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CounterSpin is FAIR’s weekly radio show, produced and hosted by Janine Jackson. It’s heard on more than 150 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada.
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what corporate media might have missed in their own coverage. CounterSpin highlights censored stories and exposes biased and inaccurate coverage, while examining the power of corporate influence and sexism, racism and homophobia in the news.
HOSTED BY
Janine Jackson
“You should tune in to CounterSpin, the program that sees things and says things about the media you’ll see no place else.”
—Ben Bagdikian, author of The Media Monopoly
Archives
What’s the connection between displacement and the so-called war on terror? Climate disruption? Poverty? On displacement, If you aren’t telling the big, interconnected story, you aren’t telling the story.
The Supreme Court has just denied the right to sue officials for unlawful detentions. What does that mean for accountability when powerful people make unconstitutional policy?
What does the Castile case tell us about the limits of the law in delivering justice for African-Americans killed by law enforcement, and what are some of the other fronts we need to fight on to push for that justice?
Senate Republicans are hiding in plain sight as they let everyone know they are crafting critically important healthcare legislation in secret, away from the scrutiny of even congressional colleagues, that they hope and expect to force through—over what they know would be public objections.
If you like bad data along with mean-spirited anecdotes, the Washington Post’s ongoing series on disability insurance has you covered.
The Washington Post’s headline “Trump’s Quick to Tweet on Terror and TV, Slower on Things Like the Attack in Portland,” was meant to call out Trump’s unwillingness to engage white supremacist violence, but it unwittingly illustrated the problem of elite media continuing to maintain separate spaces for extremist attacks based on who commits them.
Most if not all journalists would tell you elections are a big story, one of the biggest. But that rings painfully hollow if they aren’t interested in who gets to take part.
AP quotes the Saudi king saying he and Donald Trump will “‘forge a new partnership’ in the war against extremism.” Medea Benjamin brings the skepticism AP forgot to add.
Describing Puerto Rico’s debt as $34,000 for every man, woman and child doesn’t match the reality of how Puerto Rico came to be in its present state, or how “shared” the “sacrifice” is set to be as things move forward.
The New York Times is having trouble squaring its hire of climate change denialist Bret Stephens for a regular column with its current PR campaign branding the paper a bastion of rationality in a dangerously “alt-fact” moment.
FCC chair Ajit Pai has announced his plans to gut net neutrality; the former Verizon lawyer and Jeff Sessions staffer declared his intentions at a private event in DC. So the victory activists fought for—having broadband recognized as a public utility like the telephone, and not some sort of corporate gift—is in jeopardy.
Activists are using the Wells Fargo scandal to call attention to a range of other problems at the bank—problems not addressed by a couple of top executives giving back some of their golden parachutes.
When elites get to define the problem, they get to decide what constitutes solving it—and for many people, that makes for too shallow a conversation when it comes to policing.
Corporate media’s cartoonish portrayal of North Korea doesn’t help as we try to understand how things came to this pass, and how to get out of it.
More than 200 Iraqi civilians killed by a US airstrike in Mosul. But while media express concern, the idea that the deaths were a lamentable part of a nevertheless valiant effort to liberate the city from terrorists’ grip is not being questioned.
The Washington Post published 30 articles, op-eds, blog posts and editorials on Neil Gorsuch in the 48 hours after his nomination—not a single one overtly critical or in opposition.
Team Trump says that programs that support affordable housing for families, the elderly, and people with disabilities haven’t “justified their existence.” How do we fight back with a different vision of housing and community?
What do Trump-backed changes in healthcare mean for the millions of people with disabilities and senior citizens who rely on Medicare and Medicaid?
Donald Trump says the press corps are the “enemy of the people.” The press corps, in turn, say Donald Trump is “presidential.” Where the people find themselves in this dance is unclear.
Resisting the viewing of immigration policy through a lens of criminality will be key in moving toward a humane vision of immigration.
