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
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico’s Disaster Capitalism
Puerto Rico is a living lesson about climate disaster capitalism, the failure and cruelty of austerity, and the need for new ways forward.
‘It’s Not Doing a Service to Anyone but Defense Contractors’ - CounterSpin interview with Mandy Smithberger on the military budget
"The pundits that are put on television have connections to defense contractors, and they see their stocks going up as there's talk about 'will America go to war again?'”
Corporate Media Condone Destruction of Venezuela’s Voting Machines
The vast majority of Venezuela’s voting machines were incinerated on March 7 in a fire that engulfed the main warehouse of the National Electoral Council. Corporate outlets followed the familiar script of blaming the victim,
‘The US Has Played With Puerto Rico’s Economy for the Last 122 Years’ - CounterSpin interview with Julio López Varona on Puerto Rican debt
"For people to actually understand that we need to audit the debt, that we need to understand the debt, and that we shouldn't be paying any debt that was created illegally, has been a struggle in itself."
Jim Naureckas on Covid-19, Dana Brown on Public Ownership of Pharmaceuticals
As we now sit, eyes glued to every media, journalists carry a great responsibility: to translate evolving information, projections and recommendations into accessible news that reflects appropriate gravity without being unhelpfully alarmist.