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Counterspin – April 8, 2005

Emily Whitfield on Torture Memos, John Prados on Intelligence Commission This week on CounterSpin: New memos about the Bush administration’s torture and interrogation policies in Iraq have come to light. There’s big news here, but you wouldn’t know it by the media’s indifference to the story. What is actually in these new torture documents? And … Continued


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Counterspin – April 1, 2005

Bob McChesney on FCC and Indecency, Daniel Ellsberg on Whistleblowers This week on Counterspin: the FCC is on an anti-indecency crusade that’s already led to broadcasters self-censoring such controversial things as a nude lithograph on Antiques Roadshow. Who’s fighting back? And what happened to all those other issues of media reform we were talking about … Continued


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Counterspin – March 25, 2005

Norman Solomon on Iraq and withdrawal, Katha Pollitt on op-ed diversity This week on CounterSpin: the two-year anniversary of the Iraq war came and went with relatively little media fanfare. What’s the state of the Iraq debate? And what ideas are unmentionable in mainstream media circles? We’ll ask FAIR associate and syndicated columnist Norman Solomon. … Continued


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Counterspin – March 18, 2005

Mark Jones on "forgotten crises," Jack Shaheen on Arabs on TV This week on CounterSpin: Humanitarian catastrophes claim millions of lives every year– from brutal civil wars to disease and famine. Which stories make the headlines, and which are all but ignored by the press? We’ll talk with Mark Jones of Reuters Alertnet about these … Continued


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Counterspin – March 11, 2005

Sure, Million Dollar Baby is just a movie, but given how rarely the media spotlight ever makes it around to people with disabilities, the movie is bound to shape public opinion and understanding. So the questions provoked by the film would seem to deserve more thoughtful, and inclusive, journalistic treatment than they’ve thus far received. … Continued


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Counterspin – March 4, 2005

The U.S. has been rattling the saber at Syria for the last few years, and the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in mid-February has caused an escalation of US belligerence toward Syria-despite an apparent lack of evidence that Syria was involved in the killing. We’ll talk about coverage of Syria with Professor … Continued