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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Part 2: "Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away with Murder": New Book Ties Johnson Admin to Che Death
In an extended interview, co-authors Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith discuss the life of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the chilling story behind his murder by the Bolivian military. In their book, "Who Killed Che?" Ratner and Smith draw on previously unpublished U.S. government documents to argue the CIA played a critical role in the killing. [includes rush transcript]
Watch a 2011 interview with Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial in Spain after right-wing groups objected to his investigation of atrocities committed by supporters of the dictator Francisco Franco. Garzón is known for seeking to indict members of the Bush administration for their role in torturing prisoners.
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RNC Protesters Stage "March on the Media"
2,000 people stage a "March on the Media" in New York to protest what they say is uncritical coverage of the Bush administration by the mainstream press. We hear an excerpt of a speech by Jeff Cohen of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. [includes rush transcript]
JEFF COHEN: When Donahue was terminated, as the war was approaching, Donahue was terminated and a memo leaked out from NBC that was never supposed to get public. It said that Donahue represents, quote, "A difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. He seems to delight in presenting guests who are anti-war, anti-Bush, and skeptical of the administration’s motives," Unquote. This was a problem for NBC. I always understood that journalism in a free society meant that you presented skeptics and critics of the powers that be. That’s not the case. You want to hear skeptics and critics of the powers that be, you listen to Democracy Now! on Pacifica. If you think you can get real news from the mainstream media, that’s not what you are getting. NBC’s memo, that was never supposed to get out it, went on to describe a nightmare scenario.
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