‘Left, Right & Center’: Jill Abramson Fired, Karl Rove on Hillary, VA Scandal
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the big and sudden changes that shook up the newsroom at The New York Times this week. Does the ousting of executive editor Jill Abramson represent a setback for women at the Gray Lady and in newsrooms everywhere?
Big and sudden changes shook up the newsroom at The New York Times this week. Did the ousting of executive editor Jill Abramson represent a setback for women at the Gray Lady and in newsrooms everywhere?
“Left, Right & Center” panelists Robert Scheer, Dahlia Lithwick and Rich Lowry break it down in this week’s edition, and while they’re at it, they take a look at Karl Rove’s hackle-raising suggestion that Hillary Clinton might have suffered a brain injury two years ago (speaking of glass ceilings) and the burgeoning VA hospital scandal. Have a listen below.
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Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the significance of the 280,000 jobs added to the economy, the corporate personhood aspect of the Hobby Lobby ruling, military action spawned by the killing of three teenagers in Israel, and Facebook's manipulation of news feeds.
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the reliability of the new jobs numbers, the anti-choice Hobby Lobby ruling, the killing of three teenagers in Israel and whether Facebook was manipulating news feeds to assess users in its social experiments.
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss the Supreme Court's big end-of-term decisions this week, including striking down President Obama's recess appointments, ruling against arrest-related searches of cellphones and putting an end to buffer zones around abortion clinics. Also, the U.S. pledges to help Syrian rebels and Ukraine signs a trade accord.
Ian Masters asks Dahlia Lithwick, a contributing editor at Newsweek and a senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate, to dig into the NDAA and report on whether our civil liberties are as threatened as they seem to be by the defense bill President Obama signed on New Year's Eve.
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