Monday, March 17, 2008

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 p.m. - Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris

  • Press coverage of the U.S. election, including the focus on racial issues and lack of focus on the Iraq war, is analyzed by a representative of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, FAIR.
  • Jonathan Steele, senior foreign correspondent and columnist on international affairs with the London Guardian, discusses his new book, "Defeat: Why They Lost Iraq."
  • Ramona Ortega of the U.S. Human Rights Network talks about the United Nations report on the U.S. record of compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
  • Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, talks about how the Iraq war and the the current economic and real estate meltdown effects working Americans.

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