Transcript of CounterSpin's interview with Jeff Hauser on DOGE's infiltration:

"They have one foot on one side of the government, and they have one foot in the private sector at the same time, and they have one brain. And so you can bet which side they care about more, which has more meaning to them, the public interest or their private enrichment."

https://fair.org/home/theres-never-been-a-more-blatant-corporate-incursion-into-the-public-sector-than-doge/

The attack on Wikipedia’s editorial independence will undoubtedly cause other websites and media outlets with nonprofit status to wonder if their content will be the next in the government’s crosshairs.

https://fair.org/home/feds-threaten-wikipedia-after-right-wing-media-uproar/

Media’s frequent reliance on ambiguous wordiness tends to distract readers from what is actually going on—and who is responsible for it. Even news outlets that intermittently undertake to spotlight the human plight of parents in Gaza losing their children to starvation remain susceptible to long-winded efforts to disperse blame.

https://fair.org/home/as-israel-openly-declares-starvation-as-a-weapon-media-still-hesitate-to-blame-it-for-famine/

Transcript of CounterSpin's interview with Khury Petersen-Smith on #Yemen:

"Countries like Israel and United States, particularly when they speak on international questions, and particularly when we talk about Iran or Palestine or Yemen, US journalists afford this credibility to the US and Israel that they deny to Palestinians and Yemenis and Iran."

https://fair.org/home/yemen-has-been-a-place-the-us-has-seen-fit-to-bomb-with-little-public-discussion/

Going after public broadcasters is part of the neo-fascist playbook authoritarian leaders around the world are using to clamp down on dissent and keep the public in the dark, all in the name of protecting the people from partisan reporting. Strong public media systems and open democracy go hand in hand.

https://fair.org/home/cuts-to-pbs-npr-part-of-authoritarian-playbook/

Trying to keep up with the myriad harms to people and processes coming from the Trump White House is difficult and dispiriting. But piecing out what’s happening from what’s threatened and what’s feared is crucial if we intend to resist. Helping us keep meaningful track of one piece of the work before us – the actions and impacts of the weird shadow power called the Department of Government Efficiency – is the Revolving Door Project.

https://fair.org/home/jeff-hauser-on-doge-karen-thompson-on-fetal-personhood/

Politico framed its polling results as showing the California “political elite” are out of step with voters, who are apparently tired of all this “Trump resistance” being foisted upon them. But problems with this framing abound, from its wrong-headed comparison to its skewing of the results, revealing more about Politico‘s agenda than California voters’ preferences.

https://fair.org/home/politico-plays-with-polling-to-manufacture-trump-resistance-fatigue/

The lengthy obituaries in the most prominent US newspapers ignored Pope Francis' advocacy for Palestinian rights. By contrast, it was not hard to find references to Gaza in Francis’ obituaries in major non-US English-language outlets.

https://fair.org/home/pope-francis-obits-omit-focus-on-palestine/