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Program Summary:
Three veteran journalists and media critics share their thoughts about the state of the “free” press in 2017; among the topics they address are the election-hacking allegations against Russia, President Trump’s attacks on the press, the “fake news” label, and the close ties between “new media” and the military/security branches of government.
Notes:
Abby Martin hosts “the Empire Files” on Telesur TV, Kristina Borjesson is an author, editor, and documentary film producer. Justin Schlosberg is a lecturer in journalism at the University of London, and chairs a UK media-reform organization.
Web sites mentioned on this program:
www.mediaroots.org
www.telesurtv.net
www.mediareform.org.uk
www.tni.org