The Secret History of US Involvement in Brazil’s Scandal-Wracked Operation Car Wash. By Brian Mier / Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting In a new peer-reviewed academic article in Latin American Perspectives (11/19/23), “Anticorruption and Imperialist Blind Spots: The Role of the United States in Brazil’s Long Coup,” Sean T. Mitchell, Rafael Ioris, Kathy Swart, Bryan Pitts and I prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the US Department of Justice was a key actor in what we call Brazil’s “long coup.”
The point of this lawsuit is to intimidate anyone who speaks out against antisemitism, white supremacy and other forms of bigotry. SCHEERPOST, By Ari Paul / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) November 27, 2023 He wasn’t bluffing. After threatening to sue liberal media watchdog Media Matters for America (CNBC, 11/18/23), Twitter’s principal owner Elon Musk did just…
By Robin Andersen / Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt its pursuit of Assange (Consortium News, 9/20/23). They came representing an impressive national consensus: Almost
By Ari Paul / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), October 23, 2023 https://scheerpost.com/2023/10/23/israeli-attacks-on-journalists-stifle-reporting-on-gaza-horrors/ The ability of reporters to cover Gaza is jeopardized by the alarming number of newspeople Israel has killed since the crisis began. he Israeli communications minister’s attempt to shut down Al Jazeera’s bureau in Jerusalem on the grounds that the Qatari news outlet is…