{"id":1418466,"date":"2023-12-29T16:27:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T16:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9036681"},"modified":"2023-12-29T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T16:27:28","slug":"best-of-counterspin-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/12\/29\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of CounterSpin 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Best of CounterSpin 2023' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/' data-summary='CounterSpin is thankful to all the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show to help us see the world more clearly.' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div>\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;\">CounterSpin231229.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: \"CounterSpin231229.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMxMjI5Lm1wMw==\", 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_9036685\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9036685\" class=\"wp-image-9036685 \" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/J9-on-Wonder-Wheel-Portrait-350x438.jpg\" alt=\"Janine Jackson on the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island.\" width=\"150\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/J9-on-Wonder-Wheel-Portrait-350x438.jpg 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/J9-on-Wonder-Wheel-Portrait.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9036685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Janine Jackson<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every week, <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong> tries to bring you a look \u201cbehind the headlines\u201d of the mainstream news. Not because headlines are false, necessarily, but because the full story is rarely reflected there\u2014the voices, the communities and ideas that are not front and center in the discourse of the powerful, but could help us move toward a more equitable, peaceful, healthy communal life. Many\u2014most\u2014conversations we need to have, have to happen <i>around<\/i> corporate news media, while deconstructing and re-imagining the discourse that they\u2019re pumping out day after day.<\/p>\n<p>Guests featured in this special &#8220;best of&#8221; episode include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/the-airline-industry-pretty-much-has-veto-power-over-any-consumer-regulation\/\">Paul Hudson<\/a>, president of <a href=\"https:\/\/flyersrights.org\/\">FlyersRights<\/a>, on air travel chaos;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/charging-domestic-terrorism-is-intended-to-make-the-cost-of-protesting-too-high\/\">Kamau Franklin<\/a>, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/communitymovementbuilders.org\/\">Community Movement Builders<\/a>, on Atlanta&#8217;s Cop City;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/studios-are-really-trying-to-turn-writing-into-gig-work\/\">Eric Thurm<\/a>, campaigns coordinator for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nwu.org\/home-page\/\">National Writers Union<\/a>, on artificial intelligence;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/it-felt-like-a-wasted-opportunity-to-hold-oil-executives-to-account\/\">Emily Sanders<\/a>, editorial lead at the <a href=\"https:\/\/climateintegrity.org\/\">Center for Climate Integrity<\/a>, on oil company lies;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/disabled-people-are-whole-people-we-need-to-see-media-address-that-reality\/\">Kehsi Iman Wilson<\/a>, chief operating officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newdisabledsouth.org\/\">New Disabled South<\/a>, on the Americans With Disabilities Act;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/wage-theft-is-built-into-the-business-models-of-many-industries\/\">Rodrigo Camarena<\/a>, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justicialab.org\/\">Justicia Lab<\/a>, on wage theft;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/drug-corporations-have-really-been-in-the-drivers-seat\/\">Peter Maybarduk<\/a>, director of Public Citizen\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/article\/access-to-medicine-learn-more\/\"> Access to Medicines<\/a> group, on Covid-19 price-gouging.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CounterSpin<\/strong> is thankful to <em>all<\/em> of the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show. They help us see the world more clearly, as well as the role we can play in changing it. This is just a small selection of some of them.<\/p>\n<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Best of CounterSpin 2023' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/' data-summary='CounterSpin is thankful to all the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show to help us see the world more clearly.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'><\/div><div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='recommendations' data-title='Best of CounterSpin 2023' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/' data-summary='CounterSpin is thankful to all the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show to help us see the world more clearly.' data-app-id-name='category_below_content'><\/div><p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/\">Best of CounterSpin 2023<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/\">CounterSpin<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CounterSpin is thankful to all the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show to help us see the world more clearly.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/best-of-counterspin-2023\/\">Best of CounterSpin 2023<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/\">FAIR<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[422,259,262,263],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1418466"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1529088,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1418466\/revisions\/1529088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1418466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1418466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1418466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}