Leading Papers Call for Destroying Iran to Save It
The New York Times and Washington Post offer facile arguments for US attacks on Iran, on the assumption that the US wants to brighten Iranians’ futures.
US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel’s Role in It
If US media habitually placed the news in political context, claims of US and Israeli intervention in Iran would hardly be regarded as dubious.
Emails Reveal Epstein’s Ties to Mossad—But Corporate Media Looked Away
Information from a major hack targeting Israel revealed that Jeffrey Epstein played a significant role in brokering multiple deals for Israeli intelligence.
America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran
56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?
‘The Goal Is to Put the Words “Iran” and “Nuclear” in the Same Sentence’:
CounterSpin interview with Adam Johnson on media in war mode
“The scope of debate…is not ‘Do we have any legitimacy to be bombing Iran?’ but ‘Is bombing Iran the best way to stop them from enriching uranium?’”
Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran
Rather than condemning the US bombing of Iran as a blatant violation of international law, commentators gushed over the “brilliant military operation.”
Adam Johnson on Media in War Mode
US corporate media in war mode are a force to reckon with. We do some reckoning with media analyst Adam Johnson.
NYT Gave Green Light to Trump’s Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When
The ultimate goal of the New York Times editorial was to promote the idea that war with Iran could potentially be desirable—and certainly justifiable.
Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran
Israel’s special relationship with the US means it gets special coverage in the US corporate media, presenting its assault on Iran as fundamentally justified.
NYT Advises Trump to Kill More Venezuelans
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens made an overt case for US military intervention to topple Venezuela’s government.
Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
Vance Dossier Shows Not All Hacks Are Created Equal
Musk’s Twitter is keeping certain information out of the public view—information that just happens to damage the presidential ticket he supports.
Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations
Following Israel’s assassinations of a Hezbollah commander in Beirut and a Hamas negotiator in Tehran, corporate media pundits have called for the US and Israel to escalate the region-wide war.
ACTION ALERT: False NYT Spy Claim on Iran Nukes Needs Correction
Please tell the New York Times to correct its false claim that there is no doubt that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
To US Papers, Iranian Weapons Far More Newsworthy Than Those Made in USA
If newspapers were concerned about human life, there wouldn’t be such a gap in coverage between Iranian and US-made weapons.
Stability: Media Codeword for ‘Under US Control’
Once we realize what “stability” and “destabilizing” mean, news from corporate outlets makes much more sense.
It’s Aggression When ‘They’ Do It, but Defense When ‘We’ Do Worse
Western corporate media overwhelmingly reserve the word “aggression” for official enemy nations—whether or not it’s warranted. In contrast, US behavior is almost never categorized as aggressive,
Media’s Top Meaning for ‘Proxy’ Is ‘Iranian Ally’
With the word “proxy,” corporate media downplay the extent of US interference in other countries, while frequently portraying Iran as undercutting other peoples’ independence.
‘To Tell Stories of Communities That Are Authentic, You Have to Have a Conversation’
The Best of CounterSpin is a reflection of the sorts of conversations we hope offer some voice or context or information that you might not have heard elsewhere, or that might help you assess the news you are hearing.
When an Official Enemy Is Assassinated, Corporate Media Roll Out the Pretexts
Even those accusations that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh took part in a now-defunct weapons program are largely based on fabricated evidence.
