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

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television program which was broadcast on

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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

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

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. Co-creator was veteran CBC producer Ron Haggart. The show's host for the first three seasons was

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. He then left the show to concentrate on other projects, and was replaced by

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(no relation) for one season. Sharon Lewis then went to the CBC's main network to host ''

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'', and was replaced by

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. 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.

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