CounterSpin, the weekly radio program of the media watch group FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia and ableism in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news’ narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 18 hours 48 minutes
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico’s Disaster Capitalism
Puerto Rico is a living lesson about climate disaster capitalism, the failure and cruelty of austerity, and the need for new ways forward.
On Coronavirus, ‘You Have to Combine Economic and Public Health Measures’ - CounterSpin interview with Josh Bivens on coronavirus and the economy
"In an epidemic like this, the absolute worst thing is people who don't get tested, or don't get treated, because they're worried about cost. But that's a reality of life in America; lots of people forgo healthcare because they think it's going to be t...
Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism
Election Focus 2020: News organizations seemed unable to process that a major national political figure could say something positive about a socialist country, leaving these outlets flailing around in absurd ways.
Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare
As an Asian-American, I’m not surprised that there are numerous reports surfacing of racist and xenophobic responses arising in the US (and elsewhere) as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, where “coughing while Asian” is being compared to “driving...
Josh Bivens on Coronavirus Economics, Mandy Smithberger on Military Economics
Economic impacts of epidemics of life-saving and of war-mongering, this week on CounterSpin.
WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
MIT researchers concluded that there “is not any statistical evidence of fraud that we can find,” and that “the OAS’s statistical analysis and conclusions would appear deeply flawed.”
‘We Are Going to Be Back to Where We Were After Reconstruction—Unless We Stop It’ - CounterSpin interview with Carol Anderson about voter suppression
Election Focus 2020: "All of these things have the aura of trying to protect democracy, trying to protect the integrity of the ballot box, but it's based on the lie of massive rampant voter fraud."
As Democrats Began to Vote, Pundits Hit the Panic Button
Election Focus 2020: The real Sanders attack machine isn't the mythical machine run by Sanders to take down his opponents; it's run by the establishment Democrats and their media counterparts to take down Sanders.
Debate Moderators Frame Questions to Define Acceptable Politics
Media debate hosts use their platform less to inform voters in an even-handed way than to define which positions—and candidates—are acceptable, and which are not.
Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression
Election Focus 2020: When it comes to voter suppression, the fight is less between parties than between democracy and its demonstrated opponents