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 21 hours 7 minutes
Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk
Hate-fueled and hate-fueling media have political and historical impacts—and interpersonal, familial ones as well.
Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action
A Texas judge revoking FDA approval of mifepristone may be a "confusing legal battle" for media--but for most people, it's just frightening.
Taxes: Who Pays and What For?
Tax season leads some of us to ponder what we get in return for our resources—streets and stop signs, to be sure, but also wars.
Media’s Lab Leak Theorists See Spies, Not Scientists, as Arbiters of Science
The Wall Street Journal (2/26/23) broke the news that classified documents show the US Energy Department believes Covid emerged from a lab leak in China, which sent shockwaves through the rest of the media.
Saurav Sarkar on Starbucks Organizing
Crushing Starbucks workers' attempts to work together is against the law—but it's not the sort of crime elite media seem able to identify.
Silky Shah on Detention Center Fire, Eagan Kemp on Medicare Advantage
Do Black and brown people have a right to move freely in the world? The Ciudad Juárez fire and what it tells us about immigration policy.
Norman Solomon on the Iraq Invasion, 20 Years Later
What passes for debate about why we must remain at war with whomever is designated has roots in 2003 worth studying.
Kamau Franklin on Cop City Protests
The corporate press corps seems intent on forcing a vital, important situation into old, tired and harmful frames.
Kim Knackstedt on Disability Policy, Algernon Austin on Unemployment & Race
Media interest in historic breakthroughs should extend to the barriers disabled people face in 2023, and how policies could address them.
Makani Themba on Jackson Crisis
Jackson, Mississippi, residents who have been harmed many times over are being told that the appropriate response is to take away their voice.