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'''Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting''' ('''FAIR''') is a [[Progressivism|progressive]] [[Left-wing politics|left-leaning]]<ref name="NYT">{{cite web |last=Goodman |first=Walter |date=June 17, 1990 |title=TV VIEW; Let's Be Frank About Fairness And Accuracy – |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DA173AF934A25755C0A966958260 |access-date=May 2, 2010 |work=New York Times}}</ref><ref name="NPR2011">{{cite news |last1=Shepard |first1=Alicia C. |date=12 April 2011 |title=What to Think about Think Tanks? |agency=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2011/04/22/134229266/what-to-think-about-think-tanks |access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Callahan |first1=David |url=https://archive.org/details/fortunesofchange0000call |title=Fortunes of change : the rise of the liberal rich and the remaking of America |date=2010 |publisher=J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. |isbn=978-0470177112 |location=Hoboken, N.J. |url-access=registration}}<!--|access-date=24 June 2015--></ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sheppard |first1=Si |title=The partisan press : a history of media bias in the United States |date=2008 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=978-0786432820 |location=Jefferson, N.C.}}<!--|access-date=24 June 2015--></ref> [[Media studies|media critique]] organization based in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hays|first1=Constance L.|title=MAKING IT WORK;FAIR or Not?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/19/nyregion/making-it-work-fair-or-not.html|access-date=9 December 2015|work=New York Times|date=May 19, 1996}}</ref> The organization was founded in 1986 by [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]] and [[Martin A. Lee]].<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=What's FAIR?|date=30 August 2012 |url=https://fair.org/about-fair/|publisher=Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting|access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref> FAIR monitors American news media for bias, inaccuracies and censorship, and advocates for more diversity of perspectives in the news media.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairness-and-Accuracy-in-Reporting |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |language=en}}</ref> FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group".<ref name=about/>


FAIR publishes ''[[Extra!]]'', a magazine of media criticism, and also produces the radio program ''CounterSpin'', which features interviews with journalists, scholars, and activists on current media-related news stories.<ref name=":1" />
'''Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting''' ('''FAIR''') is a leftist advocacy group maqsquerading as a media watch grouporganization based in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hays|first1=Constance L.|title=MAKING IT WORK;FAIR or Not?|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/19/nyregion/making-it-work-fair-or-not.html|accessdate=9 December 2015|publisher=New York Times|date=May 19, 1996}}</ref> The organization was founded in 1986 by [[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]] and [[Martin A. Lee]].<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=What's FAIR?|url=https://fair.org/about-fair/|publisher=Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting|accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group".<ref name=about/> The organization has been described as both [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] and [[Left-wing politics|leaning left]].<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/19/despite-signs-revival-critics-fairness-doctrine-outdated-swipe-modern-market/ Despite Signs of Revival, Critics Call 'Fairness Doctrine' Outdated Swipe at Modern Market]; [[Fox News]]; February 19, 2009</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite web|last=Goodman |first=Walter |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6DA173AF934A25755C0A966958260 |title=TV VIEW; Let's Be Frank About Fairness And Accuracy – |publisher=New York Times |date=June 17, 1990 |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name=NPR2011>{{cite news|last1=Shepard|first1=Alicia C.|title=What to Think about Think Tanks?|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/ombudsman/2011/04/22/134229266/what-to-think-about-think-tanks|accessdate=24 June 2015|agency=[[NPR]]|date=12 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Callahan|first1=David|title=Fortunes of change : the rise of the liberal rich and the remaking of America|date=2010|publisher=J. Wiley & Sons, Inc.|location=Hoboken, N.J.|isbn=978-0470177112}}<!--|accessdate=24 June 2015--></ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sheppard|first1=Si|title=The partisan press : a history of media bias in the United States|date=2008|publisher=McFarland & Co.|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0786432820}}<!--|accessdate=24 June 2015--></ref>

FAIR monitors the U.S. news media for "inaccuracy, bias, and censorship" and advocates for greater diversity of perspectives in news reporting. It is opposed to corporate ownership of media entities and calls for the break-up of [[media conglomerate]]s.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hollar|first1=Julie|title=Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/Fairness-and-Accuracy-in-Reporting|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] |accessdate=9 December 2015}}</ref> FAIR publishes ''[[Extra!]]'', a monthly [[newsletter]] of media criticism, and also produces a weekly, podcast and radio program called ''CounterSpin'', which is aired on more than 150 stations throughout the United States.


==Mission==
==Mission==
FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media [[watchdog journalism|watch group]]" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] by advocating for greater [[Multiculturalism|diversity]] in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints." FAIR refers to itself as a "progressive group that believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant [[media conglomerates]], establish independent [[public broadcasting]] and promote strong [[nonprofit]] sources of information."<ref name=about/>
FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media [[watchdog journalism|watch group]]" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] by advocating for greater [[Multiculturalism|diversity]] in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints." FAIR refers to itself as a "progressive group that believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant [[media conglomerates]], establish independent [[public broadcasting]] and promote strong [[nonprofit]] sources of information."<ref name=about/><ref name=":0" />


