Month: April 2019

Did William Barr Cover Up Mueller’s Report?

Did William Barr Cover Up Mueller’s Report?

truthdig I trust Attorney General William Barr to handle the final report of special counsel Robert Mueller almost as much as I trusted James Clapper to handle national intelligence during the Obama years. Which is to say, I do not, and neither should you....

Dictator: Media Code for ‘Government We Don’t Like’

Dictator: Media Code for ‘Government We Don’t Like’

FAIR Let’s start with a quiz: Quick! Name some dictators! I’m willing to bet most of you responded with just a few of the same names: Assad, Putin, Castro, Kim Jong-un, Gaddafi, Maduro. This is not because they are the only dictators in the world (far from it), or...

From Elections to Dictators

From Elections to Dictators

  The Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) has announced this year’s Izzy Award “for outstanding achievement in independent media." Laura Flanders provided progressive and internationalist perspectives to American audiences; Dave Lindorff uncovered the...

PCIM Internships

Independent - Progressive Media Internships The Park Center for Independent Media sponsors a summer internship program aimed at giving justice-oriented students the opportunity to work at some of the best independent/progressive media institutions and advocacy...

FAIR: Coverage of Mental Illness

FAIR: Coverage of Mental Illness

During the summer of 2018, Olivia Riggio, from Ithaca College's class of 2019, interned for Fair and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). While at FAIR, Riggio worked on this piece titled "Mental Illness Serves as Easy Scapegoat in Mass Murder Accounts."