Jim Naureckas (born 1964 in

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) is the editor of ''

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'', the magazine of FAIR ( Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting). He graduated from

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in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in

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. He covered the Iran-Contra scandal for the magazine ''

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'', and was managing editor of the

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' newsletter. Naureckas became the editor of ''Extra!'' in 1990. He is the co-author of ''The Way Things Aren't:

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's Reign of Error'' (

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). He co-edited ''The FAIR Reader: An'' Extra! ''Review of Press and Politics in the '90s'' (

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). He is editor of the New York City fan site NYSonglines.com. In 1997, he married Janine Jackson, the program director of FAIR.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naureckas, Jim 1964 births Living people Stanford University alumni American people of Lithuanian descent American male journalists American alternative journalists American media critics