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January 7, 2020 at 4:51 PM

'This Is a Moment to Be Really Vigilant Against All Forms of Oppression'

All posts View this email in your browser   'This Is a Moment to Be Really Vigilant Against All Forms of Oppression' Janine Jackson interviewed Jews for Racial and Economic Justice’s Audrey Sasson about antisemitism for the January 3, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightl…

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January 6, 2020 at 10:05 PM

'Say No to Stealing Our Social Security Benefits'

All posts View this email in your browser   'Say No to Stealing Our Social Security Benefits' Janine Jackson interviewed Social Security Works’ Alex Lawson about Social Security and disability for the January 3, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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January 6, 2020 at 1:40 AM

Australian Wildfires... Antisemitism... Social Security & Disability... Andrew Yang....

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January 5, 2020 at 9:58 PM

'The Fed Is a Political Institution That Pretends Not to Be Political'

All posts View this email in your browser   'The Fed Is a Political Institution That Pretends Not to Be Political' Journalist William Greider, who died on Christmas Day 2019 at the age of 83, was a repeat guest on CounterSpin; Janine Jackson interviewed him about former Federal Re…

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January 5, 2020 at 7:46 PM

'We Have to Bust In and Insist That Power Be Shared in a Different Kind of Way'

All posts View this email in your browser   'We Have to Bust In and Insist That Power Be Shared in a Different Kind of Way' The December 27, 2019, episode of CounterSpin was the Best of CounterSpin 2019—featuring excerpts of Janine Jackson's interviews with Carey Gillam on Monsant…

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January 4, 2020 at 2:34 PM

Media Leave Yang Out of Candidate Conversations

All posts View this email in your browser   Media Leave Yang Out of Candidate Conversations by Julie Hollar The Democratic primary field may be narrowing, but Andrew Yang still can't get the media's attention. According to the New York Times (12/19/19), which breaks down the debat…

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January 4, 2020 at 12:16 AM

Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism

All posts View this email in your browser   Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism by Gregory Shupak Antisemitism is a very real problem—which Donald Trump is exploiting to advance an anti-Palestinian agenda. President Donald Trump issued an executive order …

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January 3, 2020 at 7:46 PM

Australia Wildfire Coverage Is Long on Koalas, Short on Causes

All posts View this email in your browser   Australia Wildfire Coverage Is Long on Koalas, Short on Causes by Neil deMause Fires making their own weather are interesting (The Hill, 12/30/19)—but not as important as humans making their own climate. If you've only been following t…

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January 3, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Alex Lawson on Social Security & Disability, Audrey Sasson on Antisemitism

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December 30, 2019 at 6:00 PM

Fight Corporate Media in 2020

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December 29, 2019 at 11:22 PM

Afghan Papers' Colonial Lessons... Media's Holiday Advice... Best of CounterSpin....

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December 28, 2019 at 6:39 PM

'We Need to Do Everything We Can on All Fronts'

All posts View this email in your browser   'We Need to Do Everything We Can on All Fronts' Janine Jackson interviewed organizer Dorothee Benz about impeachment protests for the December 20, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Pla…

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December 28, 2019 at 3:42 PM

'No Jury Ever Announces a Not Guilty Verdict Before the Trial'

All posts View this email in your browser   'No Jury Ever Announces a Not Guilty Verdict Before the Trial' Janine Jackson interviewed legal scholar Marjorie Cohn about the impeachment of Donald Trump for the December 20, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited trans…

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December 27, 2019 at 4:32 PM

Best of CounterSpin 2019

All posts View this email in your browser   Best of CounterSpin 2019 Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link Every week, CounterSpin looks behind the headlines of the corporate media whose presentation of the world does so much to shape …

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December 27, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Can Corporate Media Be Any Worse...

Can Corporate Media Be Any Worse… View this email in your browser More than Halfway Home— but We Still Need You! “Powerful.... A horror film of the most realistic kind. Peabody’s documentary examines …

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December 26, 2019 at 5:38 PM

WaPo's Afghan Papers Propagate Colonial Narrative of Noble Intentions Gone Awry

All posts View this email in your browser   WaPo's Afghan Papers Propagate Colonial Narrative of Noble Intentions Gone Awry by Joshua Cho Washington Post (12/9/19) In an earlier article (FAIR.org, 12/18/19) regarding the Washington Post’s Afghanistan Papers (12/9/19), I discusse…

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December 22, 2019 at 3:38 PM

There’s No Place Like the ‘Center’ for the Holidays

All posts View this email in your browser   There’s No Place Like the ‘Center’ for the Holidays by Julianne Tveten The Washington Post (11/25/19) presents the holiday dinner table as " a minefield — just waiting to be detonated by political opinions." As the holidays approach, c…

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December 22, 2019 at 1:52 AM

Impeachment... PBS Debate Bias... British Election Lessons....

