COUNTERSPIN HOST JANINE JACKSON ON U.S. CORPORATE NEWS SELF-CENSORSHIP, ITS CASE FOR TORTURE, AND WHY RIGHT-WINGERS DOMINATE TALK RADIO (MFG 055)
Janine Jackson is the program director of FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting, which produces the nationally-syndicated weekly radio show CounterSpin that uncovers bias in US corporate journalism. Her articles have appeared in sources such as In These Times, and she frequently contributes articles on media, racist coverage, and labour struggle to FAIR’s magazine Extra! She’s also testified before a US Senate subcommittee that funds the American network PBS. In today’s episode of MF GALAXY, Jackson discusses: How FAIR and CounterSpin pick the stories to investigate about where corporate media got it wrong or didn’t get it at all Why the people at FAIR and CounterSpin object to being called “journalists” The reasons why US media stopped reporting about the US bomber who killed Canadian troops Why corporate news censors itself How US corporate news made the case for torture, and Why right-wing cranks dominate US talk radio and whether US radio progressives need...