Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss media coverage of Tuesday's elections. Mississippians voted down the Personhood amendment, Ohioans overturned an anti-union law, and Arizonans recalled Russell Pierce, the Senator behind SB1070. How did media interpret the outcome? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. We'll be joined by RH Reality Check's Jodi Jacobson, Talking Points Memo's Brian Beutler and independent journalist Valeria Fernandez. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jodi Jacobson, Editor-in-Chief of RH Reality Check
Talking Points Memo's Brian Beutler, TPM's senior congressional reporter
Valeria Fernandez, an independent journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week we'll discuss coverage of US elections. What role did the media play in shaping the conversation about the elections? Also we'll talk about rise of right wing political parties in Europe. We'll be joined by The Guardian's Khaled Diab, Independent journalist Davey D and The Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 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:
Arthur Delaney, reporter with Huffington Post

Khaled Diab, a journalist and writer who works in the Belgian and EU capital Brussels. He writes a regular column for The Guardian and also freelances with other publications.

Davey D, a nationally recognized journalist, syndicated talk show host and radio programmer with Hard Knock Radio on KPFA

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How will the midterm elections results affect you and your community?

On the next Your Call, we'll dig into the election results to ask what they tell us about the direction we're headed in as a country. What will the new composition of the House and Senate mean for the next two years of the Obama Administration? Have California voters signaled that they want fundamental change for the state? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. In hearing the results from yesterday's vote, what worried you? And what gave you hope? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation

Rinku Sen, president and executive director of the Applied Research Center and publisher of Colorlines magazine

Jodi Jacobson, editor in chief of RH Reality Check

Roberto de la Cruz, organizer with the Todos a Votar campaign

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Are you voting or are you sitting this election out?

On the next Your Call, we'll discuss voter participation. The outcome of the election will determine everything from who controls the House to important ballot measures in California, but if historical trends hold, only 40 percent of eligible voters will cast a ballot. What motivates your decision to vote? Join us at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you believe voting is a civic duty? And what does low voter turnout say about civic engagement? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Dan Shea, director of the Center for Political Participation at Allegheny College

Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

Joe Mathews, senior fellow with New America Foundation

Roberto de la Cruz, organizer with the Todos a Votar Coalition

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Where can you find the information you need before you vote?

On the next Your Call, we'll look at the various resources to help you make decision about issues and candidates. Do you have last-minute election questions and want guidance on where to find the answer? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Want to know where you're registered -- or you have discovered a great voter-information resource you want to share with us? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chase Davis, an investigative reporter focusing on money and politics for California Watch

Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation

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How should we draw the lines in California politics?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our election series with a debate on California Propositions 20 and 27, which would change the way political districts are drawn in California following the 2010 census. Who should draw district lines? And what are the principles that should guide them? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you have a better idea for redistricting that what's being offered by either of these propositions? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Helen Grieco, Northern California Common Cause Organizer and Democracy Matters Northern California Coordinator

Nathan Lowenstein, an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP

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How should we fix California's taxation system?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about Propositions 21, 24 and 26. Would Propositions 24 and 26 help revive the state's economy or let the state's wealthiest corporations off the hook? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is the vehicle license fee proposed by Proposition 21 a good way to create revenue for the State Parks -- and is it a good idea to earmark that revenue for a specific purpose? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jean Ross, the founding executive director of California Budget Project

David Gamage, assistant Professor of Law with primary research in the areas of taxation, budget policy, and public finance

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Should we allow the majority to rule on California's budget?

On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series with a debate on Proposition 25: "the ballot measure that would lower the vote threshold down from 2/3, so that lawmakers could pass budgets with a simple majority." Why shouldn't the majority rule on the state budget? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do some legislative decisions require supermajorities? And should passing the budget be one of them? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Fred Glass, communications director for the California Federation of Teachers--Yes on 25

Loren Kaye, president of the California Foundation for Commerce and Education--No on 25

Bill Monning, State Assemblymember representing the 27th District

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What's at stake in the Senate race between Carly Fiorina and Barbara Boxer?

On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series by discussing California's U.S. Senate race. Carly Fiorina, a tea party Republican and the former CEO of Hewlett Packard is running against long-time Democratic incumbent, Barbara Boxer. What do you want to know about where they stand on the issues that matter to you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's at stake in this race? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Barbara O'Connor, director emeritus for the Institute for the Study of Politics and Media

Carolyn Lochhead, reporter with the San Francisco Chronicle's Washington Bureau

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How would Whitman and Brown differ as governor?

On the next Your Call, we continue our special California election series and respond to last night's gubernatorial debate. With high unemployment rates, a budget in peril, health care and education systems flailing, and tension running high on immigration policy--how do each of the candidates propose to lead California into a more promising future? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want to know about Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
William Bradley, California-based political analyst and author of blog, NewWestNotes.com

Chase Davis, investigative reporter for California Watch

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Who's your choice for Governor?

How are you planning to cast your vote for governor this November? On the next Your Call, we'll kick off our special California election programs with a debate between two third-party candidates running for governor: the Green Party's Laura Wells and the American Independent's Chelene Nightingale. What do you want to ask them? What issues matter most to you? Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What do you want from the next Governor of California? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Chelene Nightingale, an American Independent Party Candidate for California Governor

Laura Wells, a Green Party Candidate for California Governor

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What's the significance of California's upcoming election?

On the next Your Call we'll begin our series on the November elections by talking about today's political climate, its historical context, and what the elections could mean for the state. What's unique about the races and ballot measures in this election? The outcomes could bring big changes to California. Are you planning to vote? Join us live at 11 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What matters to you on the ballot? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Jeffrey Lustig, professor of government at Sacramento State and editor of Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good

Robert Cruickshank, public policy director for the Courage Campaign and contributing editor at Calitics

Mark DiCamillo, director of the non-partisan California Field Poll

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue with our coverage of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the targeting of immigrants involved in oil clean up. We'll also talk about coverage of the Gaza-bound Flotilla and California election results. We'll be joined by investigative journalist, Max Blumenthal in Tel Aviv, Color Line's Brentin Mock, and journalist Joe Mathews. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Joe Mathews is a journalist and a contributing writer at the Los Angeles Times.

Max Blumenthal is a senior writer for The Daily Beast and contributor to outlets including The Nation, Al Jazeera English, and Salon.com.

Brentin Mock is a New Orleans-based reporter.

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Is Prop. 15 good campaign finance reform?

Does Proposition 15 offer a good model for campaign finance reform in California? On the next Your Call, we'll examine Proposition 15 on the June 8th ballot. The proposition would publicly fund just a small part of California's elections: the race for Secretary of State. Does it provide a good model for a broader public funding scheme? Are there better examples outside California?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What does the resistance to Prop. 15 say about the political hurdles for the introduction of any public funding to state campaigns? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Trent Lange, campaign chair for Yes on 15, The California Fair Elections Act
Richard Wiebe, spokesperson for StopProp15.com

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Does California need a Top Two primary?

Would non-partisan primaries make a better democracy in California? On the next Your Call, we'll facilitate a debate on Proposition 14--the proposition on the June 8th ballot that would eliminate party primaries in favor of a "top two" primary in which all candidates participate. Would that set-up make Sacramento more effective?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What kind of candidates and campaigns would be strengthened by a "top two" primary? Where do you stand on Prop. 14? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Richard Winger, editor of Ballot Access News (No on 14)

Brian Brennan, Senior Director of Member Services for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group

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