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‘No Jury Ever Announces a Not Guilty Verdict Before the Trial’
"If the executive branch, the president, has the right to determine whether or not any witnesses can be called, or any documents produced, then that strikes at the very heart of separation of powers."
Best of CounterSpin 2019
We try to bring you voices you might not hear elsewhere: activists, researchers, reporters and teachers, who can illuminate what big media are getting wrong—or missing entirely—why it matters, and what we can do about it.
Corporate Media Find All the Wrong Lessons for US Left in Corbyn’s Defeat
Election Focus 2020: Across the spectrum, corporate media all came to the same conclusion regarding the election: Corbyn’s loss spells the end for the US left and a “crushing defeat” of the discredited policies of socialism.
‘Responsibility for This Crisis Belongs on the Corporations That Have Created It’
"The vast majority of the more than 8 billion metric tons of plastic ever produced, about 80% has ended up in landfills, or scattered around the world."
Marjorie Cohn, Dorothee Benz on Impeachment
Corporate media have failed big time, presenting a critical story about asymmetrical power as a kinda boring, "both sides," depends-who-you-believe Beltway story. And then claiming it's the public that's not interested.
Reuters Shields OAS Over False Claims That Sparked Bolivia Coup
None of the 114 Reuters articles about Bolivia since the October 20 election mention the extensive technical criticism the OAS complaints have received.
‘It’s Not Just About Sanders and Warren, It’s About the Issues They Represent’
Election Focus 2020: "Sanders wants fundamental change in the structure of power in this country. And the corporate media outlets don't. The structure of power in this country is working quite well for them."
Sharon Lerner on Plastic Recycling
Corporations like Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Altria are eager to persuade the public that recycling is an adequate response to the devastating environmental impact of plastic waste, of which they are fixing to create a great deal more.
Papers Owned by Oligarchs Unsurprisingly Oppose a Wealth Tax
Election Focus 2020: FAIR took a look at news coverage and editorials about the wealth tax from Bezos’ Washington Post, and Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal, to see if these oligarch-owned newspapers would defend their billionaire owners’ material ...
‘This Is Not a Troll. This Is Real Life.’
"If that's what you're trafficking in, day in and day out, isn't it that much easier for someone like that to allow for the kind of cruelty that we're seeing at our southern border right now?"