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December 21, 2019 at 4:13 PM

Corporate Media Find All the Wrong Lessons for US Left in Corbyn’s Defeat

All posts View this email in your browser   Corporate Media Find All the Wrong Lessons for US Left in Corbyn’s Defeat by Alan MacLeod Conservative leader Boris Johnson swept to power in the UK’s December 12 elections, winning 365 of a possible 650 seats. Labour’s socialist leader …

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December 20, 2019 at 9:16 PM

PBS Decides What Debate Watchers Need Is More Talk From Pundits

All posts View this email in your browser   PBS Decides What Debate Watchers Need Is More Talk From Pundits by Julie Hollar Debates are framed by the questions the journalists who moderate them ask, and, as FAIR has shown, those questions have built-in biases. Some issues are cove…

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December 20, 2019 at 9:00 PM

'Responsibility for This Crisis Belongs on the Corporations That Have Created It.'

All posts View this email in your browser   'Responsibility for This Crisis Belongs on the Corporations That Have Created It.' Janine Jackson interviewed the Intercept’s Sharon Lerner about plastic recycling for the December 13, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edit…

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December 20, 2019 at 5:11 PM

Can Corporate Media Be Any Worse...

Can Corporate Media Be Any Worse… View this email in your browser Can Corporate Media Be Any Worse… than they are during an extended election season? “Powerful.... A horror film of the most realistic …

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December 20, 2019 at 4:15 PM

Marjorie Cohn, Dorothee Benz on Impeachment

All posts View this email in your browser   Marjorie Cohn, Dorothee Benz on Impeachment Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link (cc photo: Master Steve Rapport) The House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for abuse of power and…

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December 19, 2019 at 11:37 PM

PBS Taps Journalist With Anti-Sanders Bias to Help Moderate Debate

All posts View this email in your browser   PBS Taps Journalist With Anti-Sanders Bias to Help Moderate Debate by Katie Halper Tonight’s Democratic presidential debate will be sponsored by Politico and PBS, simulcast by CNN, and moderated by Politico chief political correspondent …

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December 19, 2019 at 5:15 PM

To Corporate Media, an Exercise Bike Ad Is More Newsworthy Than 3/4 of a Trillion for the Pentagon

All posts View this email in your browser   To Corporate Media, an Exercise Bike Ad Is More Newsworthy Than 3/4 of a Trillion for the Pentagon By Matthew Kimball What little coverage there was of the National Defense Authorization Act tended to stress the family-friendly aspect o…

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December 18, 2019 at 10:12 PM

Afghan Papers Inadvertently Document WaPo's Role in Spreading Official Lies

All posts View this email in your browser   Afghan Papers Inadvertently Document WaPo's Role in Spreading Official Lies by Joshua Cho To get the secret history of the media's role in the Afghan War, you have to compare the Washington Post's Afghanistan Papers (12/9/19) with what …

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December 17, 2019 at 8:29 PM

Reuters Shields OAS Over False Claims That Sparked Bolivia Coup

All posts View this email in your browser   Reuters Shields OAS Over False Claims That Sparked Bolivia Coup by Joe Emersberger Reuters (12/4/19) highlights the findings of the Organization of American States—while omitting the criticism of those findings. Organization of America…

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December 13, 2019 at 11:36 PM

Progressive 'Purity Tests'...Buttigieg Boom...Wealth Tax...'Clash' as Euphemism....

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December 13, 2019 at 11:09 PM

'It's Not Just About Sanders and Warren, It's About the Issues They Represent'

All posts View this email in your browser   'It's Not Just About Sanders and Warren, It's About the Issues They Represent' Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR’s Julie Hollar about the 2020 election for the December 6, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. …

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December 13, 2019 at 10:06 PM

For WaPo’s Centrist Sources, Progressive Politics Are ‘Purity Tests’

All posts View this email in your browser   For WaPo’s Centrist Sources, Progressive Politics Are ‘Purity Tests’ by Julie Hollar The Washington Post's function as a bullhorn for centrist Democrats continues full force this week, with an article (12/11/19) headlined, "As Democrats …

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December 13, 2019 at 9:11 PM

Getting Away With Murder: ‘Clash’ as Media Euphemism for ‘Massacre’

All posts View this email in your browser   Getting Away With Murder: ‘Clash’ as Media Euphemism for ‘Massacre’ by Alan MacLeod Who killed whom? "Clash" helps journalists avoid answering that question (PBS NewsHour, 11/16/19). After deposing Evo Morales in a US-backed coup Novem…

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December 13, 2019 at 4:13 PM

Sharon Lerner on Plastic Recycling

All posts View this email in your browser   Sharon Lerner on Plastic Recycling Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link   (cc photo: Matthewdikmans) This week on CounterSpin: In case you missed it: November 15 was America Recycles Day, …

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December 12, 2019 at 10:36 PM

For Corporate Media, Voters Are Obstacle to Buttigieg's Centrist Rise

All posts View this email in your browser   For Corporate Media, Voters Are Obstacle to Buttigieg's Centrist Rise by Joshua Cho After polling averages showed him as a frontrunner in the Iowa and New Hampshire Democratic nomination contests, journalists predicted South Bend, Indian…

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December 12, 2019 at 4:26 PM

ABC’s Epstein Story Didn’t Kill Itself

All posts View this email in your browser   ABC’s Epstein Story Didn’t Kill Itself by Alan MacLeod New York (10/28/02) hyped Jeffrey Epstein as a "relentless brain" with a "keen eye for the ladies." Multimillionaire predator Jeffrey Epstein died in suspicious circumstances at a …

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December 12, 2019 at 1:02 AM

This is what YOUR support did this year!

