What Orwell Didn't Know
A panel discussion was held by contributors to What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics, published by PublicAffairs. On the 60th anniversary of George Orwell…
758 viewsA panel discussion was held by contributors to What Orwell Didn’t Know: Propaganda and the New Face of American Politics, published by PublicAffairs. On the 60th anniversary of George Orwell…
758 viewsAuthor David Rieff is interviewed about his book “At the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention.” He is interviewed by Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO Allied Supreme Comman…
234 viewsFive authors debated the question “Are We Making the World Safe for Democracy?” Among the issues they addressed were U.S. foreign policy goals, the history of democratic institutions in the…
284 viewsOn a panel titled "Interrogation or Torture: Human Rights After 9/11", five authors talked about legal and practical definitions of torture, historical precedents for torture and other inte…
264 viewsAuthors Christopher Hitchens and David Rieff each talked about their book, with an emphasis on the use of language, euphemisms, definitions of words, and in reference to Iraq and North Korea…
1,336 viewsA panel of war correspondents talked about how they became “conflict reporters” and their past assignments. They spoke about the effect journalism has on events and about the reactions of th…
217 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the mornig newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes an…
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