Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Media and Democracy
Journalists Robert Scheer, and Marc Cooper join Suzi Weissman in a wide-ranging discussion on "Media and Democracy: From the Vietnam War to the Consolidation of Alternative Facts in the Digital Era," that was recently held at the REDCAT theater in Los ...
December 18, 2017
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December 18, 2017
Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Media and Democracy
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Jacobin Radio w/ Suzi Weissman: Media and Democracy
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<span>Journalists Robert Scheer, and Marc Cooper join Suzi Weissman in a wide-ranging discussion on "Media and Democracy: From the Vietnam War to the Consolidation of Alternative Facts in the Digital Era," that was recently held at the REDCAT theater in Los Angeles. </span><span>Suzi Weissman looks at what was behind the social conflicts of the 1960s and the present. Robert Scheer, renowned journalist and former editor of <i>Ramparts</i>, tells the story of <i>Ramparts </i>and provides an inside look at how the war was conducted, including the widespread secrecy and surveillance of the FBI in an attempt to crush dissent. Journalist Marc Cooper looks at media delivery in the present digital era of democratized information that has introduced new potential as well as new dangers.</span>
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