This week on CounterSpin: More than 200 Iraqi civilians killed by a US airstrike in Mosul. But while media express concern, the idea that the deaths were a lamentable part of a nevertheless valiant effort to liberate the city from terrorists’ grip is not being questioned. We will question it with Raed Jarrar, government relations manager at the American Friends Service Committee.
Transcript: ‘There Are No Signs That Iraq Can Be Bombed Into Stability’
Also on the show: Your internet might never explode like a poorly wired toaster, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t benefit from consumer-driven regulation. If you didn’t see it that way already, it became very clear this week, as the Senate and then the House voted to allow service providers like AT&T to collect your personal information—medical records, browsing history—and sell it to the highest bidder. How did this happen, and what can we do about it? We’ll talk about online privacy with Evan Greer, campaign director at Fight for the Future.
Transcript: ‘It Shouldn’t Be a Privilege to Use the Internet Safely’
And a quick look back at recent press: looking for fact-based conservative journalism in all the wrong places.
Thank you for this important, unique, alternative and correct perspective on these important issues. Bravo Janine! Hurray!
Dear Janine,
Having not heard Counterspin for many years, it was amazing to hear your March 31st show, which was as good or better than anything I remembering hearing years and years ago. Talk about being the watchdog media and speaking truth to power! Yikes! Thank you!