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      New Reporting Details Corporate Media's War Industry Pundits

      "This type of revolving-door behavior should be prohibited for military officials to serve in a private capacity representing military contractors," said one consumer advocate.

      Brett Wilkins
      Apr 12, 2022

      U.S. corporate media outlets are saturated with pundits--many of them ex-military or national security officials--who take to the airwaves to promote hawkish policies and actions in Ukraine and elsewhere without disclosing their own ties to the arms industry, according to a report published Tuesday.

      "The people who have the most interest in influencing the direction of the coverage are weapons-makers."

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      2021 Covering Climate Now Awards

      New Climate Journalism Awards Honor Chroniclers of the 'Defining Story of Our Time'

      Covering Climate Now recognizes members of the media who "are leading the way, showing us all how to cover a story that is increasingly shaping the future."

      Brett Wilkins
      Oct 06, 2021

      As the winners of the inaugural Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards were announced Wednesday evening, environmental campaigners hailed the new prizes for elevating journalists who chronicle one of the world's most crucial news stories--but one critics say is woefully underreported by U.S. corporate media.

      Covering Climate Now (CCNow) is a collaborative effort co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) and The Nation and joined by hundreds of partner outlets including Common Dreams.

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      Jeff Cohen

      35 Years Later, Looking Back at the Founding of FAIR

      One of FAIR's main goals was to take what had been a marginalized progressive media critique and push that critique into the faces of mainstream journalists.

      Jeff Cohen
      Jul 24, 2021

      It was 35 years ago this month that I left my beloved Venice, California, to move to New York City to launch FAIR. Not many progressive nonprofits endure 35 years, but FAIR has survived and thrived.

      I wanted to launch FAIR from Venice, but friends and advisers insisted, correctly, that a national media group would lack credibility if not based in New York or D.C. Given the Reaganite stench permeating our nation's capital, NYC was the obvious choice.

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