What’s ahead for the public interest under Ajit Pai, Trump’s choice for chair of the FCC? CounterSpin talks with Jessica Gonzalez, deputy director and senior counsel at the group Free Press.
Now that Betsy DeVos is confirmed as Education secretary, media need to disrupt the set of myths that carried her through, despite an evident lack of experience or expertise: Myths to do with “school choice” and “accountability,” which corporate media rarely interrogate thoroughly, or contrast with different visions of education.
Some media accounts are describing the first raid on Trump’s watch as “botched,” but that’s not the same as questioning it, much less putting it in a broader context of what’s happening in Yemen and what the US is doing there.
Every day of the Trump administration brings new reasons to protest. But the mass arrest of hundreds of people protesting the inauguration, along with legal observers and journalists, tells us that the right to speak up still needs protection.
Media’s traditional misremembering of Martin Luther King distorts his ideas and priorities, and rewrites the press’s own role in history; it also projects a distorted vision of what protest means and how social change happens—a clear view of which is much in demand right now.
Stations by State
ALASKA
Anchorage | KSKA 91.1 FM | Listen online
Fairbanks |KSUA 91.5 FM | Listen online
Kasiloi | KWMD 90.7 FM | Listen online
Ketchikan |KRBD 105.9 FM | Listen online
Sitka | KCAW 104.7 FM | Sun. 9:30 pm
Talkeetna | KTNA 88.9 FM | Sun. 6:30 pm
Valdez | KCHU 770 AM | Sun. 9 am
ARIZONA
Phoenix | radiophoenix.org | Thurs. 4:30 am
ARKANSAS
Little Rock | KABF 88.3 FM | Weds. & Fri. 9 am
CALIFORNIA
Berkeley | KPFA 94.1 FM | Fri. 3 pm
Chico | KZFR 90.1 FM | Mon. 5 pm
Davis | KDVS 90.3 FM | Listen online
Davis | KDRT 95.7 FM | Listen online
Eureka | KMUD 88.1 FM | Sun. 1:00 pm, Thurs. 4 am
Fresno | KFCF 88.1 FM | Fri. 3:30 pm
Garberville | KMUD 91.1, 88.3, 89.9 FM | Sun. 1 pm, Thurs. 4 am
Georgetown | KFOK 95.1 FM | Listen online
Hoopa | KIDE 91.3 FM | Tues. 9:30 am & 5:30 pm
Irvine | KUCI 88.9 FM | Thurs 5 pm
Laytonville | KMUD 99.5 FM & 90.3 FM | Sun 1:00 pm & Thurs 4 am
Los Angeles | KPFK 90.7 FM | Sun. 5:30 am
Nevada City | KVMR 89.5 FM | Mon. 6:30 pm
N. San Diego | KPFK 90.7 FM | Sun. 5:30 am
Oroville | KRBS / 107.1 FM | Listen online
Philo | KZYX 90.7 FM & 91.5 FM | Mon. 4 am
Riverside | KUCR 88.3 FM | Sun. 8:30 pm
Sacramento | KUBU 96.5 FM |Weds. 12:30 pm & Thurs 12:30 am
Sacramento | KYDS 91.5 FM | Listen Online
Salida | KGIG 104.9FM | Plays frequently
San FranciscoKALW 91.7 FM | Fri. 7:30 pm
