{"id":1323038,"date":"2023-11-10T14:40:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036032"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:40:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T14:40:24","slug":"jamil-dakwar-on-us-human-rights-matt-gertz-on-mike-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/11\/10\/jamil-dakwar-on-us-human-rights-matt-gertz-on-mike-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamil Dakwar on US &amp; Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Jamil Dakwar on US &amp; Human Rights, Matt Gertz on Mike Johnson' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/jamil-dakwar-on-us-human-rights-matt-gertz-on-mike-johnson\/' data-summary='Shouldn&#039;t the press corps be actively involved in informing us about the person third in line for the presidency?' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div><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;\">CounterSpin231110.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: \"CounterSpin231110.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMTEwLm1wMw==\", 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_9036036\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036036\" class=\" wp-image-9036036\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Truthout-UN-Rights-350x426.png\" alt=\"Truthout: UN Report Details Rampant US Human Rights Violations at Home and Abroad\" width=\"200\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Truthout-UN-Rights-350x426.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Truthout-UN-Rights-600x730.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Truthout-UN-Rights.png 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Truthout<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/un-report-details-rampant-us-human-rights-violations-at-home-and-abroad\/\">11\/9\/23<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: Corporate media use at least a couple of largely unexplored lenses through which to present US human rights violations. One is: The US does not commit human rights violations, except by accident, or as unavoidable collateral for an ultimately net-gain mission, be that international or domestic.<\/p>\n<p>The other is: They aren\u2019t violations if the US does them, because we\u2019re in a civilization war, a fight of good over evil, so all battles are holy, and you can\u2019t commit human rights violations against non-humans, after all, so where\u2019s the problem? Again, the narrative covers global and at-home violations.<\/p>\n<p>Elite media have trouble navigating the place of the US in a global context, and the media-consuming public suffers as a result. There\u2019s a <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/JimNaureckas\/Downloads\/CCPR_C_USA_CO_5_56540_E.pdf\">new report<\/a> from the UN about this country and human rights. 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That\u2019s true as far as it goes, but isn\u2019t it also a kind of admission of failure for a press corps that really should be actively involved in informing us about the person third in line for the presidency\u2014like maybe his idea that some of the people he\u2019s nominally representing should just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/congress\/mainstream-media-should-report-new-republican-house-speaker-mike-johnsons-extensive\">burn in Hell<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Matt Gertz, senior fellow at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/author\/matt-gertz\">Media Matters<\/a>, will give us some things to consider as we see coverage of Mike Johnson unfold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_2\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_2\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_2\" 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_2\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_2\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_2\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin231110Gertz.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_2\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_2\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin231110Gertz.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMTEwR2VydHoubXAz\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[2] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_2, 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 style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Jamil Dakwar on US &amp; 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