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.https://fair.org/home/shannon-minter-on-conversion-therapy-ruling-alex-frandsen-on-local-news-day/

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.https://fair.org/home/how-will-corporate-lobbyists-fix-healthcare-dont-ask-because-you-cant/

CounterSpin this week presents a few of the many interviews we've done over the years debunking media alarmism on Iran.https://fair.org/study/a-history-of-iran-propaganda/

"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."https://fair.org/home/even-with-congressional-authorization-the-war-would-still-be-an-act-of-aggression/