Monday, July 25, 2005

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 pm: Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris. This week's guests:
  • Bruce Shapiro of The Nation magazine discusses President Bush's Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.
  • Barbara Olshansky of the Center for Constitutional Rights assesses recent revelations that the FBI, under the guise of fighting terrorism, has been surveilling U.S. peace and environmental groups.
  • Peter Hart of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting examines the failure of the press in covering the big story on White House deception on the war in Iraq -- connecting the dots between the Valerie Plame-Karl Rove scandal with the British Downing Street memos.
  • Betsy Leondar Wright talks about her new book, Class Matters, Cross-class alliance building for middle-class activists.