyone who might say anything different than what they say.
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The Wall Street Journal was perhaps the only major US media outlet to publish US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s recent comments that sanctions on Iran had "worked because in December, their economy collapsed…. This is why the people took to the street."
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US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel’s Role in It
If US media habitually placed the news in political context, claims of US and Israeli intervention in Iran would hardly be regarded as dubious.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The Wall Street Journal was perhaps the only major US media outlet to publish US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s recent comments that sanctions on Iran had "worked because in December, their economy collapsed…. This is why the people took to the street."
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The Washington Post endorses Trump's call for a 50% increase in the military budget, to $1.5 trillion. And it has to happen now, before Democrats get back into power, because they'll want more social spending as well--"which the nation cannot afford."
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WaPo So Worried About Deficit It Wants to Increase Pentagon Budget by Half
Three days after its editorial fretting about the deficit, the Washington Post applauded Trump’s proposal to increase military spending by 50%.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Washington Post endorses Trump's call for a 50% increase in the military budget, to $1.5 trillion. And it has to happen now, before Democrats get back into power, because they'll want more social spending as well--"which the nation cannot afford."
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The media don't seem very interested in what happened after Donald Trump's "new dawn in the Middle East.
As FAIR and many others have pointed out, Israel did not cease firing after signing the ceasefire agreement. But Gaza is receiving less than two-thirds the level of coverage it received prior to the agreement.
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After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The media don't seem very interested in what happened after Donald Trump's "new dawn in the Middle East.
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This is beyond the passive tense, I’m not even sure what to call it. The “lying active tense”? Alex Pretti didn’t break his rib. ICE agents broke his rib by kneeling on him!
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January 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
This is beyond the passive tense, I’m not even sure what to call it. The “lying active tense”? Alex Pretti didn’t break his rib. ICE agents broke his rib by kneeling on him!
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As FAIR and many others have pointed out, Israel did not cease firing after signing the ceasefire agreement. But Gaza is receiving less than two-thirds the level of coverage it received prior to the agreement.
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After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that "the war in Gaza is over" on October 3, 2025, US news outlets' interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:21 PM
As FAIR and many others have pointed out, Israel did not cease firing after signing the ceasefire agreement. But Gaza is receiving less than two-thirds the level of coverage it received prior to the agreement.
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The core of the outlook from New York Times ownership, as this illuminating @fairmediawatch.bsky.social article shows:
As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources
Devoting seven editorials to boosting the US military when the country’s own democracy is under threat, the Times reaffirmed its commitment to militarism.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The core of the outlook from New York Times ownership, as this illuminating @fairmediawatch.bsky.social article shows:
An ABC News piece failed to mention any possible cause of growing anti-vaccine sentiment, despite the fact that the Trump administration has placed Robert Kennedy, one of the anti-vax movement’s most prominent voices, in the most powerful federal health position.
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With US’s Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause
When ABC reported on reluctance to vaccinate and its consequences, it failed to call out the administration sowing much of this doubt and confusion.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
An ABC News piece failed to mention any possible cause of growing anti-vaccine sentiment, despite the fact that the Trump administration has placed Robert Kennedy, one of the anti-vax movement’s most prominent voices, in the most powerful federal health position.
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"What we’re seeing right now is the result of decades of ICE funding going up exponentially, decades of ICE [acting] with impunity. ... Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve ICE & it just continues to get worse & worse. There’s no way to reform ICE."
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‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’: CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence
"If ICE is acting with such impunity and disregard for human life in broad daylight...what happens inside of immigration detention centers?"
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January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
"What we’re seeing right now is the result of decades of ICE funding going up exponentially, decades of ICE [acting] with impunity. ... Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve ICE & it just continues to get worse & worse. There’s no way to reform ICE."
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The NY Times says China’s “rising hostility to neighbors and especially its accelerating military buildup show the urgent need for credible deterrence.”
It’s not China, though, that declares it has the right to replace any leader in its hemisphere it disapproves of.
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It’s not China, though, that declares it has the right to replace any leader in its hemisphere it disapproves of.
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As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources
Devoting seven editorials to boosting the US military when the country’s own democracy is under threat, the Times reaffirmed its commitment to militarism.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The NY Times says China’s “rising hostility to neighbors and especially its accelerating military buildup show the urgent need for credible deterrence.”
