Twisting Statistics to Fake the Collapse of Europe
Reports of Europe’s death are greatly exaggerated. By relevant metrics, it remains a better place to live than the United States.
Media Push Doom and Gloom in Face of Historic Progressive Recovery
In the wake of a historically progressive response to an economic downturn, corporate media have been intently focused on the negative.
NYT Says More Worker Suffering Needed to Bring Inflation Down
The New York Times is here to tell you that inflation is still a problem, and more suffering for the working class is the solution.
‘The Whole System Is Stacked Against a Person With a Disability’
“Undoing that entangled web of policies that really focus on keeping people with disabilities in poverty is extraordinarily difficult.”
Kim Knackstedt on Disability Policy, Algernon Austin on Unemployment & Race
Media interest in historic breakthroughs should extend to the barriers disabled people face in 2023, and how policies could address them.
Goldilocks Wants to Eat the Poor
The search for a just-right interest rate, one that will punish workers—but no more than necessary!—is cheered by supposedly objective media.
If You Won’t Sacrifice Workers to Fight Inflation, You’re Off the Op-Ed Page
The opinions sections of the Washington Post and New York Times have fallen short in exposing readers to progressive voices on inflation.
Best of CounterSpin 2022
CounterSpin is thankful to every activist, researcher, reporter and advocate who appeared on the show, of whom this is just a small selection.
‘Every Issue Is a Disability Issue’
“Disability has been viewed as some kind of an afterthought to larger conversation…around public policy in this country.”
Media Prescribe More ‘Pain’ for Workers as Inflation’s Only Cure
Reporters acknowledge and sympathize with the pain of ordinary people, but prescribe them more pain as the only way out.
Richard Wiles on Fossil Fuel Lies, Rebecca Vallas on Disability Economics
The predictable harms of fossil fuels are forever “raising questions” for elite media. What would happen if they were seen as answering them?
Gene Slater on Housing Crisis, Rakeen Mabud on Inflation Coverage
The affordable housing crisis is not just capitalism run amok, because that doesn’t happen without government involvement.
‘Puerto Rico Has Become a Microcosm for the Worst Kind of Capitalist Ideas’
“What Puerto Ricans want and deserve is respect. They deserve a voice in the decisions that are made about their economy and their future.”
Dragging Trump Into Spotlight Feeds His Dangerous Movement
Shoehorning Trump into conversations that don’t involve him implies a false equivalence between the president and a political pretender.
‘We’ve Incentivized Corporations to Go After This Price-Gouging Strategy’
“Unfortunately, we have built a system that relies on exploitation of labor rather than building up workers’ rights and good pay.”
Biden’s Afghan Shell Game Prompts Media Shrugs and Stenography
The story of Biden’s reallocation of Afghanistan’s central banking reserves wasn’t mentioned by a single TV news outlet.
Sumayyah Waheed on CNN’s Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage
For corporate media, being a paid flack for the police in no way disqualifies you to offer analysis of law enforcement.
Media Summon Inflation Specter to Oppose Student Debt Forgiveness
Corporate media outlets have thrown everything at Biden’s debt relief plan, trying to convince their audience there’s not enough to go around.
Nightly News Fails to Connect Gas Price Surge and Climate Crisis
A FAIR study of nightly news shows found a dearth of segments connecting record gas prices to any climate or alternative energy conversation.
‘We Live in an Economy That Provides Little Support to New Parents’
“A lot of the audiences from these mainstream outlets are not necessarily the folks who are being hit the hardest by the shortage.”
