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The Brian Lehrer Show / October 09, 2003

The Brian Lehrer Show

Thursday, October 09, 2003

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Tellin' It Like It Is

After campaigning with claims that he would restore honesty to the Oval Office, David Corn says President Bush hasn’t kept his promise. The Washington editor of The Nation, is the author of “The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception.” Also: New York Times editorial page editor Gail Collins.
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Dr. Philip LaRussa - professor of clinical pediatrics at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, also specialist in pediatrics and infectious disease at the Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian -on why mandatory childhood immunizations are necessary for the public good. He is joined by Barbara Loe Fisher - Co-founder and President of the National Vaccine Information Center and co-author of DPT [Diptheria Pertussis Tetanus] A Shot in the Dark - who explains on why parents should decide if their children should be immunized.

Left at the Altar

George Steel, Executive Director of the Miller Theater at Columbia, explains the unconsummated union of the Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall.
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From Betsy Ross to Betsy McCaughey Ross

Gail Collins, Editorial Page Editor for the New York Times, discusses her book America's Women : Four Hundred Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines.

Misled

David Corn - Washington Editor of The Nation, FOX News Channel contributor, and author of The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, on the politics of deception and Bush's record of abuses of the truth.

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