Friday, August 19, 2011

Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss coverage of Governor Rick Perry's record in Texas. We'll also talk about the long-term impacts of unemployment and the wealth gap and the US asking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. We'll be joined by LA Times's Borzou Daragahi, The Atlantic's Don Peck and The Texas Independent's Mary Tuma. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Borzou Daragahi, LA Times staff writer based in Beirut, Lebanon

Don Peck is a features editor of The Atlantic and author
of Pinched: How the Great Recession Has Narrowed Our Futures and What We Can Do About It.

Mary Tumma, a reporter with Texas Independent

Click to Listen: Media Roundtable