Sunday, May 10, 2020

FAIR, Weekly Alert: May 9, 2020 (article links)



Due to technical difficulties with our email service, there was no Weekly Alert last weekend, so here are the stories FAIR has been working on for the last two weeks. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to friends and by sharing our stories on social media like Facebook and Twitter.




Are People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That's Not What a Misinterpreted Survey Said
New York State Tries to Suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo Shrug
NYT's 'Real Coronavirus Death Toll' Is Anything But
Gov. Hogan’s Purchase of Korean Covid Tests Looks Like a PR stunt—and Media Fell for It
Guardian Blames Trump’s Murderous US Exceptionalism on Hugo Chávez
Why It's Wrong (and Racist) to Blame Covid-19 on Chinese 'Wet Markets'
Newspapers Won't Connect the Dots on Postal Service Threats
There's No Reason to Turn Airtime Over to Trump's Deceptive Coronavirus Campaign Rallies
Media Washes Hands of—and With—Boris Johnson
It's Crucial to Distinguish Between Can't and Won't—With a Million Lives at Stake
Corporate Looting as 'Rescue Plan,' Robber Barons as 'Saviors'
A Pandemic Is Not a War
By 'as Successful as Most Other Nations,' NYT Means Sweden Is 10th Worst in the World
Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s
Rhode Island Only Looks Like It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak Because It Has a Bad Covid-19 Outbreak
As Covid-19 Forces Emission Reductions, Media Offer Oil Industry Elegies
Both Sides-ing Bleach Injection
Most recent episodes of FAIR's radio show CounterSpin:
Ricardo Salvador on the Food System & Covid-19
Jim Naureckas on Coronavirus False Choices, Peter Maybarduk on Pharmaceutical Price-Gouging
Latest CounterSpin Transcript:
'We Can Pool the World's Science to Develop Better Medical Tools'
'There's a Perceived Need to Get This Over With So We Can Get Back to Work'
'The Industry Chose to Protect Billions of Dollars a Year in Its Own Profit'
'There Are People Dying and Suffering Because They Can't Get Healthcare'
FAIR Cites:
Anatomy of Media Lies About the Death of Kim Jong-un


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