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Right and Early Extra! (4/12)
Sunday morning shows are GOP TV
Right-wing Tilt on Sunday Morning Extra! (9/10)
The conservative records of talking-head lawmakers
Power Sources Extra! (5/02)
On party, gender, race and class, TV news looks to the most powerful groups
Are You on the Nightline Guestlist? Extra! (1/89)
A 40-month examination
–Study Aftermath: FAIR Debates MacNeil/Lehrer Extra! (6/90)
Still Failing the ‘Fair & Balanced’ Test Extra! (7/04)
‘Special Report’ leans right, white, Republican & male
Fox‘s Slanted Sources Extra! (7-8/01)
Conservatives, Republicans far outnumber others
CNN‘s Reliably Narrow Sources Extra! (3/03)
Media show’s exclusive guestlist reinforces biases
Does NewsHour Help Us See America Whole? Extra! (11/10)
A study of PBS’s flagship news show
Are You on the NewsHour‘s Guestlist? Extra! (10/06)
PBS flagship news show fails public mission
How Public Is Public Radio? Extra! (5-6/04)
A study of NPR’s guest list
White Noise Extra! (9-10/02)
Voices of color scarce on urban public radio
Wh0 Gets to Review and Be Reviewed? Extra! (8/10)
Authors, book critics drawn from narrow pool
Booknotes‘ Slanted Shelf Extra! (7/00)
C-SPAN slights left-wing authors
U.S. Climate Coverage in the 00’s Extra! (2/10)
Tracking global warming’s media profile
Journalistic Balance as Global Warming Bias Extra! (10/04)
Creating controversy where science finds consensus
Depleted Coverage of Uranium Weapons Extra! (6/03)
Speculating about Saddam Hussein and uranium for weapons, but little interest in the U.S. and Britain’s use of them
An NPR Report on Dioxin Extra! (4-5/93)
How “Neutral” Experts Can Slant a Story
Media Not Concerned About the Very Poor Extra! (9/12)
Study finds poverty not an issue in most election coverage
Bored With Occupy–and Inequality Extra! (5/12)
Class issues fade along with protest coverage
Top Op-Ed Pages Offer Choice of Elites Extra! (4/12)
On reigning issues, convergent perspectives
The Poor Will Always Be With Us–Just Not on TV News Extra! (9-10/07)
The poverty of poverty’s news coverage
TV on Social Security: It’s Broke, Fix It Extra! (5-6/99)
Thirteen months of slanted Social Security coverage
Social Security Coverage: By the Numbers Extra! (5-6/99)
On Libya, Opinion Pages a No-Debate Zone? Extra! (5/11)
NYT, WP made little room for anti-intervention voices
In Afghan Debate, Few Antiwar Op-Eds Extra! (11/09)
Elite papers marginalize public opposition
Human Rights Coverage Serving Washington’s Needs Extra! (2/09)
Newspapers putting political considerations ahead of humanitarian concerns in their editorials on Latin America
If News From Iraq Is Bad, It’s Coming From U.S. Officials Extra! (9-10/04)
U.S. TV news coverage of the Iraq situation continues to be dominated by government and military officials
Amplifying Officials, Squelching Dissent Extra! (5/03)
Democracy poorly served by war coverage
In Prelude to War, TV Served as Official Megaphone Extra! (4/03)
Network newscasts dominated by current and former U.S. officials leading up to the invasion of Iraq
Depleted Coverage of Uranium Weapons Extra! (6/03)
Speculating about Saddam Hussein and uranium for weapons, but little interest in the U.S. and Britain’s use of them
Study of NPR‘s Coverage of Deaths in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Extra! (11-12/01)
Israeli deaths more likely to be reported on
Network of Insiders Extra! (11-12/01)
TV news relies mainly on officials to discuss policy
Congress’s Missing Coverage Extra! (8/12)
Local papers little help in casting an informed vote
TV’s Low-Cal Campaign Coverage Extra! (6/08)
How 385 stories can tell you next to nothing about whom to vote for
Subverting, Not Preserving, Democracy Extra! (7-8/06)
Marginalizing vote fraud ‘conspiracy theories’
Election Neglected on L.A.’s Local TV Extra! (7-8/97)
Exploring an Empty News Hole
Issues, Images & Impact Extra! (12/92)
A FAIR survey of voters’ knowledge
Missing Latino Voices Extra! (9/12)
Excluded from the newsroom, absent from the conversation
Tea Party vs. U.S. Social Forum Extra! (9/10)
Mass movements that matter for media—Round 2
Don’t Ask Gays About Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Extra! (5/10)
Debate on military policy excludes those most affected
National Equality vs. Tea Party Extra! (2/10)
Which march matters for media?
Arpaio vs. Immigrants Extra! (5/09)
Those most affected left out of debate
Making Islamophobia Mainstream Extra! (11-12/08)
How Muslim-bashers broadcast their bigotry
‘Secret Muslims,’ Open Bigotry Extra! (11-12/08)
Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign
FAIR Special Report: ‘Smearcasting’ Special Release (10/08)
How Islamophobes spread fear, bigotry and misinformation
Opinion Omission Extra! (7/05)
Women hard to find on op-ed pages, TV panels
Muting the Women’s March Extra! (7/04)
Media lose focus when women protest in Washington
How Seventeen Undermines Young Women Extra! (1-2/93)
Reinforcing cultural expectations of physical beauty and relations with others
Abortion Coverage Leaves Women Out of the Picture Extra! (8/92)
Abortion covered from the standpoint of Washington instead of the perspective of those most affected by the issue
Don’t Forget the Hype Extra! (9/92)
Media, Drugs, and Public Opinion
Media Quarantine of Single-Payer Continues Extra! (11/09)
Fifteen years later, public health insurance still taboo
Congo Ignored, Not Forgotten Extra! (4/09)
When 5 million dead aren’t worth two stories a year
Bono, I Presume? Extra! (5/07)
Covering Africa through celebrities
Think Tank Spectrum 2012 Extra! (7/13)
Range of debate narrows as the status quo holds
Think Tank Spectrum Revisited Extra! (6/12)
Conservatives gain within still-narrow spectrum
Right Ebbs, Left Gains as Media ‘Experts’ Special online-only study (9/09)
Think tank balance still skews right
The Incredible Shrinking Think Tank Extra! (3-4/08)
Third year in a row of declining citations
Think Tank Sources Fall, but Left Gains Slightly Extra! (3-4/07)
Progressive groups still a small slice
Study Finds First Drop in Think Tank Cites Extra! (5-6/06)
Progressive groups see biggest decline
Right, Center Think Tanks Still Most Quoted Extra! (5-6/05)
Study of cites debunks “liberal media” claims
Special Report: Think Tank Coverage Extra! (5-6/04)
More attention, but not more balance
Spectrum Narrows Further in 2002 Extra! (7-8/03)
Progressive, domestic think tanks see drop
Think Tanks in a Time of Crisis Extra! (3-4/02)
FAIR’s 2001 survey of the media’s institutional experts
Think Tanks Y2K Extra! (7-8/01)
Progressive groups gain, but right still cited twice as often
Think Tanks: The Rich Get Richer Extra! (5-6/00)
As in the global economy, in the world of the think tanks that dominate the mass media, the rich have gotten richer
What’s in a Label? Extra! (5-6/98)
Right-wing think tanks are often quoted, rarely labeled
New Survey on Think Tanks Extra! (7-8/97)
Media Favored Conservative Institutions in 1996
The Think Tank Spectrum Extra! (5-6/96)
For the Media, Some Thinkers Are More Equal Than Others
