Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone
Media Matters’ victory over Elon Musk and the FTC is not just hopeful but instructive, offering what the group calls a “roadmap” for other organizations.
‘The Court Did Not Say Conversion Therapy Is Safe, Effective, Appropriate or Ethical’:
CounterSpin interview with Shannon Minter on 'conversion therapy' ruling
“The Court literally just held that if Tennessee wants to ban transgender healthcare for minors, it can do so.”
Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
The Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” LGBTQ young people violates healthcare workers’ rights.
‘We’re Looking to Save News for the Folks in Pittsburgh’:
CounterSpin interview with Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh paper shutdown
“If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights.”
‘They Are Creating the Opportunity to Shrink Democracy More’:
CounterSpin interview with Madiba Dennie on Supreme Court vs. voting rights
“They are OK with using race to hurt people. They are not OK with using race to help people who are actual victims of racism.”
Madiba Dennie on Voting Rights Act in Danger
The argument is so specious a third grader could call it out. But if it comes from the Supreme Court majority, we are forced to consider it as serious.
NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
Coverage of the conversion therapy case left out scientific and legal information necessary to understand what’s at stake for LGBTQ youth.
CBS’s Suck-Up to Barrett May Be a Taste of Propaganda to Come
A softball interview with Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett provides a glimpse of the kind of journalism we can expect from CBS News now.
‘It’s Really a Full-On Attack on the Voting Rights Act’:
CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on voting rights erasure
“It’s been the mission of the conservative justices on the Supreme Court to roll back things like the Voting Rights Act for 30 or 40 years.”
‘They Were Able to Pass These Bills Because of Anti-Trans Media Bias’:
Documentary filmmaker Sam Feder on the backlash to trans visibility
“Heightened Scrutiny examines the relationship between the media’s coverage of trans rights and the anti-trans legislation we have seen balloon.”
‘Housing Unaffordability Is the Primary Cause of Homelessness’:
CounterSpin interview with Farrah Hassen on criminalizing homelessness
“We have to look at this as a government failure, instead of constantly pointing back at people living unhoused, and blaming them for their plight.”
‘There’s Never Been a More Blatant Corporate Incursion Into the Public Sector Than DOGE’:
CounterSpin interview with Jeff Hauser on DOGE infiltration
“They are doing some of the worst things we’ve ever seen, and the government is breaking as a result.”
Failing to Rise to the Constitutional Crisis
Trump’s defiance of the courts is a declaration that the United States will no longer operate as a constitutional republic.
Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights (2024)
Many are calling out insurance companies that take folks’ money, but then hinder their ability to come out from under when these predictable and predicted crises occur.
Press Downplays Danger of Supreme Court Case That Threatens Trans Rights—Among Others
Instead of holding those in power accountable for their attacks on minority groups, many in the press corps will happily join in on the attacks.
‘There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority’
CounterSpin interview with Robert Spitzer on gun rights and rules
“Firearms and other weapons were regulated more strictly in the country’s first 300 years than in the last 30 years.”
‘The Problem Is, There’s No Place for Anyone to Go’:
CounterSpin interview with Keith McHenry on criminalizing homelessness
“Millions of dollars have been spent just driving people from corner to corner, with no even slight effort, really, to house people.”
Tim Wise on ‘DEI Hires,’ Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused
The right wing has gotten much more overt about their intention to defeat the prospect of multiracial democracy, as demonstrated by its latest weaponized trope—the “DEI hire.”
‘Our Most Important Democratic Document Was Intended to Make the Country Less Democratic’:
CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on minority rule
“The problem isn’t what people believe. It’s translating majority opinion into majority rule.”
‘They Are Not Applying Universal Principles as Philosopher Kings’:
CounterSpin interview with Jim Naureckas on Secret Alito Tape
“There’s a real difference in the way that journalists cover the Supreme Court versus Congress versus the White House.”
