Media Meltdown in a Time of Crisis, Part 2
Amy Goodman, Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer discuss the present and future of media with the global economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the health care debate raging on.Amy Goodman, Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer discuss the present and future of media.
Editor’s note: A few months ago, Truthdig hosted a panel called “Media Meltdown in a Time of Crisis,” with Amy Goodman, Chris Hedges and Robert Scheer. The panelists discussed the present and future of media with the global economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the health care debate raging on. Here is the second installment of that event, with more to come in the next few days.
Click here for part 1. Click here for part 3. Videography by Mansoor Sabbagh and Jeanne Kyle, Editing by Chloe Zuanich
Print perfect: Scheer argues that the good old days of journalism weren’t so great, and depended on rich families and indifferent corporations.
“Make Me Do It”: Goodman shares FDR’s advice for disrupting the status quo. Chris Hedges joins the conversation.
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