San Luis Obispo | KCBX 90.1 FM | Fri. 1 pm
Santa Barbara | KPFK 90.7 FM | Sun. 5:30 am
Santa Barbara | KCSB 91.9 FM | Mon. 9 am
Santa Cruz | FRSC 101.1 FM | Tues. 9:30 am
Shelter Cove | KMUD 99.5 FM | Sun 1 pm & Thurs 4 am
Ukiah | KMEC 105.1 FM | Listen Online
COLORADO
Alamosa | KRZA 88.7 FM | Fri. 7 pm
Aspen | KDNK 88.3 FM | Tues. 5 am
Basalt | KDNK 88.5 FM | Listen Online
Boulder | KGNU 88.5 FM | Mon. 5:30 am & 9 am
Carbondale | KDNK 90.5 FM | Tues. 5 am
Colorado Springs | KCMJ 93.9 FM | Listen Online
Crawford | KVNF 98.3 FM | Fri. 6 pm
Crested Butte | KBUT 90.3 FM | Listen Online
Denver | KGNU 88.5 FM & 1390 AM | Mon. 5:30 am & 9 am
Down Valley | KOTO 105.5 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
Durango | KDUR 91.9, 93.9 FM | Weds. 9 am
Glenwood | KDNK 88.1 | Listen Online
Grand Junction | KAFM 88.1 FM | Listen Online
The Grand Valley | KVNF 99.1 FM | Fri. 6:00 pm
Lake Valley | KVNF 88.7 FM | Fri. 6 pm
Leadville | KDNK 93.5 FM | Listen Online
Montrose | KVNF 89.1 FM | Fri. 6 pm
Nederland | KGNU 93.7 FM | Mon. 5:30 am & 9 am
Norwood | KOTO 89.5 | Fri. 6:30 pm
Ophir | KOTO 91.7, 89.3 | Fri. 6:30 pm
Ouray | KVNF 90.1 FM | Fri. 6 pm
Paonia | KVNF 90.9 FM | Sun. 4 pm
Redstone | KDNK 88.5 FM | Listen Online
Ridgway | KVNF 88.9 FM | Fri. 6 pm
Salida | KHEN / 106.9 FM | Sun. 1:30 pm & Fri. 6 pm
Silverton | KJSC 92.5 FM | Listen Online
Telluride | KOTO 91.7, 89.3, 105.5 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
Thomasville | KDNK 94.9 FM | Listen Online
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport | WPKN 89.5 FM | Mon. 7:30 pm
Middletown | WESU 88.1 FM | Listen Online
New Britain | WFCS 107.7 FM | Listen Online
Somers | WHUS 89.7 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
Storrs | WHUS 91.7 FM | Listen online
Torrington | WAPJ 89.9 & 105.1 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
Wallingford | WWEB / 89.9 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
West Hartford | WWUH / 91.3 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
FLORIDA
Dade City | WDCX 1610 AM | Daily 4:30
Tampa | WMNF 88.5 FM | Mon. 11 am
Winter Park | WPRK 91.5 FM | Weds. Noon
GEORGIA
Atlanta | WRFG 89.3 FM | Fri. 4 pm
HAWAII
East O’Ahu | K203EL 88.5 FM | Tues. 6:30 pm
Hilo | KANO 89.1 | Tues. 6:30 pm
Honolulu | KHPR 88.1 | Tues. 6:30 pm
Honolulu | KIPO 89.3 FM | Weds. 6:30pm
Kailua-Kona | KHPH 88.7 | Tues. 6:30 pm
Lihu’e | KIPL 89.9 | Tues. 6:30 pm
Wailuku | KKUA 90.7 | Tues. 6:30 pm
Waimea B.I. | K235CN 94.9 | Tues. 6:30 pm
IDAHO
Moscow | KUOI 89.3 FM | Sun. 6 pm & Weds. 5:30 pm
ILLINOIS
