

CounterSpin
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
CounterSpin is the weekly radio show of FAIR, the national media watch group.
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Nov 18, 2022 • 28min
Brian Mier on Lula Election Victory
It's hard not to imagine the use that a differently focused press corps might make of Brazil's change of direction.

Nov 11, 2022 • 28min
Gene Slater on Housing Crisis, Rakeen Mabud on Inflation Coverage
The affordable housing crisis is not just capitalism run amok, because that doesn't happen without government involvement.

Nov 4, 2022 • 28min
Jake Johnston on Haiti Intervention, Jeannie Park on Harvard Affirmative Action
US news media ignore the role US intervention has played throughout Haitian history in order to push for the same sort of intervention again.

Oct 28, 2022 • 28min
Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal Update
Overt, proud-of-it bias has shaped coverage of Mumia Abu-Jamal's case from the outset, and current mentions suggest little has changed.

Oct 21, 2022 • 28min
Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on 2022 Midterms
Election coverage should be judged not by how reporters "treat" Democrats or Republicans, but about how they inform and engage the public.

Oct 14, 2022 • 28min
Ahmad Abuznaid on Israeli Human Rights Crackdown, Sohale Mortazavi on Cryptocurrency
Growing numbers of people have concerns, not just about uncritical US support for Israel, but also about the shutdown of critics.

Oct 7, 2022 • 28min
John Logan on Amazon & Starbucks Organizing
With tens of thousands of workers walking out around the country, the notion that this is somehow not meaningful should be hard to maintain.

Sep 30, 2022 • 28min
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse
Tax giveaways to non–Puerto Ricans mean money not going to Puerto Rico's energy systems, schools, hospitals, housing.

Sep 23, 2022 • 28min
Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations
US news media need to not only acknowledge inflicting racist harms, but take seriously the idea of repairing them.

Sep 16, 2022 • 28min
Sumayyah Waheed on CNN’s Copaganda Hire, Chris Becker on Inflation Coverage
For corporate media, being a paid flack for the police in no way disqualifies you to offer analysis of law enforcement.