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[h=3]CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION 2012 RESOURCES[/h]
Want to know whether to vote for your U.S. representative or senator? Check out these resources.
Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists' Award 2011
Reporting / In-Depth Series; Radio
First place: "Occupy Wall Street: The birth of a movement for the 99%; Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine; Scott Harris
[h=3]Listen to Scott Harris Live on WPKN Radio[/h]Between The Lines' Executive Producer Scott Harris hosts a live, weekly talk show, "Counterpoint" from which some of Between The Lines' interviews are excerpted. Listen every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)
Counterpoint is archived in its entirety on WPKN Radio's Archives after midnight ET Monday nights.
Subscribe to Counterpoint via email.
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BTL Blog[/h]"Targeting Syria," by Reginald Johnson, July 16, 2012
"Why 'Occupy' Still Lives: 'Nothing to Divide Us, Only Love to Connect Us,'" by Anna Manzo, June 26, 2012
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Victory is Not a Mandate for Anti-Labor and Austerity Agenda," by Reginald Johnson and Anna Manzo, June 6, 2012
"'Education is a Basic Right': The Under-reported Issue Behind Canada's Historic Civil Disobedience," by Anna Manzo, May 24, 2012
"The Police State: Its Human Dysfunction and Economic Unsustainability," by Anna Manzo, May 21, 2012
"Notes from Chris Hedges and Naomi Wolf, Plaintiffs in Hedges v. Obama," by Anna Manzo, May 20, 2012
"Terrorism Charges for Chicago Anti-NATO Activists Arrested in Pre-emptive Raid," by Anna Manzo, May 20, 2012
"Updates on NDAA and Other Civil Liberty Erosions: Judge Orders Preliminary Injunction to Block NDAA Detention Provision," by Anna Manzo, May 17, 2012
"Angry and Fighting Back," by Reginald Johnson, May 17, 2012
"Lessons on Corporate Media's Role in Promoting U.S. War: Next Target Iran," by Scott Harris, April 30, 2012
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Special Programming[/h]
Noam Chomsky is linguistics and philosophy professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of nearly 100 books, Chomsky is one of the world's most widely read progressive dissident intellectuals. He talks about his new book, "Occupy," about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the wider issues of class warfare in the America today.
Listen to this interview (June 6, 2011)
United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference, Stamford, CT March 25, 2012 Selected audio from plenary sessions and panel discussions
MP3: Nathan Schneider (www.wagingnonviolence.org) has been reporting on the OWS movement from its first days in August, 2011. In this April 3, 2012 interview, Richard Hill asks him to assess the on-going debate in the movement between those espousing a strict adherence to non-violence principles and practices and those advocating a 'diversity of tactics', Interview conducted by Richard Hill, WPKN
[h=2]Recent BTL Interview Topics[/h]
A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view
[h=3]Corporate Media Cynically Covers the Major Political Parties' Nominating Conventions[/h]
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MP3
Posted Sept. 5, 2012
Interview with Peter Hart, activism director with the media watch group FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, conducted by Scott Harris
As the Republican National Convention was preparing to launch in Tampa, Fla., the specter of tropical storm Isaac threatened to wash out the proceedings. But after a one-day delay, the televised nominating convention got underway with the focus shifting from the weather back to the predictable rhetorically heavy speeches. while Americans widely expect politicians to bend the truth to put themselves and their party in the best possible light, the GOP convention this year was notable for the long list of exaggerations, misleading statements and blatant lies catalogued by a small army of fact-checkers, many on the web.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republican vice presidential nominee seemed to break records for the number of misstatements made during his acceptance speech. Among them was the claim that President Obama broke his pledge to keep a GM plant opened in Ryan’s hometown in Janesville, Wis. Documents show Obama never made that promise and the plant was shut down in 2008 under President Bush’s watch. Another issue of veracity arose when Ryan repeated the statement that the Obama health care plan took $716 billion out of Medicare, not bothering to mention that these cuts were made to the reimbursements paid to health providers and hospitals, unlike Ryan’s own proposed $716 billion cut to Medicare recipient benefits by moving to a voucher system.
In fact, the overall GOP convention theme of “We Built This," was taken from the blatantly out-of-context Obama quote: "If you've got a business – you didn't build that,” which deliberately deleted Obama’s direct reference to government’s investment in roads and bridges. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Peter Hart, activism director with the media-watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, who takes a critical look at the corporate media’s coverage of the major party political conventions and their obligation to separate fact from fiction.
Find more links to media-watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's analysis of corporate media’s coverage of U.S. politics on www.fair.org.
Related Links:
[h=3]CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION 2012 RESOURCES[/h]
Want to know whether to vote for your U.S. representative or senator? Check out these resources.
- U.S. Congress Votes Database - The Washington Post Explore members of the House and Senate and analyze every vote in Congress since 1991. ... This site is a work in progress and will be expanded over time.
- U.S. Senate: Legislation and Records plus published account of congressional debates and activities, including votes, legislation, and committee meetings.
-Active Legislation
-Bills and Resolutions
-Votes
-Congressional Records - The Voter's Self-Defense System- Biographies, voting records, issue positions, ratings, speeches, campaign finance information. All politicians. Instantly.
