Jueves 12 de Mayo de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Primer Ministro haitiano, Yvon Neptune, al borde de la muerte tras 24 días de huelga de hambre
• Ataque en Irak mata a 79 personas, mientras aumenta la resistencia
• Políticos europeos opositores a la guerra acusados de corrupción en Irak
• Europa condena a Turquía por juicio a líder kurdo
• Fidel Castro defiende a Assata Shakur
• Estudiante estadounidense torturado en Arabia Saudita acusa al FBI por su involucramiento
• Opositor a al guerra de Irak, Pablo Paredes fue hallado culpable
• Se ordena nueva investigación en el caso del opositor a la guerra, Kevin Benderman
• El Ejército suspenderá reclutamiento por un día
• Reclutador del Ejército amenaza con arrestar a recluta
• El Congreso prohíbe al gobierno la utilización de fondos para la tortura
• Informe: 12 millones de personas viven en la ‘Esclavitud Moderna’

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• A 'Right-Wing Coup' at PBS & the CPB? A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Public Broadcasting

  
  

  On Wednesday, Reps. David Obey (D-WI) and John Dingell (D-MI) called for an investigation of the Corporation Public Broadcasting. This comes following accusations that the CPB has been largely taken over by conservatives who are influencing programming and hiring decisions. Obey requested that the Inspector General for the CPB, investigate whether the CPB is violating the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 that prohibits interference by federal officials over the content and distribution of public programming, and forbids "political or other tests" from being used in CPB hiring decisions.

  We speak with Obey as well as PBS host Tavis Smiley, PBS board member Norman Ornstein, Jeff Chester of the Center for Digital Democracy and media analyst Robert McChesney, who is organizing this weekend’s National Conference on Media Reform. [includes rush transcript]

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• Rep. Bernie Sanders on the Importance of Media Reform As A Political Issue

  
  

  In this broadcast from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign we hear an excerpt of a speech by Rep. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vemont. He spoke at the conference "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation?" [includes rush transcript]

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