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December 10, 2019 at 7:24 PM

How the Global North’s Left Media Helped Pave the Way for Bolivia's Right-Wing Coup

{{title}} View this email in your browser   How the Global North’s Left Media Helped Pave the Way for Bolivia's Right-Wing Coup by Lucas Koerner In our brave new age of hybrid warfare, corporate media play the role of ideological heavy artillery within the arsenal of Western imper…

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December 9, 2019 at 9:48 PM

'This Is Not a Troll. This Is Real Life.'

{{title}} View this email in your browser   'This Is Not a Troll. This Is Real Life.' Janine Jackson interviewed SPLC’s Michael Edison Hayden about Stephen Miller for the November 22, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Play Stop …

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December 8, 2019 at 1:02 AM

Warren Called Anti-Poor Child... Selective Protest Coverage... NAFTA's 'Success'

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December 7, 2019 at 11:59 PM

How Media Turn Support for Public Schools Into Opposition to Children of Color

{{title}} View this email in your browser   How Media Turn Support for Public Schools Into Opposition to Children of Color by Julie Hollar Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential candidates are rejecting the Obama administration's embrace of charter scho…

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December 6, 2019 at 10:18 PM

With People in the Streets Worldwide, Media Focus Uniquely on Hong Kong

{{title}} View this email in your browser   With People in the Streets Worldwide, Media Focus Uniquely on Hong Kong by Alan MacLeod Unlike protests against US client states, the Hong Kong demonstrations were frequently given the approving "pro-democracy" label (CNN, 8/30/19). 20…

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December 6, 2019 at 4:23 PM

Julie Hollar on Election 2020 Coverage

{{title}} View this email in your browser   Julie Hollar on Election 2020 Coverage Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link   (cc photo: Bloomberg campaign) This week on CounterSpin: Informing the public about candidates running for pre…

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December 5, 2019 at 9:38 PM

'It's This Culture of Secrecy That's Pervading the Courts'

{{title}} View this email in your browser   'It's This Culture of Secrecy That's Pervading the Courts' Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU’s Melissa Goodman about the PATRIOT Act for the September 30, 2005, episode of CounterSpin—a conversation that was reaired on the November 29,…

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December 5, 2019 at 7:04 PM

'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day'

{{title}} View this email in your browser   'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day' Janine Jackson interviewed the Village Voice’s Wayne Barrett about Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 for the August 17, 2007, episode of CounterSpin; that conversation was rebroadcast for the November…

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December 5, 2019 at 6:26 PM

'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day'

{{title}} View this email in your browser   'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day' Janine Jackson interviewed the Village Voice’s Wayne Barrett about Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 for the August 17, 2007, episode of CounterSpin; that conversation was rebroadcast for the November…

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December 4, 2019 at 6:54 PM

Moving Jobs to Mexico Was a Feature, Not a Bug, of NAFTA

{{title}} View this email in your browser   Moving Jobs to Mexico Was a Feature, Not a Bug, of NAFTA The Washington Post (11/21/19) tells readers that "NAFTA was meant to expand trade...but it also proved disruptive in terms of...relocating businesses and jobs. The Washington Po…

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December 3, 2019 at 10:19 PM

Muckraking Journalism in the Public Interest

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December 1, 2019 at 1:43 AM

Impeachment Hearings... Climate & Debates... Bloomberg's Scandals....

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November 29, 2019 at 4:51 PM

Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani, Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act

{{title}} View this email in your browser   Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani, Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act Play Stop pop out X MP3 Link Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the WTC site. CounterSpin this week revisits two interviews f…

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November 28, 2019 at 9:13 PM

'This Was a Test Case to See How a Couple of Photos Could Silence Women'

{{title}} View this email in your browser   'This Was a Test Case to See How a Couple of Photos Could Silence Women' Janine Jackson interviewed reproductive rights advocate Mallory McMaster about Katie Hill for the November 22, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edite…

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November 27, 2019 at 7:02 PM

We’re Still Waiting for ‘Early and Often’ Climate Debate Questions

{{title}} View this email in your browser   We’re Still Waiting for ‘Early and Often’ Climate Debate Questions by Julie Hollar As the Democratic Party prepared for its first presidential primary debates in June, climate activists pushed the DNC to schedule a single-issue debate on…

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