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Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson is Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) program director and producer/co-host of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin. She contributes frequently to FAIR's magazine, Extra! and co-edited "The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s" (2019).

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

No, The Racism Aimed at Ketanji Brown Jackson Was Not 'Hovering'

"If there ever was a time to talk about 'race' 'hovering over' things, it's long past."

Janine Jackson ·

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos' Fake News in the Newspaper He Really Owns

Just as it was selling Post readers on the notion that it's lifting folks to a better life, Amazon was being cited by OSHA for a rate of serious workplace injuries nearly double that at other employers.

Janine Jackson ·

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a news briefing at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House February 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. Psaki held a news briefing to answer questions from the members of the press. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

With Biden's Jen Psaki at the Podium, Corporate Outlets No Longer Think Briefings Newsworthy

Obama briefings? Not news. Trump briefings? Always news. Biden briefings? Not news again.

Janine Jackson ·

People protest against U.S. President Donald Trump in front of the White House on July 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Absolving Trump Means Erasing the Harm Done to Millions

The call to coddle Trump—like the same outlets’ insistence that it would be mean to send bankers whose fraud derailed the economy to jail—is evidence of the total divorce between real people’s lives and experiences, and the puppets and caricatures in media’s narrative.

Janine Jackson ·

Press Normalizes Trump's Lawlessness as Use of 'Tools of Presidency' to 'Broaden Appeal'

"Elite journalists are no doubt clearing their shelves for the awards they expect to win for the fearless and high-minded excoriations of the Trump presidency they will write…when it's over."

Janine Jackson ·

Donald Trump. (Photo: Tom Pennington/Getty Images)

Democracy Dies in Blah Blah Blah

The president of the country has declared himself an opponent of one person, one vote democracy. We already knew that, but he said it out loud, on the record. 

Janine Jackson ·

A close-up of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Missed Opportunity to Recall a Day to ‘Perpetuate Peace’

Absent in media coverage of Veterans Day was discussion of the way to honor veteran.

Janine Jackson ·

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