Focusing on the cold Northeast winter, network TV has almost completely ignored the West's record-shattering winter warmth--and failed to discuss the human-caused climate disruption the connects the two phenomena.
- Yes, Wall Street Journal, It's Possible to Be Not Generous Enough Dean Baker
- Funny How Russian Propaganda, US Free Press Produce Exact Same Mood Swings Jim Naureckas
- Voting Rights Shall Not Overcome NYT Reporting Like This Jim Naureckas
- Getting Media to Take Climate Threats Seriously? There's a Snowball's Chance Janine Jackson
- WaPo Lets Slip Why Dollar Is Over-Valued Dean Baker
- What Was Missing From Coverage of Netanyahu's Speech Jim Naureckas
- LAPD, Media Rush to Judge Skid Row Victim While Insisting Public 'Not Rush to Judge' Adam Johnson
Mar
06
2015
Network TV Continues Giving Climate Change Cold Shoulder
FAIR study finds Northeast cold eclipses West's record heat
By Miles Grant
Mar
06
2015
Murtaza Hussain on Netanyahu Speech, Carlos Miller on Photographing Police
Are media asking fundamental questions about what Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu actually said in his speech to Congress? Plus: The right of citizens to record police is embraced vehemently by those concerned about police abuses.
Feb
27
2015
Nazgol Ghandnoosh on Criminal Justice Racism, Stephanie Simon on Pearson
Eliminating racism in criminal justice is about more than what's in a cop's mind. Plus: How does a company like Pearson dominate the market for educational testing with little or no evidence that its products are effective?
Feb
20
2015
Marjorie Cohn on ISIS AUMF, Laura Flanders on Worker Co-Ops
Would an Authorization of Use of Military Force actually make attacks against ISIS legal? And are such attacks really the solution to the crisis? Plus we'll discuss a different way of organizing work in our increasingly unequal society.
Feb
19
2015
Op-Ed on Venezuela Slips Past NYT Factcheckers
By Steve Ellner
A February 15, 2015, New York Times op-ed on Venezuela by Enrique Krauze includes numerous false statements and errors, which should have been caught by the Times' factcheckers.
Feb
13
2015
James Henry on HSBC, Mary Bottari on Scott Walker
HSBC is a recidivist criminal actor, so how exactly is it still the second-biggest commercial bank in the world? Plus: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget called for the evisceration of the central philosophy guiding the state's university system.
Feb
06
2015
Craig Aaron on FCC Reclassification, Kimberle Crenshaw on Black Girls Matter
Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: The head of the FCC has just announced new rules protecting the openness of the Internet. The vote is still weeks away, but if agency chair Tom Wheeler's proposal goes through, it would mean real Net Neutrality, maintaining the even playing field that makes the Internet what it is. And it would be a landmark victory for regular folks over industry titans. We'll talk about what it all means with Craig Aaron of the group Free Press. Also on the show: The Black Lives Matter movement has put a spotlight on real-world racism in […]
Jan
30
2015
Mark Weisbrot on Greek Elections, Amanda Marcotte on Abortion & Congress
We'll talk to Mark Weisbrot about the Greek elections: Could it be that what elite media fear isn’t that Syriza will fail—but that it might succeed? And Amanda Marcotte on how shallow cover of abortion and the new Congress threatens women's rights.
