Thursday, January 17, 2008

Your Call 011808 Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, Mitt Romney won the Michigan primary. The GOP race is wide open. We'll speak with the Detroit Free Press' Niraj Warikoo about coverage of the race and the tanking economy. Are you seeing the word recession on the front page? The Arkansas Times' Max Brantley is following media coverage of Mike Huckabee and the upcoming South Carolina primary. And Joel Beinin joins us from Cairo to discuss coverage of President Bush's trip through the Middle East. Where did you see solid reporting this week? It's Your call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Max Brantley
Executive Editor of the Arkansas Times;

Joel Beinen, professor of media studies at the American University of Cairo and a professor of history at Stanford;

Niraj Warikoo, staff writer for the Detroit Free Press where he covers the region's Arab-American and Muslim communities.

Click to Listen: Media Roundtable