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Showing videos filed under: Herb Boyd
LIVE Election Night Coverage with Laura and Amy Goodman!
November 1, 2010Burned out on corporate media election coverage? Frustrated by ABC's choice of Andrew Breitbart as a commentator? Watch the returns roll in with GRITtv and Free Speech TV instead. November 2nd, from 8PM to 2AM EST, right here on our site or on Free Speech TV on DISH Network and DIRECTv.An Interview with NAACP's New Chair Roslyn Brock
February 26, 2010Free Speech TV's Herb Boyd sat down with Roslyn Brock, new chair of the NAACP's National Board of Directors to talk healthcare, the challenges facing Black communities in the United States today and what it means to be the 4th woman and the youngest person yet to hold her vital post.Media Panel, Jeff Biggers' Reckoning at Eagle Creek and Dean Baker on Healthcare
February 26, 2010As the Health Care Summit was getting under way in Washington DC, our esteemed media panel looks at what role our media has played in covering the never-ending health care debates since Obama assumed power. Then, with more staff cutbacks in major press rooms and talk of The National Enquirer receiving the Pulitzer Prize, what does the future of journalism look like? Finally, our three media dissectors tackle the increasingly disastrous war in Afghanistan - is the media's coverage (or lack thereof) leading to more death and destruction?Herb Boyd: Cri de Coeur
February 19, 2010Yesterday, we aired the first part of activist and author Herb Boyd's recent trip to Haiti. Here is part 2 of "Haiti's Cri de Coeur" or "Cry from the Heart." Thanks to Free Speech TV for the video.Media Panel, Dean Baker and Zhinan
February 18, 2010Every week on GRITtv, we discuss the week in news: stories that made a splash, stories that were ignored, stories that were covered well, or stories that were covered badly.Herb Boyd: Cry From The Heart
February 18, 2010Activist and author Herb Boyd recently went down to Haiti after the earthquake to get a sense of what is it like on the ground. Here is Haiti's "Cri de coeur" or "Cry From The Heart." Thanks to Free Speech TV for the video.Vaccines and Choice, Rodney Leon, and Kate Clinton
February 17, 2010A new bill is making its way through the New York state legislature that would give minors the ability to consent to vaccinations for sexually transmitted infections, like Gardasil, the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. But parents are unhappy with the bill because it would allow children as young as nine to receive the immunization.Media Roundtable: Obama Tacks Right, Nader Talks, and the Subprime Swindle
July 1, 2008Last week the spotlight was on Barack Obama and whether he’s a liberal democrat who’s moved to the center or a centrist in sheep’s clothing. Most of the major news outlets—the LA Times, Washington Post, and even the Wall Street Journal—covered what was described as Obama’s flip-flop, or near apostasy, on everything from campaign finance reform and trade to guns and the death penalty.Obama’s Rightward Tack, Election Day, and the Second Amendment
June 30, 2008Last week the spotlight was on Barack Obama and whether he’s a liberal democrat who’s moved to the center or a centrist in sheep’s clothing. Most of the major news outlets—the LA Times, Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal—covered what was described as Obama’s flip-flop on everything from campaign finance reform, to guns, and the death penalty.
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