FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
FAIR founder Jeff Cohen on recent harrowing testimony from veterans about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also on the program: Washington D.C.’s handgun ban and the 2nd Amendment with Carl Bogus, a law professor at Roger Williams University.
Independent journalist Robert Dreyfuss on John McCain’s foreign policy vision. Also this week: Corporate media and mass incarceration, with Michael Jacobson from the Vera Institute of Justice.
This week on CounterSpin: Israel’s re-invasion of the Gaza Strip, with Ali Abunimah of the website Electronic Intifada. Also on the program: Barbara Seaman dedicated her life to challenging the medical establishment and faced marginalization by the journalism establishment as a result. Friend and colleague Cynthia Pearson of the National Women’s Health Network joins for a conversation on Seaman’s legacy.
This week on CounterSpin: Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch on corporate media’s obsession with “free trade.” Also on the show: Media policy and overly complicated ownership rules, with J.H. Snider of the Shorenstein Center.
This week on CounterSpin: Georgetown Law professor David Cole joins for a discussion on the Protect America Act. Also on the program: A law strengthening FOIA and how the Bush administration has attempted to undermine it, with Rick Blum of the Sunshine in Government Initiative.
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh discusses the media’s shoddy coverage of the September Israeli air strike in Syria. Also this week: Bush’s Africa tour and how media conversation has distracted from the U.S.’s militarization of the continent, with Africa Action’s Gerald LeMelle.
This week on CounterSpin: The media’s failure to unpack the origins of the current election crisis in Kenya, with NYU professor and Kenya Comment blogger Tavia Nyong’o. Also on the program: Journalist and author Trudy Lieberman on Obama, Clinton, and their respective health care policies.
What does it mean to say that the surge in Iraq “is working,” with journalist Dahr Jamail. Also this week: How the nuclear industry is spearheading a highly financed campaign to bring nukes back, with author and journalism professor Karl Grossman.
This week on CounterSpin: What the media is saying about Clinton, Obama, and the current state of the Democratic race for the White House, with Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report. Also on the program: Rob Richie with the group FairVote joins for a conversation on how media election coverage makes us feel discouraged, and what we can do about it.
This week on CounterSpin: What did– or didn’t– happen to U.S. boats in the Straight of Hormuz? We’ll talk to journalist and investigative historian Gareth Porter. Also on the show: The human costs of the Iraq War, with Robert Naiman of Just Foreign Policy.
This week on CounterSpin: Bad election coverage in the recent Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, with CounterSpin’s own Peter Hart. Also on the program: Kali Akuno discusses corporate media backtracking post-Katrina and the latest debate surrounding the destruction of public housing in New Orleans.
This week on CounterSpin, a special year-end look behind the headlines of the mainstream news. On this program, we’ll take a look back at some of the stories covered by the corporate media in 2007, but not always covered so well.
This week on CounterSpin: Journalist Nomi Prins joins to explain the current turmoil in the housing market. Also on the show: A discussion on “The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act,” with Kamau Karl Franklin of Center for Constitutional Rights.
This week Josh Silver from Free Press joins CounterSpin to break down the recent FCC decision to eliminate a ban that aimed to prevent the creation of cross-industry media monopolies. Also on the program: We’ll talk to journalist John Conroy, who has covered the Chicago police department for decades and, recently, found himself out of a job, thanks to the cost-cutting of his paper’s corporate parent.
This week on CounterSpin: The Huckabee surge with Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times. Also on the show: Professor Marc Herold of the University of New Hampshire discusses U.S. reporting on Afghanistan.
This week on CounterSpin: A conversation about the National Intelligence Estimate with lawyer Asli Bâli. Also on the program: Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research discusses the constitutional referendum in Venezuela and how this has been covered by the U.S. press corps.
This week on CounterSpin: Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald discusses the recent drama surrounding Time magazine’s Joe Klein. Also on the show: We’ll talk to AP Associate General Council Dave Tomlin about Bilal Hussein.
This week on CounterSpin: A special extended interview with activist and media critic Norman Solomon on his new book Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters With the Warfare State.
Journalist Bob Parry, founder of the site Consortiumnews.com, has broken some of the most important stories in the last thirty years. This week he joins CounterSpin to talk about why he writes. Also on the program: New research highlights a skewed presentation of poor communities in Bay Area media, one that oversells gentrification as the solution. We’ll talk to Karlos Schmieder from Oakland-based Youth Media Council about the report.
This week on CounterSpin: Martial law in Pakistan and media coverage of the situation, with writer and activist Shahid Buttar. Also on the program: Jonathan Tasini, the former president of the National Writers Union, shares about the current Writers Guild of America strike.
