CIRCLE WITH A DOT

The Supreme Court ruling in Chiles v Salazar held that a Colorado law that prohibited some medical health practitioners from practicing what’s called conversion therapy on minors violates the First Amendment.

While it seems hard not to take away something disheartening from this ruling from this Court – the New York Times calls it a “major win for conservatives” – CounterSpin's guest this week encourages a focus on ways forward and what is still possible.

Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day

The Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” LGBTQ young people violates healthcare workers’ rights. 

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Corporate news sources now issue press releases without bothering to include any information about who to contact with follow-up questions--a deliberate strategy to stymie journalistic inquiry.

How Will Corporate Lobbyists Fix Healthcare? Don’t Ask—Because You Can’t

Corporate news sources now issue press releases without bothering to include any information about who to contact with follow-up questions.

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CounterSpin this week presents a few of the many interviews we've done over the years debunking media alarmism on Iran.

A History of Iran Propaganda

CounterSpin has been tracking US news media failings, omissions and propagandizing on Iran for decades. We revisit some of that conversation this week.

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"For war propaganda to be effective, it doesn't necessarily have to result in the population being enthusiastic about it. The main thing it needs to accomplish is to plant enough doubt, sow enough confusion, that people aren't organizing in large enough numbers to bring it to a halt."

‘Even with Congressional Authorization, the War Would Still Be an Act of Aggression’: CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on US/Israeli Iran aggression

"Those who start the war are responsible for all horrors that take place within the context of that war."

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