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'''CounterPunch''' is a biweekly newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude". It includes a website, updated daily, which contains much more material not published in the newsletter.
Running six to eight pages in length, the ''CounterPunch'' newsletter primarily publishes commentaries by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair with regular contributions by others. It is noted for its critical coverage of both Democratic and Republican politicians and its extensive reporting of environmental and trade union issues, American foreign policy, and the Israeli-Arab conflict. ''CounterPunch'' considers itself to carry on the tradition of muckraking journalism of earlier investigative journalists such as I.F. Stone and George Seldes.
The newsletter was established in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.-based investigative reporter Ken Silverstein. He was soon joined by the journalists Cockburn and St. Clair. In 1996 Silverstein left the publication and Cockburn and St. Clair have since been co-editors.
The website, which is updated on a daily basis, is supported by revenues generated by the newsletter, as well as fundraising activities and commissions received on click-through sales from Amazon.com.
Notable contributors to ''CounterPunch'' have included Robert Fisk, the late Edward Said, Tim Wise, Ralph Nader, M. Shahid Alam, Ward Churchill, Lila Rajiva, the late Tanya Reinhart, Frank "Chuck" Spinney and Alexander Cockburn's two brothers, Andrew and Patrick, both of whom write on the Middle East, Iraq in particular.
Some paleoconservative writers like Paul Craig Roberts and William Lind can also be found in ''CounterPunch''. The site regularly publishes veteran radicals, such as Lenni Brenner, Fidel Castro, and the late Stew Albert, as well as younger authors such as Diane Christian, Joshua Frank, Norman Finkelstein, Ron Jacobs, Gary Leupp, Cynthia McKinney, Goodbye to All That, , Cynthia, McKinney, counterpunch.org, 2002 Regarding COINTELPRO Kelly Overton and David Price.
The Village Voice has said that ''CounterPunch'' "outshines all its competitors." By some accounts, ''CounterPunch'' articles have been picked up by or generated articles in ''Harper's'', ''The Nation'' (where Cockburn is a columnist), the ''National Journal'', the ''New York Daily News'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Texas Observer'', and several other publications. CounterPunch Newsletter
Franklin Foer of ''The New Republic'' and right-wing commentator Steven Plaut have written articles alleging that ''CounterPunch'' is biased against Israel and the USA, charging it with publishing anti-American, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views. CounterPunch's Self-Hating Jews, , Steven, Plaut, frontpagemag.com, 2005 The Devil You Know, , James, Taranto, The New Republic Online,
''CounterPunch'' has also been criticised by socialist activists Tony Greenstein and Roland Rance of Jews Against Zionism, for its practice of publishing articles by writers such as Gilad Atzmon and Israel Shamir, which deliberately blur the distinction between Zionism and Judaism as objects of attack, while refusing to publish responses by activists attacked in these articles. Reply to Gilad Atzmon’s 'What is to be Done?’, , , , What Next Magazine, Open Letter to CounterPunch: Who’s Afraid of Gilad Atzmon and the Holocaust Deniers? or Why Alex Cockburn Refuses to Print a Reply to Mary Rizzo, , , , What Next Magazine, ''CounterPunch'' has also been criticized for publishing articles by authors such as Alan Cabal and Daniel A. McGowan who elsewhere have defended the free speech of Holocaust deniers such as Ernest Zundel. According to the critics, these authors have also sought to legitimize the views of such Holocaust deniers.[1]
In May 2006, James Taranto, editor of the Wall Street Journal's online Opinionjournal.com website, referred to ''CounterPunch'' as a "moonbat site." The Hilton Haters, , , , Wall Street Journal, 2006
1. Holocaust Denial: A Global Survey - 2004; Jews Against Zionism in ''Weekly Worker''.
★ CounterPunch web site
★ Discover the Networks Dossier on CounterPunch.org (from a conservative political viewpoint)
'''CounterPunch''' is a biweekly newsletter published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude". It includes a website, updated daily, which contains much more material not published in the newsletter.
