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''CounterPunch'' is a monthly magazine published in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude". It has been described as left-wing by both supporters and detractors. ''CounterPunch'' magazine has published frequent commentaries by the late Alexander Cockburn, current editor-in-chief Jeffrey St. Clair, and editor Joshua Frank with regular contributions by a wide range of others. It is noted for its critical coverage of both Democratic and Republican politicians〔Richard Keeble, ''Ethics for Journalists'' (2nd edn; New York: Routledge, 2009), p. 170; James Walch and Jim Walch, ''In the Net: An Internet Guide for Activists'' (London and New York: Zed Books, 1999), p. 127.〕〔"largely progressive political commentary—commentary that transcends the “good Democrat, bad Republican” dichotomy by taking aim at any policy, policy-maker, or too-comfortable consciousness that conserves the status quo." - Gorski, Paul (2007), "Beyond the Network News: Progressive Sources for the News You and Your Students Won’t See on Fox or CNN", ''Multicultural Perspectives'', 9(1), 29–31. p30〕 and its extensive reporting of environmental and trade union issues, American foreign policy, and the Israeli-Arab conflict.〔Richard Paul and Linda Elder, ''The Thinker's Guide for Conscientious Citizens on How to Detect Media Bias and Propaganda'' (3rd edn; Dillon Beach, California: Foundation for Critical Thinking, 2006), p. 29.〕 ==History== The newsletter was established in 1994 by the Washington, D.C.-based investigative reporter Ken Silverstein.〔"Counterpunch is the brainchild of Ken Silverstein, a former AP reporter in Rio de Janeiro." ''Lies of Our Times'', vols 4-5 (1993), p. 26.〕 He was soon joined by the journalists Cockburn and St. Clair.〔Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, ''Five Days that Shook the World: Seattle and Beyond'' (London and New York: Verso, 2000), p. 151; Alexander Cockburn, Ken Silverstein, ''Washington Babylon'' (London and New York: Verso, 1996), p. 302.〕 In 1996 Silverstein left the publication and Cockburn and St. Clair became co-editors.〔Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, ''End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate'' (Petrolia, California, and Oakland, California: CounterPunch and AK Press, 2007), pp. 2, 44.〕 In 2007 Cockburn and St. Clair wrote that in founding ''CounterPunch'' they had "wanted it to be the best muckraking newsletter in the country", and cited as inspiration such pamphleteers as Edward Abbey, Peter Maurin, and Ammon Hennacy, as well as the socialist/populist newspaper ''Appeal to Reason'' (1895–1922).〔Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair (2007), ''End times: the death of the fourth estate'', CounterPunch and AK Press, p383〕 ''CounterPunch''-sourced news stories have frequently featured in the Project Censored annual list of top 25 "underreported, mis-reported, or censored" news stories, including three in 1997 alone ("Dark Alliance: Tuna Free Trade, and Cocaine";〔Project Censored, (Dark Alliance: Tuna Free Trade, and Cocaine ), story by Ken Silverstein and Alexander Cockburn〕 "Corporate America Spends Big $$ on Pro-China PR";〔Project Censored, (Corporate America Spends Big $$ on Pro-China PR ), story by Ken Silverstein and Alexander Cockburn〕 and "U.S. Alone in Blocking Export Ban of Toxic Waste to Third World"〔Project Censored, (U.S. Alone in Blocking Export Ban of Toxic Waste to Third World ), story by Ken Silverstein and Alexander Cockburn〕). Other entries include 1998 ("The Scheme to Privatize the Hanford Nuke Plant"〔Project Censored, (The Scheme to Privatize the Hanford Nuke Plant ), story by Jeffrey St Clair and Alexander Cockburn〕 and "American Drug Industry Uses the Poor as Human Guinea Pigs"〔Project Censored, (American Drug Industry Uses the Poor as Human Guinea Pigs ), story by Scott Handelman〕), several in 2000〔Project Censored, (U.S. Agency Seeks to Export Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Russian Organization Tied to Organized Crime ), story by Jeffrey St Clair and Alexander Cockburn〕〔Project Censored, (America’s Largest Nuclear Test Exposed Thousands ), story by Jeffrey St Clair and Alexander Cockburn〕 and others in 2001〔Project Censored, (U.S. Army’s Psychological Operations Personnel Worked at CNN ), story by Alexander Cockburn〕 2003〔Project Censored, (United States' Policies in Colombia Support Mass Murder ), story by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair〕 and 2004.〔Project Censored, (Rumsfeld’s Plan to Provoke Terrorists ), story by Chris Floyd〕 Regular ''CounterPunch'' contributor Israel Shamir was part of the WikiLeaks organisation and an associate of its director, Julian Assange,〔Index on Censorship "(WikiLeaks, Belarus and Israel Shamir )" 5 February 2011]〕 and in late 2010 and early 2011 wrote a series of exclusive articles for ''CounterPunch'' drawing on materials from the United States diplomatic cables leak.〔e.g. http://www.counterpunch.org/shamir05042011.html〕 He has also written and co-written articles for ''CounterPunch'' on what he alleges to be a campaign of harassment against Assange.〔e.g. http://www.counterpunch.org/shamir02012011.html〕 One of these articles, "Assange Betrayed", made allegations against a plaintiff in a Swedish rape case against Assange that were widely circulated in the media.〔e.g. David Edwards (Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative ) The Raw Story 6 December 2010〕〔"On his Twitter feed, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann (162,000 followers) links to a rambling blog post arguing that ... a Swedish feminist who accused Assange of rape, is an anti-Castro activist with connections to CIA front groups. Elsewhere on the Internet, NYU professor Mark Crispin Miller, the popular liberal website FireDogLake, Bianca Jagger, and The First Post (a British news website “brought to you by The Week”) all circulated the charges without an ounce of skepticism... (original source was ) one comes to an article posted on Alexander Cockburn’s far-left website Counterpunch by the writers Israel Shamir and Paul Bennett". Michael C. Moynihan "(Olbermann, Assange, and the Holocaust Denier )" reason.com December 7, 2010〕 The allegations in ''CounterPunch'' were the topic of controversy in the mainstream media.〔Kate Harding "(Accusations against Assange's accuser )" Australian Broadcasting Company 9 December 2010; David Leigh and Luke Harding "(Holocaust denier in charge of handling Moscow cables )" ''The Guardian'' 31 January 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CounterPunch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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