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View this email in your browser Weekly Alert: January 5, 2018 Thanks to everyone who made FAIR's  year-end fund drive  a success! Here are the stories FAIR has been working on this (abbreviated) week. Please help us spread the word by forwarding this email to friends and by sharing our stories on social media like Facebook  and  Twitter . Think Tank-Addicted Media Turn to Regime Change Enthusiasts for Iran Protest Commentary NYT ’s ‘Trump Effect’ Mainly the Effect of Higher Oil Prices This week's episode of FAIR's radio show  CounterSpin : Julio Lopez Varona on Puerto Rico’s Predators FAIR’s ad-free, content-rich site is supported by contributions  from our loyal band of media activists.  Please donate today!   FAIR's Website Copyright © 2018 Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, All rights reserved.   Our mailing address is:   Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting 124 W. 3...

Dear Friend, Iran has been rocked for the past six days by protests against food-price rises, mass joblessness, ever-widening social inequality, and the Islamic Republic’s brutal austerity program and political repression In India the oppressed Dalits have risen up against the oppressive Brahmanical system. Today, Maharashtra observed a mass strike against the recent attack on Dalits who were celbrating the anniversary of a historical battle in which dalit soldiers defeated the Brahmanic Peshwa army on January 1st, 1818. India is witnessing a churning. The oppressed castes and class are rising up. They must find a common ground to come together to throw away the oppressive class and castes.  Our earth system is facing massive threat. Peter Van Els makes a passinate plea "Plants And Animals Don’t Have A Voice, Let Us Be Theirs". Also more stories from around the world.  If you don't mind, and if you think the content of this news letter is critical fo...

01 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News Devin Nunes Goes Rogue  Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post Demirjian writes: "Rep. Devin Nunes, once sidelined by an ethics inquiry from leading the House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe, is reasserting the full authority of his position as chairman just as the GOP appears poised to challenge special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials." READ MORE Goldman Sachs Trying to Kill Shareholder Initiative Requiring More Lobbying Disclosure David Sirota and Josh Keefe, International Business Times Excerpt: "Amid intensifying shareholder pressure on companies to be more transparent about their political spending, Goldman Sachs has moved to prevent its shareholders from voting to force executives to disclose their efforts to influence politicians." READ MORE Pope, in Year-End Mess...

31 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News FINAL DAY OF 2016 - WE NEED A BOOST! - We have scratched and clawed our way to having a chance of finishing this thing. This is the most important month of the year. Think of the standard of dedication and effectiveness that RSN stands for day in and day out. We are always there. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Charles Pierce | Trump's New York Times Interview Is a Portrait of a Man in Cognitive Decline  Charles Pierce, Esquire Pierce writes: "In this interview, the president is only intermittently coherent. He talks in semi-sentences and is always groping for something that sounds familiar, even if it makes no sense whatsoever and even if it blatantly contradicts something he said two minutes earlier." READ MORE Bernie Sanders to Republicans: Stop Saying I Support Your Tax Bill David Weigel, The Washington Post Weigel writes: ...