Champaign | WEFT 90.1 FM | Wed. 5 pm
Champaign | WILL 580 AM | Weds. 10:30 pm
INDIANA
Bloomington | WFHB 98.1 FM | Mon. 11:30 am
Ellettsville | WFHB 106.3 FM | Mon 11:30 am
Nashville/Brown County | WFHB 100.7 FM | Mon. 11:30 am
North Manchester | WBKE 89.5 FM | Weds. 3 pm
South-Central | WFHB 91.3 FM | Mon. 11:30 am
IOWA
Ames | Experiment FM 102.1 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
KENTUCKY
Lexington | WRFL 88.1 FM | Weds. 6 pm
Whitesburg | WMMT 88.7 FM | Tues. 10 am & Sun. 12 pm
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge | WHYR 96.9 FM | Mon. 5 pm
MAINE
Bangor | WERU 99.9 FM | Fri. 4 pm
Blue Hill | WERU 89.9 FM | Fri. 4 pm
Portland | WMPG 90.9 FM | Listen online
MARYLAND
Princess Anne | WESM 91.3 FM | Listen online
MASSACHUSETTS
Lowell | WUML 91.5 FM | Tues. 10:30 am
Medford | WMFO 91.5 FM | Tues. 7:30 am
North Dartmouth | WSMU 91.1 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
Newton | WZBC 90.3 FM | Sun. 6:30 am
Provincetown/Orleans | WOMR 92.1 FM | Mon. 9 am
Salem | WMWM 91.7 FM | Weds. 11:30 am
South Hadley | WMHC 91.1 FM | Tues. 6 pm
Williamstown | Greylock Glass | Sat. 10 am
Worcester | WCUW 91.3 FM | Thurs. 9 am
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor | WCBN 88.3 FM | Thurs. 6 pm
Grand Rapids | WGVU 1480 AM | Fri. 8:30 pm
Grand Rapids | WPRR 1680 AM | Fri, 2:00 pm, Sat. 1 am & 6 pm
Muskegon | WGVS 850 AM | Fri. 8:30 pm
Rochester | WXOU 88.3 FM | Fri. 4:30 pm
Traverse City | WNMC 90.9 FM | Sun. 8 pm
MINNESOTA
Duluth | KUMD 103.3 FM | Mon. 10 pm
Grand Marais | WTIP 90.7 FM | Tues. 6 pm
Morris | KUMM 89.7 FM | Weds. 6 pm
Minneapolis | KFAI 90.3 FM | Fri. 7 pm
St. Paul | KFAI 106.7 FM | Fri. 7 pm
St. Cloud | KVSC 88.1 FM | Thurs. 4:30 pm
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi State | WMSV 91.1 FM | Sun. 7:30 am
MISSOURI
Kansas City | KKFI 90.1 FM | Mon. 9 am, Thurs. 5 am
Cabool | KZGM / KZ88 88.1 FM | Fri 1 pm
NEBRASKA
Lincoln | KZUM 89.3 FM | Weds. 11 pm
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Keene | WKNH 91.3 FM | Varies
New London | WSCS 90.9 FM | Thurs. Noon
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque | KUNM 89.9 FM | Tues. 8:30 am
Santa Fe | KSFR 90.7 FM | Sun. 5 pm
Silver City | GMCR / KURU 89.1 FM | Weds. 4 pm
NEW YORK
Albany | WCDB 90.9 FM | Weds. 12-2 am
Buffalo | WHLD 1270 AM | Weds. 9:30 am
Binghamton | WSQX 91.5 FM | Fri. 1 pm
Geneva | WEOS 89.7 FM | Sat 4:30 pm
Jamestown | WRFA 107.9 FM | Tues. 6 pm
Jeffersonville | WJFF 90.5 FM | Mon. 2:30 pm
New York City | WBAI 99.5 FM | Mon. 6 pm
Stony Brook | WUSB 90.1 FM | Thurs. 2 pm
Syracuse | WXXE 90.5 FM | Fri. 5 pm
