CounterSpin

CounterSpin is the weekly radio show of FAIR, the national media watch group.

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Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects

Posted September 3, 202100:27:52

A bankruptcy ruling shields the Sackler family, profiteers on Oxycontin, responsible for, conservatively, half a million deaths by overdose.

James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us

Posted August 27, 202100:27:52

Some US media are now lauding Jim Loewen, but without ceasing to generate the very sort of misty misinformation he fought against.

Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal

Posted August 20, 202100:27:52

US media consumers may need not a broom but a shovel to deal with the self-aggrandizing, history-erasing misinformation headed our way.

Jeff Cohen on FAIR’s Beginnings

Posted August 13, 202100:27:52

Listeners to this show may take it as a given that, if you care about social, racial, economic justice, you have to also care about media—because...

James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on ‘We All Quit’

Posted August 6, 202100:27:52

The hardships facing Cubans—and the actions the United States could take to stop contributing to those hardships.