COMMUNICATION / MEDIA

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1998

    Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…

  • Democracy Now! September 22, 1997

    Ms. Magazine 25th Anniversary |(50 Minutes) Ms. Magazine 25th Anniversary Focus on the first national circulation magazine to come out of the women’s movement. GUEST: Gloria Steinem, one of the founding editors of Ms. Magazine. GUEST: Marcia Ann Gillespie, editor-in -chief of Ms. Magazine since 1993.

  • Democracy Now! August 18, 1997

    TV News; Russian Intelligentsia; Canned Hunting |(9 Minutes) TV News Research statistics regarding the media’s increasing number of crime stories juxtaposed with decreasing crime figures. GUEST: Dan Anunsdon, research dir. of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. (19 Minutes) Russian Intelligentsia Background on official and public perception of Russian Intelligentsia. Author of BOOK: DEAD…

  • Democracy Now! August 20, 1997

    Silence in the Newsroom; Merlinus Universe |(9 Minutes) Silence in the Newsroom Update on the investigation into police brutality accusations against the NYPD and the torture of Abner Louima. Also, refusal of police witnesses and “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy in the country’s newsrooms when it comes to police brutality. GUEST: Earl Caldwell, former reporter…

  • 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,…