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Jeff Cohen

Jeff Cohen is co-founder of RootsAction.org, a retired journalism professor at Ithaca College and author of “Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.” In 1986, he founded the media watch group FAIR.

Billionaire and former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer is self-funding a run for California governor on a progressive platform (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Tom Steyer can make California golden again

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Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Hollywood where the show is performed. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Kimmel’s suspension shows media censorship is a structural problem

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Josh Shapiro and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Picking Josh Shapiro could be dangerous for Harris — here’s why

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about countering the flow of fentanyl into the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

An attempt on Donald Trump’s life should be a wake-up call for the Democratic Party

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about countering the flow of fentanyl into the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

From denial to panic: Democratic despair grows over 2024 polls

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at Wilshire Ebell Theatre on September 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hey, progressives: Don’t follow RFK Jr. down the rabbit hole — he’s just not that into you

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
US President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the lowering of drug pricing in the East Room of the White House on August 29, 2023 in Washington DC, United States. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Joe Biden, MSNBC and 2024: Is liberal propaganda distorting our perception?

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis claims to be a history buff. Can he answer this one simple question?

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Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) speaks to reporters on his way to a closed-door GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol January 10, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The dangerous myth of the “moderate Republican” keeps pushing the media rightward

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
US President Joe Biden | Senator Eugene McCarthy, 1968 (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the ghost of Eugene McCarthy haunt Joe Biden’s path to re-election?

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Ralph Nader (John Lamparski/WireImage)

Ralph Nader offers urgent appeal after years of opposition: Vote for Democrats

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Lt. Gov. of Wisconsin and Democratic candidate for US senate, Mandela Barnes, speaks to supporters at a rally outside of the Wisconsin State Capital building on Saturday, July 23, 2022. (Sara Stathas for the Washington Post/Getty Images)

The wind has shifted: We can beat Republicans — and elect progressives — in November

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Joe Biden | Vote Pin button on an American flag (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why the midterms look so bleak for Democrats: Joe Biden

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Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

The “Joe Manchin of the House” bites the dust: Corporate Democrats keep falling, one by one

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Congressional Candidate Nina Turner speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at Agora Theater & Ballroom on July 31, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Progressive Caucus goes full “PINO”: Why dumping Nina Turner is a turning point

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
A Ukraine army soldier in the town of Schastia, near the eastern Ukraine city of Lugansk, on Feb. 22, 2022, a day after Russia recognized eastern Ukraine's separatist republics and ordered the Russian army to send troops there as "peacekeepers." (ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Mainstream media opposes military aggression — unless the U.S. is doing it

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Joe Biden and The New York Times (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

New York Times message to progressives, in translation: Give up on challenging corporate power

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
Rahm Emanuel, former Mayor of Chicago and former chief of staff in the Obama White House, listens during a confirmation hearing before Senate Foreign Relations Committee at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Emanuel will become the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan if confirmed by the Senate. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rahm Emanuel’s big lie: What he told Senate about Laquan McDonald murder doesn’t add up

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Jeff Cohen debates Pat Buchanan on CNN. (FAIR)

Looking back at the founding of FAIR — 35 years of giving mainstream media hell

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U.S. president Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland. Biden is meeting his Russian counterpart, Putin, for the first time as president in Geneva, Switzerland. (Peter Klaunzer - Pool/Keystone via Getty Images)

Why is “liberal” media pushing an “America First” message and a new Cold War?

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Pramila Jayapal and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Grade inflation: Does Biden deserve an “A” from progressives? Let’s get real

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
A journalist watches their mobile phone showing Derek Chauvin as the verdict in his trial over the death of George Floyd is announced in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 20, 2021. - Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter on april 20 in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. (KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Derek Chauvin plays the villain for corporate media: Where’s the discussion of systemic racism?

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Former White House Chief of Staff and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel visits WSJ at Large with Gerry Baker at Fox Business Network studios (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Uber-corporate Democrat Rahm Emanuel as a top U.S. diplomat? Oh, hell no

Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House August 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spoke on a range of topics including his announcement earlier in the day of a new peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Four years ago, we warned progressives Trump could win. Now we’re warning you again

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen
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