Commentators on FAIR's syndicated radio program, ''CounterSpin'', have frequently argued that American media is biased in favor of conservatism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vance |first=Lucian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xi1mDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 |title=Fake News and Media Bias |date=2017 |publisher=Greenhaven Publishing LLC |isbn=978-1-5345-6200-4 |pages=84 |language=en}}</ref> Professor of public policy Terry J. Buss has argued that FAIR combines media criticism and partisan advocacy for progressive causes, and that their criticism of conservative groups is done "more on ideological grounds than on substance".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Buss |first1=Terry F. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlhFdTRCzOEC&pg=PA319 |title=Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation |last2=Buss |first2=Nathaniel J. |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7656-1934-1 |editor-last=Redburn |editor-first=F. Stevens |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=319 |language=en |chapter=The Internet, Politics, and Democracy}}</ref>
==Activities==
First published in 1987, ''[[Extra!]]'', FAIR's newsletter, features analysis of current [[media bias]], [[censorship]], and effects of media consolidation. Covering a variety of issues, FAIR addresses news coverage that it finds biased with rebuttals. FAIR also produces ''[[CounterSpin]]'', a half-hour radio program hosted by [[Janine Jackson]], which is recorded at the FAIR office in NYC. [[broadcasting|Broadcasts]] are syndicated nationally on more than 130 radio stations and is available in podcast format on the web.


FAIR believes that corporate sponsorship and ownership, as well as government policies and pressure, restricts journalism and therefore distorts public discourse.<ref name=":1" /> FAIR also believes that most news media reflects the interests of business and government elites while ignoring or minimizing minority, female, public interest, and dissenting points of view.<ref name=":1" /> FAIR criticizes media outlets for engaging in [[false balance]] in order to not be accused of taking sides on controversial topics.<ref name=":1" />
FAIR has criticized US media coverage of [[Venezuela]]n President [[Hugo Chávez]], taking issue with the assertion that "Hugo Chávez is an [[autocracy|autocrat]] who has consolidated one-party rule."<ref>{{cite web|last=Rendall |first=Steve |url=https://fair.org/extra/the-repeatedly-re-elected-autocrat/ |title=The Repeatedly Re-Elected Autocrat |publisher=Fair.org |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> FAIR has also criticized media coverage of the [[Crisis in Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fair.org/home/venezuela-coverage-takes-us-back-to-golden-age-of-lying-about-latin-america|title=Venezuela Coverage Takes Us Back to Golden Age of Lying About Latin America|last=Cook |first=Mark |date=February 22, 2019 |website=Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting|publisher= |access-date=February 28, 2019|quote=}}</ref>

In 2008, FAIR criticized American media for coverage during [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s visit to the United States by claiming that he received a "pass on Church abuse history."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fair.org/extra/pope-gets-pass-on-church-abuse-history/|title=Pope Gets Pass on Church Abuse History|date=1 July 2008|publisher=}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Accuracy in Media]]
* ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]''
* ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]''
* [[Institute for Public Accuracy]]
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* [[Media Research Center]]
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* [[Media Matters for America]]
* [[Media bias]]
* [[Media bias]]
* [[Media Lens]]
* [[Media Lens]]
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* [[Media Matters for America]]
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* [[Media Research Center]]
* [[Norman Solomon]]
* [[Norman Solomon]]


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Latest revision as of 22:21, 24 July 2024

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
Formation1986; 38 years ago (1986)
GründerJeff Cohen, Martin A. Lee
TypNonprofit
PurposeMedia criticism
ProdukteExtra! magazine, CounterSpin radio program
Key people
Janine Jackson, Jim Naureckas
Websitefair.org

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a progressive left-leaning[1][2][3][4] media critique organization based in New York City.[5] The organization was founded in 1986 by Jeff Cohen and Martin A. Lee.[6] FAIR monitors American news media for bias, inaccuracies and censorship, and advocates for more diversity of perspectives in the news media.[7] FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group".[6]

FAIR publishes Extra!, a magazine of media criticism, and also produces the radio program CounterSpin, which features interviews with journalists, scholars, and activists on current media-related news stories.[7]

Mission

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FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media watch group" and defines its mission as working 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." FAIR refers to itself as a "progressive group that believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong nonprofit sources of information."[6][8]

Commentators on FAIR's syndicated radio program, CounterSpin, have frequently argued that American media is biased in favor of conservatism.[9] Professor of public policy Terry J. Buss has argued that FAIR combines media criticism and partisan advocacy for progressive causes, and that their criticism of conservative groups is done "more on ideological grounds than on substance".[8]

FAIR believes that corporate sponsorship and ownership, as well as government policies and pressure, restricts journalism and therefore distorts public discourse.[7] FAIR also believes that most news media reflects the interests of business and government elites while ignoring or minimizing minority, female, public interest, and dissenting points of view.[7] FAIR criticizes media outlets for engaging in false balance in order to not be accused of taking sides on controversial topics.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goodman, Walter (June 17, 1990). "TV VIEW; Let's Be Frank About Fairness And Accuracy –". New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
  2. ^ Shepard, Alicia C. (12 April 2011). "What to Think about Think Tanks?". NPR. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  3. ^ Callahan, David (2010). Fortunes of change : the rise of the liberal rich and the remaking of America. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0470177112.
  4. ^ Sheppard, Si (2008). The partisan press : a history of media bias in the United States. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0786432820.
  5. ^ Hays, Constance L. (May 19, 1996). "MAKING IT WORK;FAIR or Not?". New York Times. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "What's FAIR?". Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  8. ^ a b Buss, Terry F.; Buss, Nathaniel J. (2006). "The Internet, Politics, and Democracy". In Redburn, F. Stevens (ed.). Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation (1st ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7656-1934-1.
  9. ^ Vance, Lucian (2017). Fake News and Media Bias. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-5345-6200-4.
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