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This week's show:
Broadcast dates: 7/2/04-7/8/04
Guests:
Salih Booker on Sudan
Joanne Doroshow on Fahrenheit 9/11
This week on CounterSpin: Once again media turn to a story in Africa only after it's become a devastating humanitarian crisis. The violence, killing and internal displacement in western Sudan is being called a genocide. What's the US role there and where is the press on this story? We'll hear from Salih Booker of Africa Action.
Also on the show: Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 has garnered, along with big box office receipts, harsh criticism from mainstream journalists and the right, who accuse Moore and his film of everything from inaccuracy, to cheap shots, to having a point of view. We'll talk to Joanne Doroshow, one of Fahrenheit 9/11's associate producers and fact-checkers, about the media onslaught.
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CounterSpin is FAIR's weekly radio show, hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall and Peter Hart. It's heard on more than 125 noncommercial stations across the United States and Canada.
CounterSpin provides a critical examination of the major stories every week, and exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage. Combining lively discussion and a thoughtful media critique, CounterSpin is unlike any other show on the dial.
CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news; censored stories; sexism, racism and homophobia in the news; the power of corporate influence; gaffes and goofs by leading TV pundits; TV news' narrow political spectrum; attacks on free speech; and more.
--Ben Bagdikian, author of The Media Monopoly
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CounterSpin staff:
Host/Producer:
Janine Jackson (jjackson@fair.org)
Host/Producer:
Steve Rendall (srendall@fair.org)
Host/Producer & Distribution:
Peter Hart (phart@fair.org)
CounterSpin is recorded and engineered at Mercer Media.