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Alex Vitale on The End of Policing

We may hear editorial calls for better training, or more data, or sometimes even convictions of individual officers. But somehow we never see the problem of policing whole, so the deeper reckoning necessary for real change is forestalled.

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Since 1986, we have been publishing well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. As a progressive group, we believe that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information.

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FAIR’s weekly radio show is hosted by Janine Jackson. CounterSpin is heard on more than 130 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada. CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. The current show and a back archive of shows is available online.

Media Served as Echo Chamber for Trump Nominees

A new FAIR study finds that Republicans dominated coverage of Donald Trump’s appointments, with GOP partisans making up 47 percent of total sources and outnumbering their Democratic counterparts by a 5-to-2 ratio.

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FAIR’s powerful Email Network sends our media criticism and news analysis directly to your mailbox—an average of about one message per day. There are also weekly alerts, usually sent on Friday, with links to all our latest work.

Our email list members are key participants in FAIR’s Action Alerts, which call out particular instances of media inaccuracy, bias or censorship, and encourage direct communication with media outlets. This activism gets results!

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