CounterSpin
Latest Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse
Tax giveaways to nonPuerto Ricans mean money not going to Puerto Rico's energy systems, schools, hospitals, housing.
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.
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.
ACTION ALERT: Crime Claims of CNN’s New Police Expert Don’t Hold Up to Facts
Please ask CNN to explain why a person who misrepresents the evidence on the causes of crime trends should be offered as an expert.