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
Chip Gibbons on Defending Dissent
Holding on to our ability to speak and to hear one another is just another part of the work we have to do.
‘There’s a Disconnect Between DC and What People Actually Want’
"We're talking about millions and millions of dollars that have gone from the phone and cable lobby to elected representatives to lobbyists to lawyers, to try to get net neutrality off the books."
‘The US Has Been at the Root of the Undemocratic History of the Congo’
"The endearing, benign, affable picture painted by the New York Times and other corporate media would certainly please Kabila's lobbyists."
Best of CounterSpin 2018
Understanding the limits of the dialogue possible in the elite but influential press is crucial to understanding our political lives...and the importance of maintaining spaces where we can openly debate and challenge a status quo that is harming millio...
‘We Should Expect Them to Keep Developing New Ways to Subvert Public Will’
"Basically based on gerrymandered districts, these permanent majorities that do not have majority support are taking power away from the people and from their elected representatives."