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DESCRIPTION:Peace Action of San Mateo County will present journalist and radio producer 
 Eduardo Cohen, who has spent many years calling out the U.S. mainstream 
 media for the way it brings stories of the Middle East to its audience, 
 both in print and electronically. Cohen will share his thoughts about "The 
 Middle East Through the Tinted Lens of the U.S Media." His talk will 
 include a timely discussion of media treatment of the Israeli/Palestinian 
 conflict, which he has studied since 1982.\n\nCohen will in addition 
 discuss how the press helped the Bush Administration sell the war on Iraq 
 and the impending war on Iran, often in the guise of the "war on terror." 
 He will also look ahead to how the Obama administration and the media might 
 treat our next moves in Afghanistan and Pakistan (as well as Iraq).\n\nThe 
 New York-born Cohen has studied these kinds of issues as far back as the 
 Vietnam war. He also spent 7 years in Latin America - an experience that 
 helped inspire him to produce and host "The Other Americas Radio Journal," 
 which documented disparities between news reportage and actual events in 
 the region. "The Other Americas" ran on KPFA as well as several other 
 stations in California.\n\nCohen is especially concerned with, as he puts 
 it, "...how news media actually insulate the public from important 
 information critical to understanding the role the United States plays 
 around the globe and how that role is viewed by others." He feels Americans 
 are ill-informed not only about what their county's military does, but also 
 why the result includes the anti-American sentiment to which we have become 
 accustomed. On February 20, we will have the benefit of Cohen's insights 
 with regard to the Middle East, a region that continues to be extremely 
 important in the context of peace in this world.\n\nAdmission is free and 
 light refreshments will be available. Beck Hall is wheelchair accessible.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/30/18566957.php
SUMMARY:Eduardo Cohen to Speak on Media and the Middle East
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401\n\nhttp://www.uusanmateo.org/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/30/18566957.php
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