Pacifica's Peace Watch
Tues. Oct. 29, 2002
Today's Stories:
Media coverage of 10/26 protests
More coverage of the peace protests nationwide
The audio of today's show is posted at http://www.radio4all.net/
Topic: Media coverage of 10/26 protests
Demonstrators from Saturday’s rally and march at the
Vietnam War memorial in Washington, DC were shocked upon returning
home to find that news coverage of the event had been largely
ignored and downplayed by many media outlets. A Washington
Post headline read “more than 100-thousand marched in
Washington,” The Los Angeles Times reported more than
100-thousand turned out at the White House, as did United
Press International. Organizers who traditionally overestimate
their own crowds weighed in at 200-thousand but National Public
Radio reporter Nancy Marshall estimated far fewer in her coverage…
(clip of NPR report)
The report so incensed one listener that he set up a ‘Fire
Nancy’ website and is urging listeners to call or
write NPR
about what they call “Nancy’s slanted reporting.”
Jeff Dvorkan is the omsbudsman at NPR, and we spoke with him
and Peter Hart of Fairness
and Accuracy in Reporting.
Tape: Jeff Dvorkan and Peter Hart discuss media’s
coverage of 10/26 protests
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Damu
Smith, Founder of Black Voices for Peace, is among those
concerned about the underestimation of crowds and the news
coverage. He spoke at the rally in Washington on Saturday
about stopping the impending war against Iraq…
Tape: Damu Smith speech
Some lawmakers who voted against granting President Bush
authority to wage war against Iraq are now facing difficult
re-election campaigns. Eli Pariser of http://www.moveonpac.org
has crafted a website to rush to their political aid.
Tape: interview with Eli Pariser
Despite continuous rain, an estimated 3000 people marched
in Augusta, Maine on Saturday, in an energetic expression
of outrage and dissent. Represented amongst the protestors
were some forty organizations, including Peace Action Maine,
Veterans for Peace, the Penobscot Indian Tribe and the Maine
council of Churches. Meredith DeFrancesco reports on what’s
being called the largest protest in Maine’s capitol
in several decades.
Tape: Report from Meredith DeFrancesco of community station
WERU
MUSIC BREAK
Like the anti-war movement that came out strongly across
the country this weekend, opposition against an attack on
Iraq is alive and growing in the state of Texas. From Pacifica
radio station KPFT in Houston,
Renee Feltz brings us this report…
Tape: Report from Renee Feltz on first-time protestors in
Texas
Hundreds of organizations across the United States are mobilizing
to stop a war against Iraq, and their strategies vary. Ryme
Kathouda from WPFW in Washington, DC has more
Tape: report from Ryme Kathouda of WPFW
Tape: Musician Patti
Smith performing at Saturday’s rally in Washington,
DC
Father Daniel Berrigan was one of the most prominent members
of the religious community to oppose the war in Vietnam. In
1968, he was arrested with eight others for burning hundreds
of draft files in Catonsville, Maryland. Throughout his life,
he has spent years in prison for various actions of civil
disobedience. But beyond his activism, Daniel Berrigan is
also a renowned poet and author. We spoke with him earlier
this week and asked him to share some of his recent thoughts
about the push for war with Iraq.
Tape: interview with Fr. Daniel Berrigan, SJ
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