Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the government shutdown in Minnesota and massive budget cuts in forty-six states. How are journalists covering these cuts? We'll also speak about the phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdock's News of the World in the UK. We'll be joined by Minnesota Independent's Sam Lane, Ventura County Star's Timm Herdt and Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sam Lane, a reporter with The Minnesota Independent

Richard Gizbert, host of Listening Post, the media watch broadcast on Al Jazeera English

Timm Herdt, The Ventura County Star's Sacramento Bureau Chief

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How would Governor Jerry Brown's budget change California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed California budget. The proposal includes $12.7 billion cuts in education and social services as well as an extension of current tax rates. Who'll be hit hardest--and who does it let off the hook? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. With the state facing a $26.6 billion budget gap, how should the state balance its budget? What do you welcome about the governor's plan? And what worries you? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Jim Lindburg, California Budget analysts with the Friends Committee on Legislation.

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

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Why is the public sector under attack?

What explains the attacks against government employees and are any of them warranted? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about public workers. In this election year, they have become political targets. A recent study found that government workers in California have better benefits than private workers, but they earn less. What else do we need to know? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Whether you're a public or private sector worker, what do you make of the claims we're hearing about pay and pensions? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jeffrey Keefe, Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at Rutgers University and co-author of the study, The Truth about Public Employees in California: They are Neither Overpaid nor Overcompensated

Mark Paul, senior scholar at the New America Foundation and co-author of California Crack-up: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It

Ken Tray, social studies teacher at Lowell High School and political director for United Educators of San Francisco

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Should we be afraid of increasing debt?

With the country in financial crisis, is now the time for government to spend money or save it? As part of our Agenda for a New Economy series, we're taking on the deficit: Should we be afraid of increasing debt? Or should we spend our way out of trouble and face the consequences later? We're debating the costs of deficit spending in an economic crisis, and the long-term effects of a growing national debt. Join the conversation live at 11 a.m. or send your questions and comments to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Should a county in financial crisis worry about its deficit? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Dr. Diane Lim Rogers, chief economist at the Concord Coalition and former chief economist for the House Budget Committee.

Mike Konczal, fellow with the Roosevelt Institute where he works on financial reform and budget issues.

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