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Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson is a freelance writer and contributing analyst to Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting. FAIR.org

Modernization: The Media’s Code for Military Build-Up

The mainstream media treats shelling out trillions on the military like it’s a simple iPhone update.

April 12th, 2018

By Adam Johnson

Modernization: The Media’s Code for Military Build-Up

One of the most effective rhetorical tools in normalizing massive military budgets is to treat spending billions — and sometimes trillions — of dollars as something one has to do in order to be “modern.” “Modernization” is, after all, an attractive label. Who doesn’t want to be modern? Consider just a few examples from recent reporting on

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Fossil Fuel Lobbyist By Day, WaPo Columnist By Night

Ed Rogers continues to embarrass the Washington Post.

September 08th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

Fossil Fuel Lobbyist By Day, WaPo Columnist By Night

What is the point of Ed Rogers, the Washington Post’s most conflict-ridden, mediocre columnist (FAIR.org, 4/23/15)? He doesn’t add a lot to the discourse, his boilerplate Republican talking points could be better

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Months After Supporting a Deadly Coup, WaPo Admits Bolivia’s Elections Were Clean

For Media, Driving Into A Crowd of Protesters Is a ‘Clash’

The ‘T’ word is glaringly absent from mainstream media coverage of white supremacist attack in Charlottesville, Virginia.

August 14th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

For Media, Driving Into A Crowd of Protesters Is a ‘Clash’

The Washington Post, Boston Globe, AOL News, The Hill, 

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Looking for an Excuse to Crackdown, Police Departments are Pitting Protesters Against Each Other

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Joe Biden Launches Campaign with Charlottesville Condemnation after Supporting Neo-Nazis in Ukraine

White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. (AP/Steve Helber)

From Greensboro 1979 to Charlottesville 2017: Police Absent In Face Of White Supremacist Violence

Conspiracies Pushed By Atlantic’s Editor Excluded From Atlantic’s Denunciation Of Conspiracy Theories

In exploring how “America lost its mind,” The Atlantic let everyone in corporate media off the hook, saving most of the ire for obscure hippies, rednecks and postmodern academics.

August 11th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

Conspiracies Pushed By Atlantic’s Editor Excluded From Atlantic’s Denunciation Of Conspiracy Theories

Which “conspiracy theories” the media decide to care about and which they don’t is largely a function of who is advancing those conspiracy theories, and whose interests they serve. The Atlantic published a 12,000-word cover story by Kurt Andersen on

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Dems Deride MTG for Supporting Conspiracies While Claiming Russia Was Behind Capitol Riots  

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Obama-Era Officials Call for More Government Control of Your Facebook Feed

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The Media’s Odd Obsession With Perseverance Porn

On the broader media culture of anecdotes in lieu of the macro, moralizing “success” rather than questioning systemic problems.

August 04th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

The Media’s Odd Obsession With Perseverance Porn

You’ve seen or heard or read the personal interest story a thousand times: An enterprising seven-year-old collects cans to save for college, a man with unmatched moxie

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World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals

With Amazon’s stock surging to well over $1,000 a share, and its head recently crowned the richest person in the world, the stakes for putting Amazon and Bezos in a critical light couldn’t be higher

July 29th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals

The three most prominent US newspapers haven’t run a critical investigative piece on Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in almost two years, a FAIR survey finds. A review of 190 articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Bezos-owned Washington Post over the past year paints a picture of almost uniformly uncritical–ofttimes

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“Shame on You, New York Times!” Scientists Speak Out Over Media Disinformation on China

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WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That’s Never Existed

If one had to sum up McCain’s political career, you could do worse than “aggressive wars”—seeing as how there’s never been one McCain didn’t promote with “verve and tirelessness.”

July 25th, 2017

By Adam Johnson

WaPo Worships Principled, Humanitarian McCain That’s Never Existed

In a fawning editorial Saturday, pillar of the national security establishment Washington Post fell over itself to commend a 

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