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Jay Rosen & Michael Otterman: What Will WikiLeaks Change?
July 29, 2010"What if the elites decide that public opinion doesn't matter?" That's the truly scary question asked by Jay Rosen about the newest leaks from what he calls the world's first "stateless news organization," WikiLeaks. Using the power of the Internet, WikiLeaks is not bound by the laws of any particular country, and its release of the Afghanistan war documents this week to publications in three countries (the U.S., England and Germany) has been a topic of discussion all week.Bernie Sanders, WikiLeaks and News, and Lost Billions in Iraq
July 29, 2010This upper-crust of extremely wealthy families are hell-bent on destroying the democratic vision of a strong middle-class which has made the United States the envy of the world. In its place they are determined to create an oligarchy in which a small number of families control the economic and political life of our country.Immigration, Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez, and Helen Thomas
June 8, 2010"There is still anxiety around our first African-American president," says Mallika Dutt, executive director of Breakthrough. As immigration becomes a major issue once again, issues of race and citizenship get elided into one another, and media narratives contribute to the confusion.The F Word: Helen Thomas was Wrong, but Who's Right?
June 8, 2010After video hit YouTube of eighty-nine year old reporter Helen Thomas, telling an interviewer that Israelis should “get out of Palestine” and go back to Poland and Germany and other places, the white House issued an immediate condemnation. Reprehensible was their word. In the ritual flagellation that's followed, one can't help thinking that the grande dame of the White House press corps would have gotten less grief if she'd purposely cheated the financial system and took taxpayer money to recover.Week In Review: What Does New Journalism Look Like?
December 5, 2009Where is journalism headed? Is "balanced" coverage really the best option, or does it leave too many out in the cold? How responsible is the media for the failures of the health care debate? Jay Rosen, New York University professor and one of the most prominent thinkers about journalism in the new media era, has some answers to all of these questions.Jay Rosen: What Does New Journalism Look Like?
December 2, 2009Where is journalism headed? Is "balanced" coverage really the best option, or does it leave too many out in the cold? How responsible is the media for the failures of the health care debate? Jay Rosen, New York University professor and one of the most prominent thinkers about journalism in the new media era, has some answers to all of these questions.Rebooting the System, Jay Rosen, and UC Protests
December 1, 2009President Obama is about to announce a troop escalation in Afghanistan. Though it's consistent with his campaign promises, public opinion has shifted and now, according to most polls, a majority of the American people oppose the war. Politics as usual? Is he stuck?Is there a way around the machine to create a true politics of the people?
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