- GovTrack.us: Congressional Votes Database -Tracking legislation and votes in the United States Congress.
- OpenSecrets.org: -Tracks campaign spending, by Center for Responsive Politicts
Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists' Award 2011
Reporting / In-Depth Series; Radio
First place: "Occupy Wall Street: The birth of a movement for the 99%; Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine; Scott Harris
- Interview with Chris Hedges
- Interview with Joe Hill
- Interview with Ralph Nader
- Interview with Heidi Boghosian
[h=3]Listen to Scott Harris Live on WPKN Radio[/h]Between The Lines' Executive Producer Scott Harris hosts a live, weekly talk show, "Counterpoint" from which some of Between The Lines' interviews are excerpted. Listen every Monday evening from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT at www.WPKN.org (Follows the 5-7 minute White Rose Calendar.)
Counterpoint is archived in its entirety on WPKN Radio's Archives after midnight ET Monday nights.
Subscribe to Counterpoint via email.
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"Why 'Occupy' Still Lives: 'Nothing to Divide Us, Only Love to Connect Us,'" by Anna Manzo, June 26, 2012
"Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Victory is Not a Mandate for Anti-Labor and Austerity Agenda," by Reginald Johnson and Anna Manzo, June 6, 2012
"'Education is a Basic Right': The Under-reported Issue Behind Canada's Historic Civil Disobedience," by Anna Manzo, May 24, 2012
"The Police State: Its Human Dysfunction and Economic Unsustainability," by Anna Manzo, May 21, 2012
"Notes from Chris Hedges and Naomi Wolf, Plaintiffs in Hedges v. Obama," by Anna Manzo, May 20, 2012
"Terrorism Charges for Chicago Anti-NATO Activists Arrested in Pre-emptive Raid," by Anna Manzo, May 20, 2012
"Updates on NDAA and Other Civil Liberty Erosions: Judge Orders Preliminary Injunction to Block NDAA Detention Provision," by Anna Manzo, May 17, 2012
"Angry and Fighting Back," by Reginald Johnson, May 17, 2012
"Lessons on Corporate Media's Role in Promoting U.S. War: Next Target Iran," by Scott Harris, April 30, 2012
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Noam Chomsky is linguistics and philosophy professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Author of nearly 100 books, Chomsky is one of the world's most widely read progressive dissident intellectuals. He talks about his new book, "Occupy," about the Occupy Wall Street movement and the wider issues of class warfare in the America today.
Listen to this interview (June 6, 2011)
United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) Conference, Stamford, CT March 25, 2012 Selected audio from plenary sessions and panel discussions
MP3: Nathan Schneider (www.wagingnonviolence.org) has been reporting on the OWS movement from its first days in August, 2011. In this April 3, 2012 interview, Richard Hill asks him to assess the on-going debate in the movement between those espousing a strict adherence to non-violence principles and practices and those advocating a 'diversity of tactics', Interview conducted by Richard Hill, WPKN
[h=2]Recent BTL Interview Topics[/h]
A compilation of activist and news sites with a progressive point of view
[h=3]Corporate Media Cynically Covers the Major Political Parties' Nominating Conventions[/h]
RealAudio MP3Posted Sept. 5, 2012
Interview with Peter Hart, activism director with the media watch group FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, conducted by Scott Harris
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republican vice presidential nominee seemed to break records for the number of misstatements made during his acceptance speech. Among them was the claim that President Obama broke his pledge to keep a GM plant opened in Ryan’s hometown in Janesville, Wis. Documents show Obama never made that promise and the plant was shut down in 2008 under President Bush’s watch. Another issue of veracity arose when Ryan repeated the statement that the Obama health care plan took $716 billion out of Medicare, not bothering to mention that these cuts were made to the reimbursements paid to health providers and hospitals, unlike Ryan’s own proposed $716 billion cut to Medicare recipient benefits by moving to a voucher system.
In fact, the overall GOP convention theme of “We Built This," was taken from the blatantly out-of-context Obama quote: "If you've got a business – you didn't build that,” which deliberately deleted Obama’s direct reference to government’s investment in roads and bridges. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Peter Hart, activism director with the media-watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, who takes a critical look at the corporate media’s coverage of the major party political conventions and their obligation to separate fact from fiction.
Find more links to media-watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's analysis of corporate media’s coverage of U.S. politics on www.fair.org.
Related Links:
- Interview with Peter Hart, conducted by Scott Harris, Counterpoint, Sept. 3, 2012 (26:18)
- "Ryan's Lies… I Mean, His 'Overreaches'," Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Sept. 4, 2012
- "6 Worst Lies In Paul Ryan’s Speech," Think Progress, Aug. 30, 2012
- "Paul Ryan’s brazen lies," Salon, Aug. 29, 2012
- "The RNC in Tampa: They Didn't Build That," The Nation, Aug. 29, 2012
- "Republican Retreads from Tampa," Fact Check, Aug. 28, 2012
- "You Didn't Build That": How Fox News Crafted The GOP's Convention Theme," Media Matters, Aug. 21, 2012