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This week on CounterSpin: Despite the symbolism of her White House launch party being a superspreader event, the story of Amy Coney Barrett, the conservative judge currently looking like being foisted on the Supreme Court, actually begins a while back. Understanding how we got to this place—where a person who uses the term “sexual preference” may have a hand in interpreting laws governing all of our lives—requires looking behind the curtain of the “partisan tug of war” narrative corporate media present every day, to see how a powerful minority in this country manages to use public institutions to do unpopular things. We’ll get the story behind Amy Coney Barrett from Lisa Graves, editor-in-chief and executive director at True North Research.
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Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at Susan Page’s moderation excuses, NBC‘s reward to Trump for pulling out of the debates, and media yawning at revelations that the child separation policy was deliberate.
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Transcript: ‘It’s a Very Determined Power Play to Pack Our Court’
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Janine,
You and FAIR are among the most important public voices in this country in these difficult times! I don’t know how you do it, but EVERY week you provide essential information ignored or distorted by the mainstream media, information that every absolutely must have. Thank you so much! I am passing this show on to all my email lists.
I am a retired newspaper reporter from the days when some of us considered journalism a sacred calling on which our democracy was absolutely dependent.
Janine,
You and FAIR are among the most important public voices in this country in these difficult times! I don’t know how you do it, but EVERY week you provide essential information ignored or distorted by the mainstream media, information that every absolutely must have. Thank you so much!
I am a retired newspaper reporter from the days when some of us considered journalism a sacred calling on which our democracy was absolutely dependent. I shall pass this show on to all my email lists.