7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (889+ words) When Ben Bagdikian, an esteemed journalist and early FAIR contributor, published his groundbreaking book The Media Monopoly in 1983, he painted a troubling picture of US media consolidation, reporting that 50 corporations controlled the media business. With each reprint, that number dwindled…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (16+ words) Trump 'finds new way to use' power against his enemies with 'highly unusual' DOJ move alternet.org...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (646+ words) Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier How can society police the global spread of online far-right extremism while still protecting free speech? That’s a question policymakers and watchdog organizations confronted…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago   (449+ words) The alleged shooter of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was formally charged Tuesday by Utah prosecutors. The top charge is aggravated murder, along with six other counts. The accused, 22-year old Tyler Robinson, also made his first court appearance to hear…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (51+ words) A new editorial from the Wall Street Journal has, as one reporter argued, given the game away about which Republican the Murdoch media empire wants to succeed President Donald Trump in 2028.On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal editorial board, a…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (756+ words) Yesterday was the five-year anniversary of the J6 insurrection. On January 6, 2021, the then-president organized and led an attempted paramilitary takeover of the US government. And Donald Trump got away with it. He ran for president for a second time like a…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (50+ words) Conservative commentator Dave Rubin, who for months has been a top booster of President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, was inundated with mockery on Sunday after a viral video exposed months’ worth of his failed predictions about the conflict....

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (838+ words) On March 25, a California jury found that two major Silicon Valley companies — Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) and Google — were responsible for the mental health problems a woman said she suffered because of excessive social…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (52+ words) In addition to his work on CNN since the early 2000s, broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper spent more than two decades on CBS' News' "60 Minutes" — an association that ended with his farewell broadcast on May 17. CBS News is looking for a replacement…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (197+ words) A social media user on Monday shared at least part of a “60 Minutes” segment about a prison in El Salvador—where the Trump administration sent hundreds of migrants—after CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss controversially blocked its release.“Canadians, behold!...