New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof sponsored an essay contest with a very unusual prize: an all-expenses paid trip to see some of the worst poverty in the world. On our next program, Nicholas Kristof and his contest winner, 23-year-old Casey Parks of Jackson, Mississippi, talk about what she’s won. Also: how the media’s portrayal of terrorist threats affects society, and a call-in on being a 9/11 family member or survivor.
Chief Concern
William Bratton Los Angeles Chief of Police, former New York City Police Commissioner
- where local policing and counter-terrorism intersect
» Policing Terrorism by George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton
- where local policing and counter-terrorism intersect
» Policing Terrorism by George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton
Media Matters
Brigitte Nacos adjunct professor of political science, Columbia University
-how the administration's terror alerts increased political poll numbers and the effects on society of the media's portrayal of the threats
» Mass-Mediated Terror Threats Intimidate the Public (from Brigitte Nacos's blog)
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-how the administration's terror alerts increased political poll numbers and the effects on society of the media's portrayal of the threats
» Mass-Mediated Terror Threats Intimidate the Public (from Brigitte Nacos's blog)
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What Have We Learned: Family Members and Survivors
Dr. Elaine Valdov president of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace and director at Finding New Hope, an organization that offers counseling to survivors of the 9/11 attacks
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Christopher Baumann, first responding NYPD officer, injured in the attacks
-stories from family members of 9/11 ...
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Christopher Baumann, first responding NYPD officer, injured in the attacks
-stories from family members of 9/11 ...
What Have We Learned: Family Members and Survivors
Director of September 11 family relations for Finding New Hope and president of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace, Dr. ...
Dr. Elaine Valdov
Director of September 11 family relations for Finding New Hope and president of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace, on ...
Required Reading: 9/8/2006
Cheney and Rice Battled Over Fate of CIA Secret Prisoners (Wash Post)
OBL Releases Video from the Archives (NY Times)
ABC Re-edits 9/11 Docudrama after Clinton, Dems criticize (via Huff Post)
France says "No War on Terror" (Reuters)
Armitage Remorseful Over Plame Leak (NY Times)
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