On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the financial crisis and find out why no one has been held accountable. We'll also talk about coverage of private contractors and the revolutionary uprising in Libya. We'll be joined by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and the Guardian's Martin Chulov will join us from Benghazi, Libya. Join us live at 10 and send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence.
Jake Bernstein, journalist with Propublica.
Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Iraq correspondent. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.
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The NPR sting, the Planned Parenthood sting and the ACORN sting were targeting institutions that are controversial only if you think it's controversial for teen girls to get necessary medical care, or controversial to empower poor people to vote. Anyone who thinks NPR is too liberal or is cosy with Muslims is delusional.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, please go after James O'Keefe's highly selective editing techniques and highly partisan agenda.