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Showing videos filed under: Wake Up Call
The Media Sizes up Kagan and Greenwashes BP
May 14, 2010What does the press take away from this week's top stories: a presidential nomination for Supreme Court, a catastrophic oil spill, and the political changes in Great Britain? Apparently it investigates Elena Kagan’s height and drinking habits, and heralds the spill as Obama’s Katrina. Host of WBAI's Wake Up Call Esther Armah and Dorian Warren, Political Editor of the Daily Voice and ColorLines Contributor weigh in on today's media panel.Bye Partisan Politics?, Janeane Garofalo, and Did Hip Hop Elect Its First President?
January 29, 2009Is there room for Republicans at the table? In what seemed like a busy second week of bipartisan wrangling, an awkward dance between the Obama administration and House Republicans began. Obama’s first victory H.R. 1--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--passed in the House, but without a single Republican vote of support. The global gag rule on family planning was revoked, but birth control got yanked from the stimulus bill. So where do we go from here?GRITtv Live at Noon: The Same Spin?
January 29, 2009We may have a new government in Washington, but the press corps hasn't changed. Are the media asking the right questions?Media Roundtable, Mahmoud Darwish, and Naomi Klein on China
August 11, 2008Our media roundtable keeps an eye on the press. A tribute to the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. And Naomi Klein on capitalism in China.
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