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February 11, 2022 at 11:04 PM

'Big Lies Are Built From Lots of Little Lies'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Big Lies Are Built From Lots of Little Lies' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Voting Booth's Steven Rosenfeld about the Arizona election "audit" for the February 4, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcr…

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February 11, 2022 at 9:19 PM

Defenses of Rogan Aren’t About Free Speech; They're Right-Wing Solidarity

All posts View article on FAIR's website Defenses of Rogan Aren’t About Free Speech; They're Right-Wing Solidarity Ari Paul   These "free speech advocates" (Fox News, 2/2/22) were conspicuously silent when people actually lost their jobs for criticizing cops. For right-wing and…

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February 11, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Rakeen Mabud on Supply Chain Breakdown

All posts View article on FAIR's website Rakeen Mabud on Supply Chain Breakdown CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   American Prospect (1/31/22) This week on CounterSpin: You will have heard many things recently about the supply chain—as the reason you can't find what you're looking f…

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February 11, 2022 at 3:16 PM

Polling on Issues People Know Little About Creates Illusion of Public Opinion

All posts View article on FAIR's website Polling on Issues People Know Little About Creates Illusion of Public Opinion David W. Moore   ABC (1/30/22): A "new ABC/Ipsos poll shows high disapproval of Biden's handling of a range of issues." Last week (FAIR.org, 2/2/22), I suggest…

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February 8, 2022 at 11:04 PM

'The Entire Cryptocurrency Market Is Basically a Ponzi Scheme'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Entire Cryptocurrency Market Is Basically a Ponzi Scheme' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Sohale Mortazavi about cryptocurrency for the February 4, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https:/…

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February 4, 2022 at 11:23 PM

China & Colonialism... Israel & Apartheid... Cryptocurrency....

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February 4, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Steven Rosenfeld on Arizona 'Audit,' Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency

All posts View article on FAIR's website Steven Rosenfeld on Arizona 'Audit,' Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   CNN (1/28/22) This week on CounterSpin: A New York Times opinion piece by editorial board member Jesse Wegman says that debunking Rep…

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February 3, 2022 at 11:12 PM

The News Is Not That Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So

All posts View article on FAIR's website The News Is Not That Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So Ari Paul   Politico (2/1/22) framed its article around attacks on Amnesty International, quoting charges that it was  "just another radical organization that echoes …

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February 2, 2022 at 4:23 PM

ABC News/Ipsos Poll: More About a Soundbite Than Public Opinion

All posts View article on FAIR's website ABC News/Ipsos Poll: More About a Soundbite Than Public Opinion David W. Moore   ABC's headline (1/30/22) is based on one polling question that gave a reason to oppose Biden's promise and no reason to support it. A new ABC News/Ipsos pol…

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February 1, 2022 at 8:48 PM

'Puerto Rico Hasn't Had the Opportunity to Develop Its Own Economic Future'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Puerto Rico Hasn't Had the Opportunity to Develop Its Own Economic Future' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Popular Democracy's Natalia Renta about the Puerto Rican debt deal for the January 28, 2022, episode of …

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January 31, 2022 at 10:57 PM

Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke

All posts View article on FAIR's website Why Comparing Chinese Africa Investment to Western Colonialism Is No Joke Justin Podur   Trevor Noah (Daily Show, ">12/16/21) “Why China Is in Africa” (">12/16/21) is a question Trevor Noah took up last month for Comedy Central's D…

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January 28, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Ukraine Crisis... NYT Spins Crime... Abortion Sources....

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January 28, 2022 at 8:47 PM

What You Should Really Know About Ukraine

All posts View article on FAIR's website What You Should Really Know About Ukraine Bryce Greene   The Washington Post (11/26/21) placed an article on "tensions between Ukraine and Russia" under the heading "Asia." As the Post (4/7/14) has noted, "The less Americans know about Uk…

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January 28, 2022 at 4:26 PM

Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal

All posts View article on FAIR's website Natalia Renta on Puerto Rico Debt Deal CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   New York Times depiction (1/18/22) of a Puerto Rican debt protest. This week on CounterSpin: A judge has approved a debt restructuring deal for Puerto Rico, and the d…

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January 27, 2022 at 11:17 PM

NYT Twists Stats to Insist We Need More Policing

All posts View article on FAIR's website NYT Twists Stats to Insist We Need More Policing Julie Hollar   The New York Times handed over its popular The Morning daily newsletter on January 18 to new hire German Lopez, formerly of Vox. His debut edition of the data-driven newslette…

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January 25, 2022 at 11:06 PM

'The People of Flint Are Still Suffering'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The People of Flint Are Still Suffering' Janine Jackson     Janine Jackson interviewed Status Coup News' Jordan Chariton about the Flint, Michigan, water crisis for the January 21, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited tr…

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January 25, 2022 at 8:40 PM

Primetime Abortion Case Sources Lack Diversity

All posts View article on FAIR's website Primetime Abortion Case Sources Lack Diversity Olivia Riggio   Two cases the newly majority-conservative Supreme Court considered in December pose the greatest risk to Roe v. Wade in a generation. The people most in jeopardy of losing the …