Troy | WRPI 91.5 FM | Mon. 8:30 am
Utica | WPNR 90.7 FM | Sun. 6:30 pm
Westchester | WDFH 90.3 FM | Mon. 4 pm, Weds. 8 pm, Sat. Noon
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville | WPVM 103.5 FM | Thurs. 7 am, Fri. 4:30 pm, Sat. 10 am
Fayetteville | WFSS 91.9 FM | Sun. 4:30 pm
OHIO
Cleveland | WCSB 89.3 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
Kingsville | EDGERadio 106.7 FM | Sun. 8:30 am & Thurs. 5 pm
Oberlin | WOBC 91.5 FM | Tues. 8:30 am
Tiffin | WHEI 88.9 FM | Sun. Noon
Yellow Springs | WYSO 91.3 FM | Mon. 12:30 am
OREGON
Astoria | KMUN 91.9 FM | Fri. 9 am
Bend | KPOV 106.7 FM | Fri. 1 pm, Mon. 4:30 pm
Cottage Grove | KSOW 106.7 FM | Sat. 9 am, 6 pm, Sun. Noon, Mon 6 am
Eugene | KWVA 88.1 FM | Mon. 6:30 pm
Klamath Falls | KTEC 89.5 FM | Sun. 9 pm
Portland | KBOO 90.7 FM | Fri. 5:30 pm
Tillamook |KTCB 89.5 FM | Fri. 9 am
Warrenton | KCPB 90.9 FM | Fri. 9 am
PENNSYLVANIA
Allentown | WMUH 91.7 FM | Tues. 9:30 am
Wilkes Barre | WCLH 90.7 FM | Sat. 8:30 am
RHODE ISLAND
Kingston | WRIU 90.3 FM | Weds. 12:30 pm
TENNESSEE
Nashville | WRFN-LP 107.1 FM | Tues. 8:30 am
Knoxville | WOZO-LP 103.9 FM | Sun. 5 pm, Mon. 8 am, Weds. 12 pm
TEXAS
College Station | KEOS 89.1 FM | Mons. 4:30 pm & Fri. 4 pm
Houston | KPFT 90.1 FM | Tues. 11:30 pm
San Marcos | KTSW 89.9 FM | Fri. 7 am
UTAH
Salt Lake City | KRCL 90.9 FM | Tues. 1 pm
VERMONT
Burlington | WRUV 90.1 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
Castleton | WIUV 91.3 FM | Tues. 7 pm
Johnson | WJSC 90.7 FM | Mon. 6 pm
Plainfield | WGDR 91.1 FM | Fri. 6:30 pm
VIRGINIA
Richmond | WRIR 97.3 FM | Tues. 4:30 pm
WASHINGTON
Bellevue | KBCS 91.3 FM | Mon. 5 pm
Mount Vernon | KSVR 90.1 FM | Thurs. 5 pm
Olympia | KAOS 89.3 FM | Mon. Noon
Seattle | KEXP 90.3 FM | Sat. 8 am
Spokane | KYRS 95.3 & 92.3 FM | Mon. 5:30 pm
WISCONSIN
Hayward | WOJB 88.9 FM | Sun. 11:30 am & Mon. 5 pm
Milwaukee | WMSE 91.7 FM | Sat. 3 pm
CANADA
ALBERTA
Calgary | CJSW 91 FM | Sun 8 am
Edmonton | CJSR 88.5 FM | Tues. 5:30 pm
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Nelson | CJLY 93.5 FM | Thurs. 7 am
Prince George | CFUR 88.7 FM | Tues. 12:30 pm
MANITOBA
Winnipeg | CKUW 95.9 | Sun. & Thurs. noon
Winnipeg | UMFM 101.5 FM | Tues. 6 pm, Sat 7 am
NEW BRUNSWICK
Sackville | CHMA 106.9 FM | Tues. 1 pm
NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax | CKDU 97.5 FM | Mon. 7 am & Weds. 1 pm
ONTARIO
Guelph | CFRU 93.3 FM | Weds. 1:30 am
Ottawa | CKCU 93.1 FM | Weds. 12:30 pm
Sudbury | CKLU 106.7 FM | Mon. Noon
Waterloo | CKWR 98.7 FM | Thurs. 2 pm
QUEBEC
Montreal | CKUT 90.3 FM | Thurs. 2:30 pm