FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
This week on CounterSpin: How well are the media examining the arguments being put forth about Iranian meddling in Iraq and Afghanistan? We’ll ask journalist and historian Gareth Porter. Also on the show: Revisiting the “values voters” conversation almost 4 years later, with Tarso Luis Ramos of Political Research Associates.
This week on CounterSpin: How is the media reporting on George Bush’s recent decision to veto the expansion of the SCHIP children’s health insurance program? Also on the show: Disparate coverage of breast cancer and domestic violence with Lucinda Marshall, whose recent Alternet.org report is entitled “Breast Cancer Sells.”
This week Dahr Jamail joins CounterSpin to discuss his new book “Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From An Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq.” Also on the program: Earl Ofari Hutchinson of Hutchinson Political Report unpacks Bill Cosby’s latest book and the blame it places on Black communities.
The lack of media criticism surrounding the No Child Left Behind law with Stan Karp, an editor at the magazine Rethinking Schools. Also this week: Was environmentalist Rachel Carson a mass murderer? We’ll talk with writer Aaron Swartz, who looked into the story for FAIR’s magazine, Extra!.
This week on CounterSpin: Professor Cynthia Boaz, a professor at SUNY Brockport and academic advisor to the International Center on Non-Violent Conflict, joins to discuss Burma and the press. Also on the show: The corporate media conversation surrounding Social Security, with Dean Baker from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
Does the current media frenzy surrounding Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad distract from more important matters—like whether the U.S. is planning military action against Iran? We’ll speak with Baruch College history professor Ervand Abrahamian. Also on the show: A discussion on Al Qaeda and Iraq with Andrew Tilghman, former Stars & Stripes reporter and author of the Washington Monthly report “The Myth of Al Qaeda in Iraq.”
The Nation correspondent William Greider joins for a conversation about former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan, whose new memoir seeks to put some space between himself and the Bush White House. Also on the show: The Iraqi government and a recent shooting in Baghdad with Anthony Arnove, author of the book Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal.
This week on CounterSpin: A discussion on developments in Iraq with Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and co-author of a new report on Iraq, and Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch.com, which has been tracking the story.
A new FAIR survey of poverty coverage on the network newscasts finds scant media interest in the topic. We’ll talk to the co-author of the report Neil deMause. Also on the show: The cable news redemption arc of the Border Patrol agents who were convicted of shooting an unarmed suspect with writer Alex Koppelman, who recently covered the story for Salon.com.
Shifting coverage of the Census Bureau report on income and poverty, with Heather Boushey from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Also on the show: Is a Washington-backed coup in Iraq brewing? We’ll ask Scott Horton of Harper’s magazine.
How is the media assigning blame following the tragedy in Crandall Canyon, with Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post. Also on the show: Ralph Nader joins to discuss the recent General Motors scandal and how he uncovered the story.
This week on CounterSpin: Village Voice journalist Wayne Barrett joins to talk about his recent article, “Rudy Giuliani’s Five Big Lies About 9/11.” Also on the show: Michael Schwartz of Stony Brook University on the “benchmarks” the White House has abandoned, and what has happened since escalation of the Iraq War.
Following the recent passage of the so-called “Protect America Act,” most media coverage has made the dispute nearly impossible to follow. Aziz Huq’s of NYU’s Brennan Center joins the show to try and explain what happened. Also this week: Laura MacCleery discusses Public Citizen’s new project WhiteHouseforSale.org, which aims to shed light on how presidential candidates are receiving their campaign funding.
This week on CounterSpin: Laila al-Arian joins to discuss her recent report for the Nation “The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness.” Also on the program: Ann Toback of the Writers Guild of America talks about a new damning media report that chronicles the experiences of broadcast journalists.
This week on CounterSpin: Georgetown law professor and author David Cole about Bush’s supposed torture ban and the press reaction to it. Also on the program: Corporate media’s stock market party, with Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
This week on CounterSpin: The recent June 28 Supreme Court ruling and the media’s response, with Tammy Johnson of the Applied Research Center. Also on the show: Rachel Morris on Al-Jazeera’s Sami al-Haj, a story that has gone largely unnoticed by the U.S. press.
This week on CounterSpin: A discussion with journalist Robert Dreyfuss on Iraq and what the media is missing. Also: Ken Silverstein joins to share about his exposé of lobbyists in Washington, and the press corps reaction.
This week on CounterSpin: Mark Lloyd of the Center for American Progress joins to talk about “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio.” Also on the program: A conversation with Hannah Sassaman and Dory Graham from the Prometheus Radio Project on a new resilient grassroots media movement that has been born in response to corporate consolidation and dominance. And finally: Do shifts in the radio landscape provide special promise for the black community? Bruce Dixon of Black Agenda Report has thoughts on that.
This week on CounterSpin: Don McCanne of Physicians for a National Health Program discusses Michael Moore’s new film SiCKO. Also on the show: How has propaganda normalized the lack of publicly-financed health care in the US, with Professor Stuart Ewen of CUNY and Hunter College.
Author and activist Ali Abunimah on the media’s familiar narratives regarding conflict in the Gaza Stip. Also this week: Why is the media ignoring a significant report from the Global Policy Forum that analyzes the impact of U.S. occupation on Iraq, with co-author Céline Nahory.
