A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: Inside the cable franchise agreement: what it means to local communities, how it can be used to strengthen community media, and how to get involved in the negotiation process.

15:21 minute audio of PBS NewsHour-Clarence Page speaking of Who Is A Journalist plus Ombuds men of N.Y.Times & Washington Post speaks of State Of Journalism.

June 8, 2005

* OMBUDSMEN REFLECT ON THE STATE OF THE NEWS MEDIA

From the Jayson Blair fabrication incident that shook The New York Times in 2003 to the retraction by Newsweek magazine of an item about the desecration of the Quran last month, major news organizations have come under fire for their reporting in recent years.

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Kilroy doing his thing..

1 hour of children's songs, read the little red hen, French Kitty in Kitty Goes To Paris & Space Witch - with special guests Eric & Filumena

The Man Live in Atlanta 2005...

Rich interviews Marisa a student in Montreal, member of the Latin America working group of the CLAC (Anti-Capitalist Convergence), and fresh back from 11 months in Ecuador working with the campesino federation. 20 min 38 sec

Important addition to this great interview!

Rich interviews Jaggi, a member of No One is Illegal in Montreal, Canada