   fairness and accuracy in reporting (fair) is a progressive media criticism organization based in new york city, founded in 1986."what's fair?". fair. retrieved march 20, 2013.despite signs of revival, critics call 'fairness doctrine' outdated swipe at modern market; fox news; february 19, 2009 fair describes itself on its website as "the national media watch group" and defines its mission as working to "invigorate the first amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints." fair refers to itself as a "progressive group that believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong nonprofit sources of information."what's fair?, fair website == media outlets == first published in 1987, extra!, fair's bi-monthly magazine, features analysis of current media bias, censorship, and effects of media consolidation. covering a variety of issues, fair addresses news coverage that it finds biased with rebuttals. fair also produces counterspin, a half-hour radio program hosted by janine jackson, steve rendall, and peter hart, recorded at mercermedia in nyc. it broadcasts nationally on more than 130 radio stations and is available in mp3 and realaudio format on the web. == reception == in 1990, walter goodman wrote an article in the new york times comparing fair and accuracy in media and stated that the two groups' "criticism of television and the press is often provocative. but it is always tendentious", and that fair's "target invariably is bias on the right." == positions == fair has said that in the range of opinion discussed in the mass media, the right side of a discussion usually is represented by a committed supporter of right-wing causes, while the left side often is represented by a centrist.{{c
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