Jeff Cohen (media critic)

Jeff B. Cohen (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.

For other people with the same name, see Jeff Cohen (disambiguation).
Jeff Cohen
Born (1951-11-10) November 10, 1951
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
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/
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