‘It Takes People Working Together to Bridge Understandings and Undo Misunderstandings’
“CounterSpin is thankful to all of the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show…. This is just a small selection.”
The Sanctification of NATO
Claims that US President Donald Trump is undermining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) by criticizing some of its members and having a cordial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin have sent establishment media into a frenzy to sanctify NATO as a force for peace and democracy.
Mental Illness Serves as Easy Scapegoat in Mass Murder Accounts
Could it be media would prefer to scour for evidence of a shooter’s mental illness or report on his dysfunctional past, rather than address what their own role could have been in encouraging killers, through being the very channel by which their “story” is told?
Clicks Over Ethics: Careless Coverage of Suicide
How the media portray suicide directly affects how our culture handles it, and the stakes for irresponsible reporting are high. As the CDC states, the phenomenon of copycat suicides, or suicide cluster or contagion, can result from simplistic, sensational and glamorized coverage.
Spiked Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cartoonist Speaks Out
Since his most recent cartoon was published, Rob Rogers has opted to take personal days off, saying he has not heard from his editors since the spate of spikings, and the conflict has yet to be resolved.
Anti-Trump Cartoons Stopped by Censor at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Post-Gazette refused to publish six of staff cartoonist Rob Rogers’ cartoons in a row. Four were directly critical of President Donald Trump, and two alluded to racism.