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January 25, 2022 at 5:09 PM

'The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba Is One of the Most Important Assassinations of the 20th Century'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Assassination of Patrice Lumumba Is One of the Most Important Assassinations of the 20th Century' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Maurice Carney about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba for the January 21, 2022, episode …

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January 21, 2022 at 4:46 PM

Jordan Chariton on Flint Water Crisis, Maurice Carney on Lumumba Assassination

All posts View article on FAIR's website Jordan Chariton on Flint Water Crisis, Maurice Carney on Lumumba Assassination CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS   Flint, Michigan This week on CounterSpin: Search corporate news media for recent stories on the water crisis in Flint, Michigan—…

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January 20, 2022 at 10:54 PM

Voting Rights Bill Blocked by Parties Unknown—According to Headlines

All posts View article on FAIR's website Voting Rights Bill Blocked by Parties Unknown—According to Headlines Julie Hollar   Reuters' headline (1/20/21) put the emphasis on the Democrats' failure rather than the Republicans' success. With the GOP leaning ever more heavily on a …

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January 20, 2022 at 8:48 PM

'It's 20 Years of Detention and It Needs to End'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'It's 20 Years of Detention and It Needs to End' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed the Center for Constitutional Rights' Pardiss Kebriaei about Guantánamo prisoners for the January 14, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a ligh…

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January 20, 2022 at 4:03 PM

ACTION ALERT: NYT's China Covid Coverage Needs to Acknowledge Reality

All posts View article on FAIR's website ACTION ALERT: NYT's China Covid Coverage Needs to Acknowledge Reality Ari Paul   A New York Times article (1/12/22) assailed China for following a zero Covid policy, "no matter the human costs"--without ever mentioning the human costs of …

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January 19, 2022 at 8:51 PM

Blaming the Victims—Not the System—for Bronx Fire Deaths

All posts View article on FAIR's website Blaming the Victims—Not the System—for Bronx Fire Deaths Dorothee Benz   Was it the space heater on the third floor? The open door on the 15th floor? The faulty fire alarms that went off frequently? The nonexistent sprinkler system? Colone…

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January 19, 2022 at 4:05 PM

RNC Renounces Broken Debate System It Helped Create

All posts View article on FAIR's website RNC Renounces Broken Debate System It Helped Create Julie Hollar   The New York Times (1/13/21) reported that the Commission on Presidential Debates was "founded by the two parties in 1987 to codify the debates as a permanent part of pres…

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January 18, 2022 at 11:09 PM

How Media Reports of Their Own Polls Can Mislead

All posts View article on FAIR's website How Media Reports of Their Own Polls Can Mislead David W. Moore   Investor's Business Daily (1/10/22) A new media poll last week by Investor’s Business Daily (1/10/22), conducted with the polling firm TIPP, announced that “Biden Approval…

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January 16, 2022 at 1:18 AM

Ukraine Hawks... Covid & Disability... Remembering Lani Guinier....

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January 15, 2022 at 9:43 PM

It's Not 'Encouraging' That Mostly the Disabled Die Despite Covid Shots

All posts View article on FAIR's website It's Not 'Encouraging' That Mostly the Disabled Die Despite Covid Shots Janine Jackson   CDC director Rochelle Wallensky told Good Morning America ( ">1/7/22) that it was "really encouraging news" that the vaccinated people dying from …

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January 15, 2022 at 2:10 PM

Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine's Nazi Ties

All posts View article on FAIR's website Hawkish Pundits Downplay Threat of War, Ukraine's Nazi Ties Gregory Shupak   Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 12/10/21): "A prosperous Ukraine buttressed by American support" could persuade Russians "to eventually demand their own frame…

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January 14, 2022 at 11:41 PM

Elite Media Remember Lani Guinier as 'Embattled'—and Forget How They Battled Her

All posts View article on FAIR's website Elite Media Remember Lani Guinier as 'Embattled'—and Forget How They Battled Her Janine Jackson   The Boston Globe (1/8/22) framed its obituary for Lani Guinier around her teaching career and civil rights advocacy. "Harvard Law Professor…

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January 14, 2022 at 9:38 PM

Reformist DAs Spark Murdoch Empire Freakout

All posts View article on FAIR's website Reformist DAs Spark Murdoch Empire Freakout Ari Paul   Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who took office January 1, wasted no time getting in the headlines, telling his prosecutors (New York Times, 1/6/22) that they should seek “jai…

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January 14, 2022 at 4:57 PM

Pardiss Kebriaei on Guantánamo Prisoners

All posts View article on FAIR's website Pardiss Kebriaei on Guantánamo Prisoners CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS Prisoners of Guantánamo (photo: Shane T. McCoy/US Navy) This week on CounterSpin: As we pass the grim milestone of 20 years of the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, …

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January 13, 2022 at 11:40 PM

'Workers Are the Best Guarantors of Their Own Safety When They're Organized'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Workers Are the Best Guarantors of Their Own Safety When They're Organized' Janine Jackson   The January 7, 2022, episode of CounterSpin included an archival interview with Barbara Briggs that originally aired June 5, 2015. This is a ligh…

