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Brassai's eye, Paris, France (© 1981 John Loengard)Reporting Violence
Guest host Philip Gourevitch looks at what led police to kill as many as 20 protestors in a fishing village near Hong Kong last week. Also, a look at media coverage of the war in Iraq...and whether or not it’s accurate to make comparisons to the coverage of Vietnam. Plus, the reflections of a LIFE magazine photographer. And a new book that explores modern life in middle America, by focusing on one town: Denison, Iowa.
Underreported: Violent Crackdown in China
Up to 20 protesters were killed last week by Chinese police in a fishing village near Hong Kong. On today's edition of our regular Underreported feature, we'll find out what caused the protests, and what led what could be China's biggest use of force on citizens since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. Sharon Hom, the executive director of Human Rights in China, calls in from Hong Kong. And journalist Jasper Becker phones in from Beijing. We'll ask if the protest was part of a larger pattern of unrest throughout China. And we'll find out if this crackdown is affecting the WTO negotiations that began in Hong Kong this week.
Music:
“Fallout” by Euphone
“Pole Tricks” by Japancakes
As I See It
John Loengard photographed celebrities, politicians, and ordinary people for LIFE magazine for 50 years. He'll tell us about a new collection of his work: As I See It.
» Slideshow: John Loengard Photographs
The book signing is this Saturday, December 17 from 2 – 4PM at the gallery. I would certainly appreciate if you/Valentina could post this info to your site.
I didn’t see the details of his appearance listed on line (yet?) but maybe you are waiting for this info:
Events:
Book signing
Saturday, December 17 from 2 – 4PM
670 Broadway, Suite 500
New York, NY 10012
Exhibit: NEW YORK (Dec 15 – Jan 28, 2006)
“John Loengard: As I See It”
Leica Gallery
Phone: 212-777-3051
» www.leica-camera.com
Music:
He Got Game Soundtrack, tracks 7 and 10
Searching for the Soul of America in a Midwest Town
In the Pulizter Prize-winning And Their Children After Them, Dale Maharidge followed up on the lives of the Alabama sharecroppers James Agee and Walker Evans profiled in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In his latest book, Mr. Maharidge examines some of the little-known and unexpected issues that are becoming the new norm in middle America--issues like immigration, race relations, and low wage jobs. The new book, "Denison, Iowa" focuses on one emblematic town's changing history.
Music:
Brother’s Keeper Soundtrack, tracks 9 and 13
Media Coverage of the War in Iraq
Coverage of the Iraq war has been waning on network news, with a steep drop in the number of minutes spent covering Iraq over the last year. Newspapers have cut back their presence in Iraq, too. What's going on? Are Americans getting the information they need? And does it make sense to compare the coverage of Iraq to that of Vietnam? We'll talk to Morley Safer from "60 Minutes"--he covered the Vietnam War for CBS--and Michael Massing, a writer for the New York Review of Books and contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review.
» Read Michael Massing's article The Press: The Enemy Within" in the December 15th issue of the New York Review of Books
Music:
Jarhead, tracks 2, 3, and 20
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