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Danny Schechter On McChesney's Media Matters
Author, filmmaker, and media critic Danny Schechter discusses the media and current events with the American media expert, Robert W. McChesney.
The archived program is now available to listen to.
The archived program is now available to listen to.
December 18, 2005 Program:
The guest this week is Danny Schechter, the "News Dissector".
Schechter is founder and executive editor of MediaChannel.org. He is a noted and respected television producer, independent filmmaker and media critic.
He is also the author of numerous books, including "The More You Watch, The Less You Know" and "Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the War on Iraq."
He is also the co-founder and executive producer of Globalvision, a New York-based television and film production company.
Previously, Schechter was a civil rights activist, an assistant mayor of Detroit, a producer for CNN and a producer for ABC’s 20/20 where he won two National News Emmys.
His writing has appeared in leading newspapers and journals including The Nation, Newsday, Columbia Journalism Review, Village Voice, and many others.
Most recently, Schechter is the author of "The Death of Media: And the Fight to Save Democracy" and the forthcoming "When News Lies."
Schechter's Media Blog is located at:
http://www.newsdissector.org/blog/
In today's program, Schechter talks about the war in Iraq, and asks why it has taken the New York Times so long to reveal that Americans are being surveilled by the Bush government.
The website for WILL-AM's program Media Matters with host Robert W. McChesney includes archives of past programs.
Here are the links for today's archived audio:
mp3 download: http://www.will.uiuc.edu/willmp3/mediamatters051218.mp3
RealAudio stream: http://rms01.cites.uiuc.edu/ramgen/will/archives/mediamatters051218.rm
McChesney's Media Matters Website:
The guest this week is Danny Schechter, the "News Dissector".
Schechter is founder and executive editor of MediaChannel.org. He is a noted and respected television producer, independent filmmaker and media critic.
He is also the author of numerous books, including "The More You Watch, The Less You Know" and "Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the War on Iraq."
He is also the co-founder and executive producer of Globalvision, a New York-based television and film production company.
Previously, Schechter was a civil rights activist, an assistant mayor of Detroit, a producer for CNN and a producer for ABC’s 20/20 where he won two National News Emmys.
His writing has appeared in leading newspapers and journals including The Nation, Newsday, Columbia Journalism Review, Village Voice, and many others.
Most recently, Schechter is the author of "The Death of Media: And the Fight to Save Democracy" and the forthcoming "When News Lies."
Schechter's Media Blog is located at:
http://www.newsdissector.org/blog/
In today's program, Schechter talks about the war in Iraq, and asks why it has taken the New York Times so long to reveal that Americans are being surveilled by the Bush government.
The website for WILL-AM's program Media Matters with host Robert W. McChesney includes archives of past programs.
Here are the links for today's archived audio:
mp3 download: http://www.will.uiuc.edu/willmp3/mediamatters051218.mp3
RealAudio stream: http://rms01.cites.uiuc.edu/ramgen/will/archives/mediamatters051218.rm
McChesney's Media Matters Website:
For more information:
http://www.will.uiuc.edu/am/mediamatters/
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