Notable Events
In May 2002, Jeff Cohen, a FAIR founder, left the organization to work as a producer on Phil Donahue's short-lived talk show on MSNBC.
In October 2002, FAIR's Action Alert citing the underestimate of the size of a massive anti-Iraq War rally led NPR to apologize to its listeners and a followup article in The New York Times that Editor & Publisher suggested was written "in response to many organized protest letters sent to the Times since the paper's weak, and inaccurate, initial article about the march on Sunday."
In February 2004, a FAIR Action Alert led ABC World News Tonight and The New York Times to expand their coverage of the Federal Marriage Amendment to explain the legal ramifications of the issue.
In 2006, FAIR criticized U.S. media coverage of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, taking issue with the assertion that "... Hugo Chávez is an autocrat who has consolidated one-party rule". FAIR has frequently criticized media coverage of the Chávez government.
In 2008, FAIR criticized American media for coverage that was too positive during Pope Benedict's visit to the United States, claiming that he got a "pass on Church abuse history."
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