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CounterSpin is FAIR’s weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson. It’s heard on more than 150 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada.

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August 8, 2008
Adam Serwer on Obama and race, Eric Boehlert on TV diversity study

Adam Serwer on Obama and race, Eric Boehlert on TV diversity study

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin080808 Adam Serwer and Eric Boehlert @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin080808.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Playing the race card. John McCain expressed outrage after Barack Obama suggested his critics would use his race to dismiss his candidacy. Much of the media conversation about the back-and-forth seemed to support McCain’s claim that he was the victim. What […]

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August 1, 2008
Juan Cole on Iraq/Afghanistan, Todd Tucker on WTO talks

Juan Cole on Iraq/Afghanistan, Todd Tucker on WTO talks

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin080108 Juan Cole and Todd Tucker @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin080108.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: The media debate on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seems to rest on the assumption that the troop surge in Iraq has “worked,” and more troops in Afghanistan would help turn that conflict in the favor of U.S. and NATO forces. […]

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July 25, 2008
Michael Ratner on Ali al-Marri, Jonathan Tasini on minimum wage

Michael Ratner on Ali al-Marri, Jonathan Tasini on minimum wage

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin072508 Michael Ratner and Jonathan Tasini @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin072508.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Many people have probably never heard of Ali al-Marri. A search of major media turned up a scant handful of mentions. Arrested after September 11, 2001, al-Marri was declared an enemy combatant before his trial—and he has been in a legal […]

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July 18, 2008
Charles Knight on Iraq withdrawal, Diana Duarte on global food crisis

Charles Knight on Iraq withdrawal, Diana Duarte on global food crisis

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin071808 Charles Knight and Diana Duarte @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin071808.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: The idea that we should get U.S. troops out of Iraq is, to hear the media tell it, becoming less attractive by the day. The corporate press also seems to buy the argument that withdrawing U.S. troops would lead to a […]

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July 11, 2008
Robert Dreyfuss on Obama’s foreign policy, Amanda Marcotte on ‘pregnancy pact’ story

Robert Dreyfuss on Obama’s foreign policy, Amanda Marcotte on ‘pregnancy pact’ story

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin071108 Robert Dreyfuss and Amanda Marcotte @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin071108.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Barack Obama’s image as a harbinger of change has many hoping his election will bring change in foreign policy. He certainly differs from George Bush on the need for diplomacy. But what about issues such as the projection of American power […]

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July 4, 2008
Glenn Greenwald and Arianna Huffington on right-wing myths

Glenn Greenwald and Arianna Huffington on right-wing myths

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin070408 Glenn Greenwald and Ariana Huffington @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin070408.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: a special conversation with two authors who have been producing some of the sharpest criticism of the political and media establishment during the Bush years. Arianna Huffington is founder of the Huffington Post website and author of numerous books. Her most […]

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June 27, 2008
John K. Wilson on Obama and public financing, Aziz Huq on FISA ‘compromise’

John K. Wilson on Obama and public financing, Aziz Huq on FISA ‘compromise’

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin062708 John K Wilson and Aziz Huq @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin062708.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Barack Obama flip-flops on public financing. The media was in an uproar over the Democratic presidential candidate’s decision to forego public funding for the general election—a sign to many pundits that Obama’s reformer rhetoric is an illusion. But was it […]

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June 20, 2008
Tyson Slocum on offshore drilling, Matthew Lasar on the Red Lion decision

Tyson Slocum on offshore drilling, Matthew Lasar on the Red Lion decision

[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin062008 Tyson Slocum and Matthew Lasar @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin062008.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: John McCain says the ban on oil drilling of the U.S. coast should be lifted, to increase oil production and lower prices. Drilling opponents say the drilling won’t lower prices and will endanger environments. Who’s right? Mainstream reporting is little help, […]

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May 23, 2008
Rob Richie on primary coverage, Forrest Hylton on FARC laptops

Rob Richie on primary coverage, Forrest Hylton on FARC laptops

Rob Richie of the group FairVote joins to discuss how the press has created confusion surrounding Kentucky’s Democratic primary. Also on the program: Author Forrest Hylton on the supposed terror connection between FARC rebels and Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and how the media has perhaps been overzealous in pursuing this story.

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April 11, 2008
Mark Weisbrot on Colombia trade deal, Rick Perlstein on John McCain

Mark Weisbrot on Colombia trade deal, Rick Perlstein on John McCain

Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on George W. Bush and his proposed trade deal with Colombia. Also this week: How are John McCain and the Republican Party getting along these days? A conversation with journalist and author Rick Perlstein, who covered this story for the Nation magazine.

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April 4, 2008
Raed Jarrar on Iraq, Julie Hollar on Somalia

Raed Jarrar on Iraq, Julie Hollar on Somalia

This week on CounterSpin: A resurgence in confusing corporate media coverage of Iraq, with political analyst and blogger Raed Jarrar. Also on program: Julie Hollar joins to discuss U.S. interference in Somalia and how the press has abetted a propaganda campaign that attempts to manufacture consent for such a gross overstep.

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March 28, 2008
Dean Baker on the financial crisis, Keith Poole on Voteview

Dean Baker on the financial crisis, Keith Poole on Voteview

This week on CounterSpin: Establishment media and the crisis in the U.S. housing market, with economist Dean Barker from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Also on the program: Recently the press has dedicated a lot of time and energy to conversation about Obama’s voting record. Keith Poole, Professor at University of California at San Diego and co-founder of Voteview, joins for a discussion on this and more.

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