Jeff Cohen | |
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Born | [1][2] Detroit, Michigan, U.S.[1] | November 10, 1951
Education | University of Michigan People's College of Law (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, media critic, professor, pundit, writer, lawyer |
Known for | Founder of FAIR |
Awards | Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award 1993-1994 (with Norman Solomon) |
Website | http://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.