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This week on CounterSpin: Ferguson was back in the headlines recently with leaks from an autopsy report that, we’re told, seem to corroborate police officer Darren Wilson’s version of events on the day he killed Michael Brown. We’ll talk about the impact of those leaks, along with other aspects of a story that is far from over–despite the fact that most corporate media appear to have moved on–with Chris King, managing editor of the St. Louis American.

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Also this week: When the New York Times refers to a politician as “a former Marxist guerrilla who praises Hugo Chavez,” you know they don’t mean that in a good way. The Brazilian election saw a leftist incumbent challenged by a business-friendly candidate who we were told would grow the economy. Economist Mark Weisbrot will join us to talk about what the press was getting wrong about Brazil.

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LINKS:

—St. Louis American

–“Why Dilma Rousseff Could Win Brazil’s Presidential Election,” by Mark Weisbrot (Guardian, 10/2/14)