''CounterSpin'' (counterspin.tv) was a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

television program which was broadcast on

CBC Newsworld CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) is a Canadian English-language specialty news channel owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It is Canada's first all-news channel, and the world's third-oldest television service of this ...

from 1998 to 2004. A daily panel debate show, ''CounterSpin'' guests would debate issues in front of a studio audience. The show also included news reports which tried to examine the day's issue in more depth than a typical newscast. The show was an independent production created by executive producer

Paul Jay Paul Jay (born 1951) is a journalist, filmmaker, is the founder, editor-in-chief, and host of theAnalysis.news, a news analysis service. He was the founder, CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network (TRNN). Jay was born and raised in Toront ...

also a documentary filmmaker ('' Wrestling with Shadows'', ''Return to Kandahar''). Jay went on to become the founding chair of

The Real News Network The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news. It includes both for-profit arm and non-profit organizations. History TRNN was founded by documentary producer ...

. Co-creator was veteran CBC producer Ron Haggart. The show's host for the first three seasons was Avi Lewis. He then left the show to concentrate on other projects, and was replaced by Sharon Lewis (no relation) for one season. Sharon Lewis then went to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC's main network to host ''ZeD'', and was replaced by Carol Off. In 2004 the CBC announced that the series would not be renewed for the fall television season, and instead a new program would be developed for its time slot.Newsworld overhaul kills off CounterSpin. (2004, Feb 16). The Globe and Mail The new program, ''CBC News: The Hour'', began on January 17, 2005, with George Stroumboulopoulos as its anchor.

References

{{Reflist 1998 Canadian television series debuts 2004 Canadian television series endings CBC News Network original programming Debate television series 1990s Canadian television news shows 2000s Canadian television news shows