Friday, April 1, 2011

Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the ongoing uprising against the Libyan government. We'll also talk about the lack of media coverage of the photos of American soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians. We'll be joined by veteran journalist Mark Danner, independent journalist Justine Sharrock, and Nicolas Pelham who is reporting for the NY Review of Books from Benghazi, Libya. Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Nicolas Pelham, a former correspondent for The Economist and the author of The New Muslim Order, about the region's Shia. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.

Justine Sharrock, a former Mother Jones staffer. Her most recent book is Tortured: How Our Cowardly Leaders Abused Prisoners, American Soldiers, and Everything We're Fighting For.

Mark Danner, a journalist who has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades. He the author of Stripping Bare the Body -Politics Violence War.

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