On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss the lack of coverage of last Saturday's Rally in DC, which was organized by civil rights and labor groups. We will also discuss coverage of the terror alert in Europe. We'll be joined by New York Times labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, independent journalist Danny Schechter and The Globe and Mail's European bureau chief Doug Saunders. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Danny Schechter, independent journalist, author and media critic
Steven Greenhouse, NY Times labor reporter
Doug Saunders, The Globe and Mail's European bureau chief
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RE foreclosure debacle: The poit I don't hear made is that when this crisis was breaking a tremendous amount of blame was dumped on homeowners for irresponsibly taking loans they couldn't afford on real estate that was overvalued. The point for me is that for decades, it was known that banks wouldn't grant mortgages unless they were very sure you could afford it. This latest "robo-signing of foreclosures" shows that a substantial part of the original problem WAS the banks - it is now credible that they were oggling profits and not doing the due diligence a responsible lender should.
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