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
‘We Have to Look at the Underpinnings of Environmental Degradation’ - Special archival CounterSpin episode on environmental justice and cross-national solidarity
"Environmental degradation is about... these US corporations, backed by US government, that are allowed to run roughshod over peoples’ lands in the name of, again, profit."
‘What Does Criminalizing People Get Us, and What Does It Get Them?’ - CounterSpin interview with Nina Luo on decriminalizing sex work
“The question then shifts from, ‘How can the “law and order” approach address or eradicate sex work?’ to ‘How are resources divided up in our societies, and why are people trading sex for survival?’”
Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity
There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it. Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causi...
‘Corporate Media Are Not Observers of the Electoral Process; They Are Participants’ - CounterSpin interview with Jim Naureckas on Democratic primaries
Election Focus 2020: "The Democratic electorate has been told, in no uncertain terms, that Bernie Sanders is not electable and that is your signal, people, that you should not vote for him, because the punditocracy has spoken."
‘This Is an Apocalyptic Future That We’re Facing’
"With the US seeking to control space, and, from space, control Earth, to have this dominance, China and Russia are not going to sit back; they're going to meet us in kind. And other nations will be up there too."
Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work
Election Focus 2020: The Democratic primary process has foregrounded far more "radical" ideas—and public receptivity to them—than corporate elites are comfortable with.
Karl Grossman on the Weaponization of Space
We'll talk about the dangers of the weaponization of space, combined with a press corps that can't get past giggling about it.
‘These Are New Tactics Being Employed to Silence Journalism’
"We need to ensure that as the news evolves, our thinking about what is protected by the First Amendment, and by free speech laws internationally, also evolves."
‘This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It’s a Nonstarter’
"We are looking at a situation where the two-state solution may no longer be possible, and it may be time for a struggle for equal rights between Palestinians and Israelis in the entire land from the river to the sea."
Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine ‘Peace’ Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a “win-win,