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Progressive media critique organization based in New York City
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
(
FAIR
) is a
progressive
left-leaning
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[4]
media critique
organization based in
New York City
.
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The organization was founded in 1986 by
Jeff Cohen
and
Martin A. Lee
.
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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".
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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.
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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."
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Commentators on FAIR's syndicated radio program,
CounterSpin
, have frequently argued that American media is biased in favor of conservatism.
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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".
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FAIR believes that corporate sponsorship and ownership, as well as government policies and pressure, restricts journalism and therefore distorts public discourse.
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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.
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FAIR criticizes media outlets for engaging in
false balance
in order to not be accused of taking sides on controversial topics.
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See also
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References
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Goodman, Walter (June 17, 1990).
"TV VIEW; Let's Be Frank About Fairness And Accuracy ?"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
May 2,
2010
.
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Shepard, Alicia C. (12 April 2011).
"What to Think about Think Tanks?"
.
NPR
. Retrieved
24 June
2015
.
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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
.
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Sheppard, Si (2008).
The partisan press : a history of media bias in the United States
. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co.
ISBN
978-0786432820
.
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Hays, Constance L. (May 19, 1996).
"MAKING IT WORK;FAIR or Not?"
.
New York Times
. Retrieved
9 December
2015
.
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b
c
"What's FAIR?"
. Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. 30 August 2012
. Retrieved
9 December
2015
.
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b
c
d
e
"Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Retrieved
2022-08-14
.
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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
.
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Vance, Lucian (2017).
Fake News and Media Bias
. Greenhaven Publishing LLC. p. 84.
ISBN
978-1-5345-6200-4
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