

CounterSpin
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
CounterSpin is the weekly radio show of FAIR, the national media watch group.
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Oct 25, 2024 • 28min
Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression
Trump’s “Big Lie” attorneys are not so much returning to the field, but actually never left.

Oct 18, 2024 • 28min
Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert
Defending Rights & Dissent has started a project called the Gaza First Amendment Alert, which is going to come out every other Wednesday.

Oct 11, 2024 • 28min
George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination
A new book doesn’t just illuminate the thicket of effects of systemic racism as it affects where people live; it reframes the understanding of the role of housing.

Oct 4, 2024 • 28min
Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate, Insha Rahman on Immigration Conversation
Why are events we pay insurance for a "crisis" for the industry we pay it to? The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.

Sep 27, 2024 • 28min
Mohamad Bazzi on Israeli Terror Attacks
As every day brings news of new carnage, US citizens have a duty not to look away, given our government’s critical role in arming Israel and ignoring its crimes.

Sep 20, 2024 • 28min
Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad
Jen Senko’s film and the book based on it are an effort to engage the effects of that yelling, punching down, reactionary media.

Sep 13, 2024 • 28min
Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules
Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all they’re going to say is, “oh well”?

Sep 6, 2024 • 28min
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy
A people-centered press corps would spell out the meaning of economic “indicators” in relation to where we want to go as a society that has yet to address deep historical and structural harms.

Aug 30, 2024 • 28min
Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger
Kroger is currently raising the prices of things like eggs and milk above inflation rates, simply because they can get away with it.

Aug 23, 2024 • 28min
Steve Macek on Dark Money
How do we acknowledge the fact that many people’s opinions are shaped by messages that are created and paid for by folks who work hard to hide their identity and their interests?