Running six to eight pages in length, the ''CounterPunch'' newsletter primarily publishes commentaries by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair with regular contributions by others. It is noted for its critical coverage of both Democratic and Republican politicians and its extensive reporting of environmental and trade union issues, American foreign policy, and the Israeli-Arab conflict. ''CounterPunch'' considers itself to carry on the tradition of muckraking journalism of earlier investigative journalists such as I.F. Stone and George Seldes.
| Contents |
| History |
| Contributors |
| Praise |
| Criticism |
| Notes |
| External links |
History
The newsletter was established in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.-based investigative reporter Ken Silverstein. He was soon joined by the journalists Cockburn and St. Clair. In 1996 Silverstein left the publication and Cockburn and St. Clair have since been co-editors.
The website, which is updated on a daily basis, is supported by revenues generated by the newsletter, as well as fundraising activities and commissions received on click-through sales from Amazon.com.
Contributors
Notable contributors to ''CounterPunch'' have included Robert Fisk, the late Edward Said, Tim Wise, Ralph Nader, M. Shahid Alam, Ward Churchill, Lila Rajiva, the late Tanya Reinhart, Frank "Chuck" Spinney and Alexander Cockburn's two brothers, Andrew and Patrick, both of whom write on the Middle East, Iraq in particular.
Some paleoconservative writers like Paul Craig Roberts and William Lind can also be found in ''CounterPunch''. The site regularly publishes veteran radicals, such as Lenni Brenner, Fidel Castro, and the late Stew Albert, as well as younger authors such as Diane Christian, Joshua Frank, Norman Finkelstein, Ron Jacobs, Gary Leupp, Cynthia McKinney, Goodbye to All That, , Cynthia, McKinney, counterpunch.org, 2002 Regarding COINTELPRO Kelly Overton and David Price.
Praise
The Village Voice has said that ''CounterPunch'' "outshines all its competitors." By some accounts, ''CounterPunch'' articles have been picked up by or generated articles in ''Harper's'', ''The Nation'' (where Cockburn is a columnist), the ''National Journal'', the ''New York Daily News'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Texas Observer'', and several other publications. CounterPunch Newsletter
Criticism
Franklin Foer of ''The New Republic'' and right-wing commentator Steven Plaut have written articles alleging that ''CounterPunch'' is biased against Israel and the USA, charging it with publishing anti-American, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic views. CounterPunch's Self-Hating Jews, , Steven, Plaut, frontpagemag.com, 2005 The Devil You Know, , James, Taranto, The New Republic Online,
''CounterPunch'' has also been criticised by socialist activists Tony Greenstein and Roland Rance of Jews Against Zionism, for its practice of publishing articles by writers such as Gilad Atzmon and Israel Shamir, which deliberately blur the distinction between Zionism and Judaism as objects of attack, while refusing to publish responses by activists attacked in these articles. Reply to Gilad Atzmon’s 'What is to be Done?’, , , , What Next Magazine, Open Letter to CounterPunch: Who’s Afraid of Gilad Atzmon and the Holocaust Deniers? or Why Alex Cockburn Refuses to Print a Reply to Mary Rizzo, , , , What Next Magazine, ''CounterPunch'' has also been criticized for publishing articles by authors such as Alan Cabal and Daniel A. McGowan who elsewhere have defended the free speech of Holocaust deniers such as Ernest Zundel. According to the critics, these authors have also sought to legitimize the views of such Holocaust deniers.[1]
In May 2006, James Taranto, editor of the Wall Street Journal's online Opinionjournal.com website, referred to ''CounterPunch'' as a "moonbat site." The Hilton Haters, , , , Wall Street Journal, 2006
Notes
1. Holocaust Denial: A Global Survey - 2004; Jews Against Zionism in ''Weekly Worker''.
External links
★ CounterPunch web site
★ Discover the Networks Dossier on CounterPunch.org (from a conservative political viewpoint)
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