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 19 hours 44 minutes
‘The Indigenous Narrative Holds the Power to Really Shift People’s Societal Views’
"What we saw at Standing Rock is that once people actually stop and pay attention and listen, and engage these indigenous ideologies, it's not that hard to understand."
‘When You Take Healthcare Away From People, People Die’
"We're seeing the Trump administration try to go around Congress and do this unilaterally, because they know it's not something that the American people would allow to happen if it were done in the light of day."
‘It Is a Disgrace That Our Public Schools Are So Poorly Funded’
"The teachers have really emerged as heroes within this fight. They are challenging the status quo. They are fighting for a future for their children."
Jenni Monet on Indigenous Journalism
Corporate media's lack of interest in indigenous issues, and their ahistorical, distorted view of them when they do cover them, are long overdue for change.
Kent Wong on LA Teachers Strike, Rebecca Vallas on the Threat to Medicaid
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: Corporate media have been declaring organized labor moribund—sometimes abetting efforts to kill it—for many years now. But more than 30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles,
‘US Administrations Have Been Intervening in Venezuela Since at Least the Early 2000s’
"There's this absurd idea that the sanctions somehow only hurt the Venezuelan government and Venezuelan government officials."
‘DC Has Been Consistently Out of Touch With the Reality of the Borderlands’
"The environmental community, the human rights community and the indigenous communities have really come together against border militarization."
Debbie Weingarten on the Borderlands, Alexander Main on Maduro’s Reelection
"Building a wall" at the US/Mexico border is an abstraction for many Americans--but not for people who live in the borderlands, and those who listen to those who do.
‘People Are Mobilizing Against This Crackdown’
"If you say, “Hey, I want to censor First Amendment activity of people I don't like,” that's a little bit suspect. But if you say, “Hey, there's terrorist mobs descending on the streets. We gotta defend ourselves,
‘The Idea Is to Have a Conversation About What Happened to Us’
"Understanding the limits of the dialogue possible in the elite but influential press is crucial to understanding our political lives."