Jeff Cohen (media critic)

For other people with the same name, see Jeff Cohen (disambiguation).
Jeff Cohen
Born (1951-11-10) November 10, 1951 (age 72)[1][2]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1]
EducationUniversity of Michigan
People's College of Law (JD)
Occupation(s)Journalist, media critic, professor, pundit, writer, lawyer
Known forFounder of FAIR
AwardsHugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award 1993-1994 (with Norman Solomon)
Websitehttp://www.jeffcohen.org/

Jeff B. Cohen[3] (born November 10, 1951) is an American journalist, media critic, professor, and the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), a media watchdog group in the US. He is a retired associate professor of journalism at Ithaca College, where he was an endowed chair and founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media. He was formerly a lawyer for the ACLU and authored or coauthored five books that criticize media bias, mainly written with 2012 California Congressional District 2 candidate, Norman Solomon, who missed the "top two" runoff by only 174 votes. Between 1997 and 2002, Cohen was a regular commentator for Fox News Channel's Fox News Watch, for MSNBC and CNN. He appeared in Outfoxed, a documentary critical of Fox News, and other documentaries.

  1. ^ a b In the trenches for truth: Looking back on the career of IC's Jeff Cohen
  2. ^ United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (New York, California, 2001-2008)
  3. ^ "Jeff B. Cohen # 101623 - Attorney Licensee Search". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-09.