Cohen, Jeff.

  • The Role of the Media Part I

    GUEST: Jeff Cohen, founder of FAIR will host today’s edition of Living Room with GUEST: Bernie Sanders, the only independent in Congress, leader of the progressive caucus, and author of BOOK: OUTSIDER IN THE HOUSE.

  • Bob Barr and Abortion; Larry Flynt and Media Coverage of Impeachment; Saipan Lawsuit

    (14 Minutes) Bob Barr and Abortion On Monday night, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt revealed that staunch anti-abortion Republican Bob Barr had supported and paid for his own wife’s abortion in 1985 and that he had had an extramarital affair. Barr is one of the House managers that are prosecuting President Clinton in his impeachment trial.…

  • Democracy Now! November 4, 1998

    Election Results; Media Coverage of the Election |(50 Minutes) Election Results A look at election results across the nation, and a special focus on progressive candidates. GUEST: Bob Hennelly GUEST: John Zippert, Co-publisher of the Greene Cunty Democrat in Eutah, alabama, and Co-Chair of the Alabama Black Belt Defense Committee. GUEST: Rev. J. M Flemming,…

  • Tongues re-tied : Pacifica Radio and free expression / produced by Larry Bensky and Ginny Z. Berson.

    Documentary examining the attack by the radical Right upon the Pacifica Foundation. Discusses who is behind the attack; why it is happening now; why African-Americans, gays, lesbians, and politically progressive movements are being targeted; the future of the attacks; and the effort by Senators Bob Dole and Jesse Helms to restrict public broadcasting funding. Features…

  • The Media and the 1988 election : a panel discussion / moderated by Jeff Cohen.

    Panel discussion of the media coverage of the 1988 presidential election, espetially the portrail of the candidates. Focusses upon Jesse Jackson’s campaign. Panel consists of Mark Ridley Thomas, Roger Wilkins, Midge Costanza, Bill Zimmer-an, and Robert Scheer of the Los Angeles Times.

  • The U.S. media as propaganda system / moderated by Alan Fong.

    Conference with panel discussions which explore various aspects of mass media, particularly its role in the Gulf War, South Africa, Central American and Caribbean politics, the political turmoil surrounding the end of the Cold War, Arab-Israeli relations, international information control, the use of disinformation, and its use for propaganda in the United States. |r.1. pt.1.…

  • The Media war : where do we go from here? / moderated by Laura Flanders.

    Panel discussion on the role of mainsteam media in the public perception of the U.S. led war against Iraq. Laura Flanders questions the panelists on: who benefitted from the coverage, what challenges it posed for progressive media, what could the alternative media have done better, and what should be done by progressive media and media…

  • Republican National Convention : Houston, 1992 / hosted by Larry Bensky and Hitazhi Auz.

    Reports on proceedings both at the podium and on the floor of the Republican National Convention. Includes speeches, interviews, and actuality of the Convention. |r.1. Excerpts from George Bush acceptance speech (14 min.) ; I.D. break (1 min.) ; Analysis of Bush speech, with excerpts (4 min.) ; Analysis of Dan Quayle’s speech, with excerpts…