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January 11, 2022 at 10:36 PM

Obits for a South Korean Dictator Gloss Over US's Anti-Democratic Role

All posts View article on FAIR's website Obits for a South Korean Dictator Gloss Over US's Anti-Democratic Role Joshua Cho   When former South Korean dictator Chun Doo-hwan passed away on November 23, Western media were forthcoming about his brutality, including his direction of …

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January 11, 2022 at 3:56 PM

'The Commercial System Isn't Providing the Local News We Need'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'The Commercial System Isn't Providing the Local News We Need' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed Craig Aaron about the future of local journalism for the January 7, 2022, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcrip…

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January 7, 2022 at 11:42 PM

Tutu Obituaries... Vanishing Local Journalism... WaPo Cites FAIR....

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January 7, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Radical Truth-Telling in 2022—Thanks to You!

Radical Truth-Telling in 2022—Thanks to You! View this email in your browser   Radical Truth-Telling in 2022—Thanks to You!   Dear FAIR Supporters,   FAIR’s year-end appeal surpassed our $65,000 go…

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January 7, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Craig Aaron on Local Journalism, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters

All posts View article on FAIR's website Craig Aaron on Local Journalism, Barbara Briggs on Workplace Disasters CounterSpin Subscribe: RSS (Image: Free Press) This week on CounterSpin: At FAIR, we say you can change the channel all you want, but you can't turn on what isn't th…

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January 6, 2022 at 10:18 PM

Tutu Obits Underplay His Advocacy for Palestine

All posts View article on FAIR's website Tutu Obits Underplay His Advocacy for Palestine Ari Paul   AP (12/26/21)noted that Desmond Tutu "campaigned internationally for human rights"—but didn't mention Israel/Palestine. Obituaries in the corporate and establishment press for So…

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January 5, 2022 at 9:06 PM

'Part of the Road to a Solution Is Really Understanding the Problem'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'Part of the Road to a Solution Is Really Understanding the Problem' Jim Naureckas   The Best of CounterSpin 2021 aired December 31, 2021. This is a lightly edited transcript. Subscribe: RSS   Janine Jackson Janine Jackson: Welcome to t…

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January 1, 2022 at 1:16 AM

Afghan Famine... China vs. US Movie Propaganda... Best of CounterSpin....

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December 31, 2021 at 9:09 PM

Beijing's Movie War Propaganda—and Washington's

All posts View article on FAIR's website Beijing's Movie War Propaganda—and Washington's Robin Andersen   New York Times (10/8/21): "The Battle at Lake Changjin was made with government support and guidance, underscoring the lengths the authorities will go to shape popular cultu…

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December 31, 2021 at 5:09 PM

Best of CounterSpin 2021

All posts View article on FAIR's website Best of CounterSpin 2021 CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS This week on CounterSpin: the best of CounterSpin for 2021. We call it the "the best of," but this annual round-up is just a reflection of the kinds of conversations we hope have offer…

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December 30, 2021 at 7:34 PM

New Year, Same Dedication to the Truth!

New Year, Same Dedication to the Truth! View this email in your browser   New Year, Same Dedication to the Truth!    Dear FAIR Friends, The final countdown has begun! We have one more day to reach…

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December 27, 2021 at 8:29 PM

The Truth is Essential! Keep it Accessible!

The Truth is Essential! Keep it Accessible! View this email in your browser   The Truth is Essential! Keep it Accessible!   Dear FAIR Family,  We’re inching closer to our year-end fundraising goal…

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December 24, 2021 at 1:48 PM

Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Election

All posts View article on FAIR's website Suyapa Portillo Villeda on Honduran Election CounterSpin   Subscribe: RSS   AP (11/30/21) This week on CounterSpin: When Xiomara Castro won a historic victory in Honduras last month—the country's first woman president, winning with the …

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December 23, 2021 at 7:14 PM

Help Make 2022 FAIR’s Best Year Yet!

Help Make 2022 FAIR’s Best Year Yet! View this email in your browser   Help Make 2022 FAIR’s Best Year Yet!   Dear FAIR Friend,  We’re just a little more than a week away from our January 1 fundra…

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December 21, 2021 at 11:08 PM

Media Forget Afghan Plight as US Sanctions Drive Mass Famine Risk

All posts View article on FAIR's website Media Forget Afghan Plight as US Sanctions Drive Mass Famine Risk  Julie Hollar   As the United States withdrew militarily from Afghanistan in August, US TV news interest in the plight of the country's citizens spiked, often focusing on "t…

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December 21, 2021 at 7:43 PM

'A For-Profit Company Is Trying to Privatize as Many Public Libraries as They Can'

All posts View article on FAIR's website 'A For-Profit Company Is Trying to Privatize as Many Public Libraries as They Can' Janine Jackson   Janine Jackson interviewed librarian Caleb Nichols about defending public libraries for the December 17, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This…

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December 20, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Less Than Two Weeks to Go!

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December 17, 2021 at 8:34 PM

'No One Cares About Covid'... 'Natural Immunity'... Defending Public Libraries...

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