It’s not China, though, that declares it has the right to replace any leader in its hemisphere it disapproves of.
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It’s not China, though, that declares it has the right to replace any leader in its hemisphere it disapproves of.
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@fairmediawatch.bsky.social explaining the difference between euphemism and journalism:
Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:22 PM
@fairmediawatch.bsky.social explaining the difference between euphemism and journalism:
"At the Post-Gazette, we have a situation where the company announced their closure after losing a years-long legal battle with us, the union that represents the largest number of journalists in North America."
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‘We’re Looking to Save News for the Folks in Pittsburgh’: CounterSpin interview with Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh paper shutdown
"If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights."
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January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"At the Post-Gazette, we have a situation where the company announced their closure after losing a years-long legal battle with us, the union that represents the largest number of journalists in North America."
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Holding the vision of racial equity in this country has always been hard – because powerful people have always been set to roadblock the effort, and even to reverse its course.
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Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026
The elite press corps that now pretend they honor Martin Luther King show that they never understood him—or those who share his vision today.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Holding the vision of racial equity in this country has always been hard – because powerful people have always been set to roadblock the effort, and even to reverse its course.
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CounterSpin's interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE's record of violence:
"Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve this agency, and it just continues to get worse and worse. There's no way to reform ICE."
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"Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve this agency, and it just continues to get worse and worse. There's no way to reform ICE."
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‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’: CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence
"If ICE is acting with such impunity and disregard for human life in broad daylight...what happens inside of immigration detention centers?"
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January 22, 2026 at 11:28 PM
CounterSpin's interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE's record of violence:
"Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve this agency, and it just continues to get worse and worse. There's no way to reform ICE."
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"Advocates have worked for decades to try to improve this agency, and it just continues to get worse and worse. There's no way to reform ICE."
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For years, the @nytimes.com has baffled journalism watchdogs with its anti-trans coverage--markedly different from typical centrist media coverage of trans people. A former Times editor traces an ideological change in coverage to the 2022 changing of the guard at the paper.
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An Inside View of Why NYT’s Trans Coverage Has Been So Bad
A former New York Times editor affirms that the paper's fearmongering, pseudo-scientific, anti-trans coverage is a response to directives from the top.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:42 PM
For years, the @nytimes.com has baffled journalism watchdogs with its anti-trans coverage--markedly different from typical centrist media coverage of trans people. A former Times editor traces an ideological change in coverage to the 2022 changing of the guard at the paper.
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My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
It's been a week since the FBI raided a Post reporter's home and Jeff Bezos still hasn't said anything fair.org/home/all-bez...
It's been a week since the FBI raided a Post reporter's home and Jeff Bezos still hasn't said anything fair.org/home/all-bez...
All Bezos’ Groveling Didn’t Stop Trump’s FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter’s Home
The Trump administration's raid on Natanson's home is the latest escalation in a history of government attacks on whistleblowing.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:56 PM
My latest for @fairmediawatch.bsky.social
It's been a week since the FBI raided a Post reporter's home and Jeff Bezos still hasn't said anything fair.org/home/all-bez...
It's been a week since the FBI raided a Post reporter's home and Jeff Bezos still hasn't said anything fair.org/home/all-bez...
Media present Trump’s childish imperial fantasies—he may have been impressed by the distorted size of the island on a Mercator map—as grave matters of global strategy.
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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.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Media present Trump’s childish imperial fantasies—he may have been impressed by the distorted size of the island on a Mercator map—as grave matters of global strategy.
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It’s “nauseating and irresponsible to have our owner remain silent given this unprecedented event,” a Washington Post reporter said after a colleague's electronic devices were seized by the FBI.
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All Bezos’ Groveling Didn’t Stop Trump’s FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter’s Home
The Trump administration's raid on Natanson's home is the latest escalation in a history of government attacks on whistleblowing.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
It’s “nauseating and irresponsible to have our owner remain silent given this unprecedented event,” a Washington Post reporter said after a colleague's electronic devices were seized by the FBI.
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By using words like “arrest” and “capture” to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, media evoke a framing where the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained.
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Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:43 PM
By using words like “arrest” and “capture” to describe the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, media evoke a framing where the “good guys” and “bad guys” are preordained.
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