FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
CBS Evening News called the suggestion that both major candidates will raise taxes “one of the most explosive political charges of the election” (9/15/08)—but so far, CBS‘s coverage of this issue has been a big dud. CBS has promised more long-form coverage of policy issues this election season “to help you make an informed decision” […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin091908 James Galbraith and Forrest Hylton @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin091908.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Unlike tendentious media debates about government aid to the poor, journalists greeted bail outs of major financial corporations with almost universal approval. We’ll talk to economist James Galbraith of the University of Texas about what the news means for regulatory policy […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin091208 Jim Naureckas and George Farah @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin091208.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: John McCain may have fired-up the GOP base with his pick of Sarah Palin as a running mate, and his campaign’s increasingly rancorous rhetoric, but along the way his campaign has made a number of claims that beg for media scrutiny. […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin082908 Colette Pichon Battle and Leigh Dingerson and Derrick Evans @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin082908.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: All eyes have been focused on Denver and the Democratic National Convention. But while the political calendar suggests the story of the day is the nomination of Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee, it’s hard to […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin080108 Juan Cole and Todd Tucker @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin080108.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: The media debate on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars seems to rest on the assumption that the troop surge in Iraq has “worked,” and more troops in Afghanistan would help turn that conflict in the favor of U.S. and NATO forces. […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin072508 Michael Ratner and Jonathan Tasini @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin072508.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: Many people have probably never heard of Ali al-Marri. A search of major media turned up a scant handful of mentions. Arrested after September 11, 2001, al-Marri was declared an enemy combatant before his trial—and he has been in a legal […]
[Note: This is a sidebar to “Obama the Snob?: Hanging the ‘elitist’ label on another Democratic candidate“] It’s “not always easy to say exactly who, or what, constitutes the elite,” pointed out New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller (5/25/08). But it’s not that hard to see what message is being sent by those who level […]
Fareed Zakaria, now the highly influential editor of Newsweek International, author of The Post-American World, and host of Fareed Zakaria GPS, constructed a landmark of unintended irony when he regally pronounced that “the downtrodden beg to differ” with protesters of corporate globalization (Foreign Affairs, 12/13/99). Those who demonstrated against the World Trade Organization at the […]
[mp3-jplayer tracks=”CounterSpin062008 Tyson Slocum and Matthew Lasar @https://eadn-wc04-3257648.nxedge.io/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin062008.mp3″] Download MP3 This week on CounterSpin: John McCain says the ban on oil drilling of the U.S. coast should be lifted, to increase oil production and lower prices. Drilling opponents say the drilling won’t lower prices and will endanger environments. Who’s right? Mainstream reporting is little help, […]
Eric Holt-Giménez of Food First joins to discuss what is missing from media coverage on recent global food shortages. Also this week: A conversation about American products and chemical exposure, with investigative journalist and author Mark Schapiro.
Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic and Policy Research on George W. Bush and his proposed trade deal with Colombia. Also this week: How are John McCain and the Republican Party getting along these days? A conversation with journalist and author Rick Perlstein, who covered this story for the Nation magazine.
This week on CounterSpin: Establishment media and the crisis in the U.S. housing market, with economist Dean Barker from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Also on the program: Recently the press has dedicated a lot of time and energy to conversation about Obama’s voting record. Keith Poole, Professor at University of California at San Diego and co-founder of Voteview, joins for a discussion on this and more.
This week on CounterSpin: Lori Wallach of Global Trade Watch on corporate media’s obsession with “free trade.” Also on the show: Media policy and overly complicated ownership rules, with J.H. Snider of the Shorenstein Center.
The New York Times (1/28/08) claimed in a front-page story that George W. Bush’s economic growth record “would be the envy of most presidents.” This claim has no basis in fact and should be corrected by the newspaper. The assertion was part of a “White House Memo” by Sheryl Gay Stolberg. Opening with the […]
This week on CounterSpin: Bad election coverage in the recent Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, with CounterSpin’s own Peter Hart. Also on the program: Kali Akuno discusses corporate media backtracking post-Katrina and the latest debate surrounding the destruction of public housing in New Orleans.
This week on CounterSpin: Journalist Nomi Prins joins to explain the current turmoil in the housing market. Also on the show: A discussion on “The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act,” with Kamau Karl Franklin of Center for Constitutional Rights.
Journalist Bob Parry, founder of the site Consortiumnews.com, has broken some of the most important stories in the last thirty years. This week he joins CounterSpin to talk about why he writes. Also on the program: New research highlights a skewed presentation of poor communities in Bay Area media, one that oversells gentrification as the solution. We’ll talk to Karlos Schmieder from Oakland-based Youth Media Council about the report.
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.
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.
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.
