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 20 hours 40 minutes
‘The Driving Force Is to Help Polluters Get Their Permits Faster’
"The upshot is that climate will just be ignored, as if climate change is not happening, when it comes to environmental reviews moving forward."
Chip Gibbons on FBI vs. 1st Amendment
The ability of citizens to speak out against injustice is a living, vital tool; interference in political expression by the state cuts democracy off at the root.
Gregory Shupak on Iran Assassination, Brett Hartl on Biodiversity Loss
The overt saber-rattling may be slowing now, but is that any thanks to media? Does it even mean an end to violence?
‘The People With the Least Resources Are Now Shouldering the Greatest Burden’
"I don't argue that we simply need to equalize how individuals finance their education.... We need to be changing the system of education, not simply individual access."
‘This Is a Moment to Be Really Vigilant Against All Forms of Oppression’
"We work toward the longer-term work of building solidarity across difference, and of trying to think about, 'How do we address the root causes of the hate that’s coming to the surface today?'”
‘Say No to Stealing Our Social Security Benefits’
"The more we can drag it into the sunlight, the more we can force them to defend the fact that they're proposing stealing our benefits, the less they're going to want to do it."
‘The Fed Is a Political Institution That Pretends Not to Be Political’
"The public, because it's not very well-represented by their elected representatives, is kept distanced from those arguments, and therefore doesn't even know they're going on, much less have a voice in them."
‘We Have to Bust In and Insist That Power Be Shared in a Different Kind of Way’
"We try to bring you voices you might not hear elsewhere: activists, researchers, reporters and teachers, who can illuminate what big media are getting wrong—or missing entirely—why it matters, and what we can do about it."
Alex Lawson on Social Security & Disability, Audrey Sasson on Antisemitism
The Trump administration is pushing a rule change to take Social Security benefits out of the reach of millions of people with disabilities. Never mind that it's already hard to qualify, never mind that cutting benefits for many disabled people means t...
‘We Need to Do Everything We Can on All Fronts’
"If this flies, not only do we no longer have a rule of law in this country, but we are well on our way to a slide into authoritarianism."