6:30 PM Pacific Time: Sundays
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the each week’s major news stories, and exposes what the mainstream media may have missed in their own coverage. Combines lively discussion and thoughtful critique. Produced by the national media watch group FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting).
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
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
Richard Kogan on Bush’s budget, Melanie Sloan on network TV ad policies.
Frank Brodhead on Iraq elections, Tiffiniy Cheng on Eyes on the Prize.
Phyllis Bennis on Bush’s inauguration speech & Bob McChesney on Michael Powell.
Mark Weisbrot on Social Security & Sheldon Rampton on Armstrong Williams.
Mark Danner on torture.
Fawaz Gerges on Iraq and Palestine & Joanne Dorshow on medical malpractice.
Best of CounterSpin 2004.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on environmental coverage & Jules Boykoff on global warming.
