Olivia Riggio
FAIR
New York, NY, United States
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Right-Wing Media’s 'Grooming' Rhetoric Has Nothing to Do With Concern for Children
Right-wing media’s reckless use of the term “grooming” not only harms LGBTQ people, but also the children they claim to want to protect. → Read More
Oil Lobby Prompts Right-Wing Media to Save Whales—From Wind Power
Media complicity in using feigned concern for dead whales to shield fossil fuel interests undermines genuine environmental activism. → Read More
It’s Time to Hold News Media Accountable for Transphobia
The risk of living as a transgender person is widely known, yet news outlets still treat their existence as something that’s up for debate. → Read More
Climate Confusion and Complicity at the New York Times
When the New York Times treats the same climate data as horrifying or reassuring, it helps confuse the public and keep us complacent. → Read More
King Mourns Mother? Breaking News. Democracy Under Threat? Not So Much.
Despite the president of the United States’ speech being patently more relevant to the American people than the symbolic figurehead of another country’s address, the latter had not only more networks airing it, but nearly as much analysis and coverage in the 48 hours surrounding it as the former. → Read More
Dragging Trump Into Spotlight Feeds His Dangerous Movement
Shoehorning Trump into conversations that don’t involve him implies a false equivalence between the president and a political pretender. → Read More
Nightly News Fails to Connect Gas Price Surge and Climate Crisis
A FAIR study of nightly news shows found a dearth of segments connecting record gas prices to any climate or alternative energy conversation. → Read More
Mass Shooters' Most Common Trait—Their Gender—Gets Little Press Attention
Out of 20,000 pieces on recent mass shootings, FAIR found only 37 that linked shootings to toxic masculinity or misogyny. → Read More
YouTube's Biggest Info Channels Carry Corporate News, Not Alternative Views
Despite the focus on YouTube's independent and sometimes extremist offerings, 83 of the top 100 YouTube news channels are corporate media, → Read More
Media Shocked by the Leak, Not the Opinion
On primetime television, the leaked opinion got top billing—but the first concern came across as the leak itself rather than its content. → Read More
Corporate Press Scapegoats Vulnerable Homeless for Rise in Subway Crime
Coverage that conflates crime with homelessness scapegoats a marginalized population--and leaves out rising crimes against homeless people. → Read More
Murdoch-Owned Outlets Ignore Their Own Role in Hate Crime Surge
Murdoch–owned outlets focused on hate crime without taking responsibility for the xenophobia they’ve consistently peddled. → Read More
ACTION ALERT: NBC Off by 18 Years on US's Last Use of Cluster Bombs
Please tell NBC to correct its misstatement that the US hasn’t used cluster bombs since the Gulf War in 1991. → Read More
Primetime Abortion Case Sources Lack Diversity
The people most likely to lose the right to end unwanted pregnancies were the people least likely to be featured on TV news shows. → Read More
Corporate Media's Portrayal of Generational Divide Is So Cheugy
If the stereotypes of Generation Z sound familiar, it’s because just a few years ago, Millennials were described nearly identically. → Read More
Missing and Murdered People of Color an Afterthought to Gabby Petito’s Case
The missing person case of 22-year-old Gabrielle (Gabby) Petito blew up headlines and social media in the weeks after her disappearance on a cross-country van trip with her boyfriend. In the wake of the Petito case, conversations about missing people of color have finally entered the national spotlight. But fights for publicity for these […] → Read More
Is Surviving Assault a Conflict of Interest?
The idea that experiencing sexual violence makes someone unable to fairly report on it is a relic of the journalistic myth of “objectivity” → Read More
The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory
In an opinion piece for the Federalist (6/22/21), contributor Nathanael Blake argued that “Yes, Critical Race Critics Know What It Is”—while simultaneously failing to offer up a definition himself. Nor did he quote any proponents of critical race theory (CRT) describing what it is or explaining their ideas. Instead, Blake hyperlinked to an article […] → Read More
The Far Right’s Manufactured Meaning of Critical Race Theory
Right-wing commentators have deliberately manufactured a caricature of critical race theory to make the public feel threatened. → Read More
As US Broils and Europe Floods, Media Dismiss EU Climate Plan as 'Ambitious'
When humans seek to take aggressive action against climate change, reporters frame those goals as lofty and unlikely to succeed. → Read More