Counterspin

Tim Shorrock on North Korea, Lee Fang on 'The Right Leans In'

LeeMerrill — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:01:46 +0000

Tue. 4/9 8:30a: If your only reference was U.S. media, you would think all the belligerence and provocation around the Korean peninsula, was coming from North Korea, whose leaders are too intransigent and irrational to even negotiate with.

Yousaf Butt on Iran, Mary Bottari on Fix the Debt

LeeMerrill — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:20:42 +0000

Tue. 3/19 8:30a: The Washington Post is again suggesting that Iran is expanding its nuclear program. This time, they say Iran is attempting to import magnets for use in uranium centrifuges. But is the story credible? And how does it play alongside the US’s latest National Intelligence Estimate? We'll talk with Yousaf Butt, physicist and scientist-in-residence at the Monterey Institute for International Studies.

Imara Jones on State of the Union, Dave Zirin on 'Game Over'

LeeMerrill — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 23:47:21 +0000

Tue. 2/19 8.30a: Corporate media read calls for a focus on economic growth and investment in Barack Obama's State of the Union address as a sign he was "closing out the politics of austerity."

Scott Nova on Bangladesh factory fire, Maurice Carney on Congo

LeeMerrill — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:13:23 +0000

Tue. 12/04 8.30a: A fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh kills over 100 workers just as TV networks go wall to wall with coverage of bargain frenzied Black Friday shopping.

Yousef Munayyer on Gaza, Amy Goodman on ‘The Silenced Majority’

LeeMerrill — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:09:41 +0000

Tue. 11/27 8.30a: In the past six years, Israel has invaded Lebanon in 2006, Gaza in 2008, and it is now pounding Gaza with drone missiles and artillery. With a seeming strategy of occupation, colonization and war, many are wondering where this ends. We’ll talk to Yousef Munayyer, the director of Washington, D.C.’s Jerusalem Fund, about what happens when the smoke clears in Gaza.

Also on CounterSpin today, we’ll talk to independent journalist Amy Goodman about her new book, The Silenced Majority, and what she thinks media can–and must–do to serve the public.

John Sides on debates, Graham Erion on Chevron

LeeMerrill — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:49:03 +0000

Tue. 10/9 8:30a: Do presidential debates actually matter? TV networks spend days, if not weeks, building up debate drama aren't likely to tackle that issue.

Emira Woods on KONY 2012, Mike Elk on Labor Journalism

Tristan Clum — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:02:19 +0000

Tue. 3/20 8:30a: The viral video Kony 2012, made by the US based group Invisible Children, calls for military action against African warlord Joseph Kony. It's been seen by more than 80 million people, AND it's been criticized for distorting the central African conflict and a paternalistic view toward Africans.

The Digital Divide

Tristan Clum — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:29:25 +0000

Tue. 12/20 8:30a: Few deny anymore that internet access is becoming critical to taking part in political and economic life. So, what does it matter that research shows that higher proportions of African Americans and Latinos than white people are achieving that access through relatively more affordable smartphones rather than home computers?

Michael Dorsey on COP-17, Karl Grossman on Fukushima

Tristan Clum — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:05:42 +0000

Tues. 12/13 8:30a: The annual United Nations meeting on climate change is underway. That might be news to you if you rely on television for your information. These international conferences tend to produce stories that dwell on the lack of progress, or the unwillingness of countries like China to do more.