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| '''Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting''' ('''FAIR''') is a ] ]<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=] |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> ] organization based in ].<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 ] and ].<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=] |language=en}}</ref> FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group".<ref name=about/> | |||
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| '''Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting''' ('''FAIR''') is a ] ] organization based in ], founded in 1986.<ref>. FAIR. Retrieved March 20, 2013.</ref> FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media ]" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the ] by advocating for greater ] 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 ], establish independent ] and promote strong ] sources of information."<ref>, FAIR Website</ref> | |||
| FAIR publishes '']'', 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" /> | |||
| == Media outlets == | |||
| First published in 1987, '']'', FAIR's bi-monthly magazine, features analysis of current ], ], and effects of media consolidation. Covering a variety of issues, FAIR addresses news coverage that it finds biased with rebuttals. FAIR also produces '']'', a half-hour radio program hosted by ], Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart, recorded at MercerMedia in NYC. It ] nationally on over 130 radio stations and is available in ] and ] format on the web. | |||
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==Mission== | ||
| FAIR describes itself on its website as "the national media ]" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the ] by advocating for greater ] 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 ], establish independent ] and promote strong ] 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=] |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> | |||
| In 1990, Walter Goodman wrote an article in '']'' comparing FAIR and ] and stated that the two groups' "criticism of television and the press is often provocative. But it is always tendentious", and that FAIR's "target invariably is bias on the right."<ref>{{cite web|last=Goodman |first=Walter |url=http://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> | |||
| 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 ] in order to not be accused of taking sides on controversial topics.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
| == Positions == | |||
| FAIR has said that in the range of opinion discussed in the ], the right side of a discussion is usually represented by a committed supporter of ] causes, while the left side is often represented by a ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=7&issue_area_id=56 |title=FAIR website |publisher=Fair.org |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| == Notable events == | |||
| In May 2002, ], a FAIR founder, left the organization to work as a producer on ]'s short-lived talk show on ]. | |||
| In October 2002, FAIR's Action Alert citing the underestimate of the size of a massive ] rally led ] to apologize to its listeners and a follow-up article in ''The New York Times'' that '']'' suggested was written "in response to many organized protest letters sent to the Times since the paper's weak, and inaccurate, initial article about the march on Sunday." | |||
| In February 2004, a FAIR Action Alert led ] and ''The New York Times'' to expand their coverage of the ] to explain the legal ramifications of the issue.{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} | |||
| In 2006, FAIR criticized U.S. media coverage of ]n President ], taking issue with the assertion that "... Hugo Chávez is an ] who has consolidated one-party rule".<ref>{{cite web|last=Rendall |first=Steve |url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3009 |title=The Repeatedly Re-Elected Autocrat |publisher=Fair.org |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> FAIR has frequently criticized media coverage of the Chávez government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=18®ion_id=18 |title=Region: Venezuela |publisher=FAIR |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3107 |title=Coup Co-Conspirators as Free-Speech Martyrs |publisher=Fair.org |date=April 11, 2002 |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Naureckas |first=Jim |url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3049 |title=Inexplicable Tongue-Lashing |publisher=Fair.org |date=September 24, 2006 |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Rendall |first=Steve |url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3022 |title=The Myth of the Muzzled Media |publisher=Fair.org |date= |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3046 |title=NYT Hypes Venezuelan Threat |publisher=Fair.org |date=February 25, 2007 |accessdate=May 2, 2010}}</ref> | |||
| In 2008, FAIR criticized American media for coverage that was too positive during ]'s visit to the United States, claiming that he got a "pass on Church abuse history."<ref>{{dead link|date=May 2010}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:06, 3 January 2025
Media critique group in New York City | |
| Formation | 1986; 39 years ago (1986) |
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| Founder | Jeff Cohen, Martin A. Lee |
| Type | 501(c)3 organization |
| Tax ID no. | 13-3392362 |
| Purpose | Media criticism |
| Products | Extra! magazine, CounterSpin radio program |
| Key people | Janine Jackson, Jim Naureckas |
| Website | fair |
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is a progressive left-leaning media critique organization based in New York City. The organization was founded in 1986 by Jeff Cohen and Martin A. Lee. FAIR monitors American news media for bias, inaccuracies and censorship, and advocates for more diversity of perspectives in the news media. FAIR describes itself as "the national media watch group".
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.
Mission
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."
Commentators on FAIR's syndicated radio program, CounterSpin, have frequently argued that American media is biased in favor of conservatism. 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".
FAIR believes that corporate sponsorship and ownership, as well as government policies and pressure, restricts journalism and therefore distorts public discourse. 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. FAIR criticizes media outlets for engaging in false balance in order to not be accused of taking sides on controversial topics.
See also
- Accuracy in Media
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Institute for Public Accuracy
- Media bias
- Media Lens
- Media Matters for America
- Media Research Center
- Norman Solomon
References
- Goodman, Walter (June 17, 1990). "TV VIEW; Let's Be Frank About Fairness And Accuracy –". New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- Shepard, Alicia C. (12 April 2011). "What to Think about Think Tanks?". NPR. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- 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.
- Sheppard, Si (2008). The partisan press : a history of media bias in the United States. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0786432820.
- Hays, Constance L. (May 19, 1996). "MAKING IT WORK;FAIR or Not?". New York Times. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "What's FAIR?". Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ 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.
- Vance, Lucian (2017). Fake News and Media Bias. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-5345-6200-4.
External links
- Official website
- "Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting Internal Revenue Service filings". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.