{"id":1159367,"date":"2023-07-28T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9034588"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T15:07:51","slug":"melissa-crow-on-asylum-restrictions-dave-zirin-on-nyts-vanishing-sports-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/07\/28\/melissa-crow-on-asylum-restrictions-dave-zirin-on-nyts-vanishing-sports-section\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT\u2019s Vanishing Sports Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin230728.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin230728.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMwNzI4Lm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9034597\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9034597\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9034597\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Razor wire deployed by Texas in the Rio Grande to injure migrants\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Houston-Chron-Razor-Wire.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9034597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Houston Chronicle<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/texas-border-razor-wire-memo-18193102.php\">7\/11\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: Listeners may have heard that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed barrels wrapped in razor wire in some parts of the Rio Grande to block migrants from crossing and harm those that try. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/border-trooper-migrants-wire-18205076.php\">revealed<\/a> by the <strong>Houston Chronicle<\/strong>, Texas troopers have been ordered to push people back into the river, and to deny them water. The cruelty is obvious; the Department of Justice is talking about suing.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other ways for immigration policy to be inhumane. Advocates have long <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/playing-both-sides-on-immigration-leaves-public-in-the-dark\/\">declared<\/a> that Biden\u2019s asylum restrictions (which look a lot like Trump\u2019s asylum restrictions) are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/25\/us\/politics\/biden-asylum-policy-immigration.html\">agreed<\/a>. 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that began, \u201cBy the time you finish reading this article, the upstart sports news outlet called the <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/\"><strong>Athletic<\/strong> <\/a>probably will have hired another well-known sportswriter from your local newspaper.\u201d In January 2022, the <strong>Times<\/strong> bought the <strong>Athletic<\/strong> for $550 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.nytco.com\/news-and-events\/press-releases\/news-details\/2022\/The-New-York-Times-Company-to-Acquire-The-Athletic\/default.aspx\">saying<\/a> that \u201cas a stand-alone product\u2026the <strong>Athletic<\/strong> is a great complement to the <strong>Times<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s now July 2023, and the <strong>New York Times<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/new-york-times-sports-page\/\">announced<\/a> it\u2019s shutting down its sports desk, outsourcing that reporting to\u2026the <strong>Athletic<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davezirin.com\/\">Dave Zirin<\/a> joins us to talk about that; 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