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As Occupation Worsens, White House Tries to Blame CIA For
Rejecting Iraqi Offer on Eve of War
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Why is Amnesty Not
Screening a New Documentary About the Failed 2002 Coup in
Venezuela?
Censorship at CBS? – A Look at Why “The Reagans”
Was Cancelled
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:20 As Occupation Worsens, White House Tries
to Blame CIA For Rejecting Iraqi Offer on Eve of War
INTRO: New reports say the U.S. rejected an offer from Iraqi
representatives to stop the invasion of Iraq by giving the
U.S. rights to Iraqi oil, to hold elections in Iraq, to allow
for an intensive search for WMDs and to hand over an Iraqi
man who was connected to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade
Center.
The New York Times and Newsweek are reporting that the Bush
administration rebuffed a last minute deal from Saddam Hussein
to stop the invasion of Iraq. According to the reports, Iraqi
representatives offered to give the U.S. rights to Iraqi oil,
to hold elections in Iraq, to allow for an intensive search
for weapons of mass destruction and to hand over an Iraqi
man who was connected to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade
Center.
Iraq also agreed to support the U.S. so-called war on terrorism
and back any U.S.-written Middle East peace proposal.
The offer came about through back-channel negotiations between
a Lebanese-American businessman, Pentagon advisor Richard
Perle and the former head of the Iraqi Intelligence Service.
Perle told The New York Times that he met with the Lebanese-businessman
but the CIA refused to pursue the negotiations further.
- Michael Isikoff, investigative correspondent for Newsweek.
8:20-8:40 One Minute Music Break
8:20-8:40 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised -
Why is Amnesty Not Screening a New Documentary About the Failed
2002 Coup in Venezuela?
INTRO: We play excerpts of a controversial new documentary
about the unsuccessful 2002 coup in Venezuela and host a debate
on why a planned screening of the film was canceled by the
organizers of the Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver.
Today we take a look at a controversial new documentary about
the unsuccessful 2002 coup in Venezuela. The film titled,
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" received
a rave review from The New York Times but the organizers of
the Amnesty International Film Festival in Vancouver have
canceled a planned screening of the film that was scheduled
to open today.
Main opposition parties in Venezuela organized a petition
against the film and garnered 7,000 signatures.
The documentary tells the tale of one of the shortest Presidential
overthrows in Latin American history. On April 11, 2002, Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez was removed from power by a coalition
of military officials and business leaders. But the attempted
coup d’etat failed and Chavez returned to office two
days later.
The documentary’s two Irish filmmakers Kim Bartley
and Donnacha O'Briain happened to be in the Presidential Palace
when Chavez was removed and when he returned.
- Tape: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” –
Excerpts of the new documentary about the unsuccessful 2002
coup in Venezuela.
Link: www.chavezthefilm.com
- Don Wright, Organized the Amnesty International film festival
in Vancouver, Canada.
Link: www.amnesty.ca
- Eva Golinger-Moncada, Executive Director of the Venezuela
Solidarity Committee in New York. She has come out strongly
against the Amnesty Film Festival in Vancouver’s decision
to take the award-winning documentary “The Revolution
will not be Televised” off their screening list.
- Alexandra Beech, Venezuelan-American who writes for the
Daily International News Review of Venezuela which is posted
on one of the main Chavez opposition group’s websites
www.11abril.com. She
has written extensively on the flaws in the documentary
that Chavez opposition groups are claiming re-write history
to favor Chavez.
8:40-8:41 One Minute Music Break
8:41-8:58 Censorship at CBS? – A Look at Why
“The Reagans” Was Cancelled
INTRO: CBS cancelled plans to run a two-part miniseries
about the presidency of Ronald Reagan after the Republican
National Committee complained the docudrama was too critical
and inaccurate. We speak with Steve Rendall of Fairness and
Accuracy in Reporting.
CBS announced yesterday that it has cancelled plans to run
a two-part miniseries about the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
The decision comes after the Republican National Committee
complained the miniseries was too critical and inaccurate
and created a partially fictional account of the lives of
Ronald and Nancy Reagan. The New York Times noted that none
of the critics had actually seen the film but based their
complaints on a leaked transcript.
In one scene from the film's final script, Reagan says of
AIDS patients: “They that live in sin shall die in sin.”
Critics have denounced the line, saying there is no evidence
Reagan ever expressed those views.
The docudrama titled “The Reagans” was supposed
to be aired November 16 and 18 during the highly promoted
'sweeps' month. It will instead appear on Showtime - with
a vastly smaller audience - next year.
CBS explained the shift to Showtime by saying in a statement
that “a free broadcast network, available to all over
the public airwaves, has different standards from the media
the public must pay to view.”
- Steve Rendall, Senior Analyst, Fairness and Accuracy
in Reporting.
Link: www.fair.org
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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