Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), founded in 1986, is a progressive group that works against and documents alleged bias in the media and erroneous reporting, although they themselves have also been accused by conservatives of being biased in favor of liberal media outlets.
First published in 1987, Extra!, FAIR's bimonthly magazine, features claims 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, Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart. It broadcasts nationally on over 130 radio stations and is available in MP3 and RealAudio format on the web.
In May 2002, Jeff Cohen, FAIR's founder, left the organization to work as a producer on Phil Donahue's short-lived liberal talk show on MSNBC.
Around 30 percent of FAIR's funding comes from foundation grants, including grants from establishment foundations like the Rockefeller Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, Bill Moyers's Schumann Foundation and the Ford Foundation.[1] (http://www.questionsquestions.net/feldman/feldman_2txt.html)
FAIR covers much of the same ground as Accuracy in Media, a conservative media watchdog.
External link
- FAIR's Official Site (http://www.fair.org)