The ‘Heated Rhetoric’ That Doesn’t Make CNN’s Bash Think Twice
After the thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents Dinner, some elite media have held straight faces as they decry violent rhetoric…from the left.
Janine Jackson
‘Criminal Penalties Will Remain in Place Unless Marijuana Is Completely Descheduled’:
CounterSpin interview with Maritza Perez Medina on rescheduling marijuana
“There are people who are serving decades-long sentences for marijuana….They’ve been really punished for what others are making so much money off of.”
‘The Targeting of Homelessness Has Been a Tactic of Authoritarian Regimes’:
CounterSpin interview with Jesse Rabinowitz on criminalizing the unhoused
“We need to focus on the real cause of homelessness, which is the fact that rent in this country is just too damn high for more and more people to afford.”
‘The Wayback Machine Has Been the Best Archive for Preserving Our Digital Lives’:
CounterSpin interview with Lia Holland on the Internet Archive
“DOGE set a goal of eliminating 20% of government websites, whereas everything that’s been deleted now is living in the Wayback Machine.”
‘It’s All About Keeping Wages at Poverty Levels to Overpay Their CEOs’:
CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on poverty wages
“It’s our taxpayer money that is going into those public assistance programs that these companies are using to make this model workable.”
‘The World Is Only Going to Get Darker if People Get Away With This’:
CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on holding Trump accountable
“War of aggression, UN charter, Nuremberg precedent: These are not foreign things being imposed on the US. These are part of our domestic legal system.”
‘It’s Been a Setback for the Trump Administration and the Bipartisan War Party’:
CounterSpin interview with Sina Toossi on the war on Iran
“Iran is a country that, on a bipartisan basis, has been a bogeyman for America for many decades now, and has been demonized across the mainstream media.”
‘Local News Is a Genuine Public Good We Need for Our Democracy’:
CounterSpin interview with Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
“The role of truthful, community-rooted local news and civic information has never been more clear in the overall health of our democracy.”
‘The Court Did Not Say Conversion Therapy Is Safe, Effective, Appropriate or Ethical’:
CounterSpin interview with Shannon Minter on 'conversion therapy' ruling
“The Court literally just held that if Tennessee wants to ban transgender healthcare for minors, it can do so.”
‘It All Starts With Transparency’
CounterSpin interview with Arlene Martinez on Sunshine Week
“If we can’t see the money that’s going out, we can’t make any evaluation on whether it’s a good use of our money.”
‘This Is the Only Post-9/11 Case Seeking Accountability for Torture to Reach a Jury’:
CounterSpin interview with Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib justice
“I do think mainstream journalists need to understand the intersection between profit-making and incentives to go to war.”
‘A Media System Built on Profit Is Incredibly Fragile’:
CounterSpin interview with Jim Naureckas on MAGA vs. the First Amendment
“The regulatory system is being used to steer media ownership towards billionaires who are going to be friendly to Trump.”
‘The Matter Is Being Radicalized and Solutions Are Being Ignored’:
Special CounterSpin episode on the history of Iran propaganda
“Whenever you see sanctions, you really should think war, because that’s really ultimately the outcome.”
‘Even with Congressional Authorization, the War Would Still Be an Act of Aggression’:
CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on US/Israeli Iran aggression
“Those who start the war are responsible for all horrors that take place within the context of that war.”
‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’:
CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history
“Right now is the exact moment that we should be looking back on the conditions that marginalized people experienced at this country’s formal conception.”
‘It’s Taken for Granted That Cuban Sovereignty Doesn’t Matter’:
CounterSpin interview with Reed Lindsay on the war on Cuba
“It’s our government, with our resources, that is essentially playing a huge role in causing the suffering in Cuba.”
There Are ‘Questions’ About Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’—But Don’t Expect AP to Answer Them
AP tells us in bold letters, “There are many questions about how the board will work.” That implies that AP will be asking them, or care about the answers.
‘The Risk Is Reporting This Like It’s a Normal Political Story’:
CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on attacks on voting
“While it’s been portrayed as about 2020, I think the bigger reason they want the ballots is about 2026 and 2028.”
‘What We’re Witnessing Is a Genocide Sustained’:
CounterSpin interview with Rayan El Amine on voices from Gaza
“The only way that such a—I would call it what it is—colonial project could go unnoticed is under this project of ceasefire.”
‘The State Is Exercising Surveillance Over Us, But We Can Push Back’:
CounterSpin interview with Jenna Ruddock on DHS domestic surveillance
“What we’re seeing is this criminalized language around acts that are simple acts of solidarity…. Those smaller acts of solidarity every day are so important.”
