Counterspin

A bankruptcy ruling shields the Sackler family, profiteers on Oxycontin, responsible for, conservatively, half a million deaths by overdose. The post Rick Claypool on OxyContin Bankruptcy, Dean Baker on Economic Disconnects appeared first on FAIR.

Some US media are now lauding Jim Loewen, but without ceasing to generate the very sort of misty misinformation he fought against. The post James Loewen on Lies Historians Tell Us appeared first on FAIR.

US media consumers may need not a broom but a shovel to deal with the self-aggrandizing, history-erasing misinformation headed our way. The post Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal appeared first on FAIR.

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 corporate news media promote narratives that shape public opinion, public policy and all of our lives. The post Jeff Cohen on FAIR’s Beginnings appeared first on FAIR.

The hardships facing Cubans—and the actions the United States could take to stop contributing to those hardships. The post James Early on Cuban Embargo, David Cooper on ‘We All Quit’ appeared first on FAIR.

Media have misinformed the public about a campaign whose own architects say is about disinforming, confusing and inflaming people. The post Luke Harris on Critical Race Theory, Cindy Cohn on Pegasus Spyware appeared first on FAIR.

Media's prescription of law enforcement as the primary response is called by many Asian Americans a problem presenting itself as a solution, The post Bianca Nozaki-Nasser on Anti-Asian Bias appeared first on FAIR.

The long history of the US using state force to kill Haitians and their aspirations is sufficient and appropriate context for current events. The post Chris Bernadel on Haitian Assassination, Michael Carome on FDA Alzheimer’s Investigation appeared first on FAIR.

Nestle's profitability relies on a chocolate supply chain that includes literal slave labor in the Ivory Coast. The post William Dodge on Nestle Slave Labor, Michael Ratner on Donald Rumsfeld appeared first on FAIR.

How do we protect our society from campaigns to stop people from voting or speaking or going into the street to protest things that are wrong? The post Vera Eidelman on Fourth of July Freedoms, Vivek Shandas on Addressing Climate Change appeared first on FAIR.

The notion of real change after Donald Trump is undermined by a close look at Biden's actual immigration policy. The post Laura Carlsen on Biden’s Central America Policy, Greg LeRoy on Texas Corporate Subsidies appeared first on FAIR.