All year long, CounterSpin brings you a look, as we say, behind the headlines of the mainstream news. CounterSpin is thankful to all of the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show. CounterSpin listeners understand that the news media situation in this country works against our democratic aspirations. Corporate media work hard, will always work hard, to tell us that it’s their way or the highway….it’s just not true. We talked with an early mover on the project Mike Rispoli, senior director of journalism policy Mike Rispoli at Free Press.