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CounterSpin
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.
This week on CounterSpin: 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. It’s an obvious crisis for democracy, but elite media are used to taking their cues, for what to write about and how, from politicians. So how do they react when those politicians tell them outright to look the other way?
We have an extended conversation about the need to shift the perspective of reporting on healthcare with someone who’s been doing just that for many years: Trudy Lieberman is a longtime contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review and lead writer for CJR’s healthcare desk. She also blogs for Health News Review and is contributing editor of Remaking Healthcare at the Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California. She joins us to talk about what we need from reporters on healthcare right now.
Plus a look back at recent press, including the British elections and Megyn Kelly.
