Friday, May 6, 2011

Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the Obama administration's announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death and US relations with Pakistan. Who's asking questions about what this means for the so-called 'war on terror?' We'll be joined by the Guardian's Jonathan Steele, veteran journalist Paul Fitzgerald and Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain joins us from Islamabad. Tune in live at 10 or 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:
Paul Fitzgerald is a veteran Afghanistan journalist and co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.

Zahid Hussain is Senior Editor News Line and author of most recently The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan-And How It Threatens America.

Jonathan Steele is a Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and author of Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq. Since 9/11 he has reported from Afghanistan and Iraq as well as on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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