Episode Info
Show:
Counterpoint
Original Aired:
Monday, August 9th, 2010
8:09PM to 10:00PM
Duration:
1 hour, 51 minutes
Posted:
Monday, August 9th, 2010 8:00PM
Tags:
connecticut
war
terrorism
assassination
obama
iraq
internet
neutrality
aclu
google
verizon
net
withdrawal
primary
lamont
foley
fedele
simmons
mcmahon
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Episode: 08.09.10: Counterpoint Host Scott Harris discusses the battle for Net Neutrality; a legal challenge to the Obama administration's orders to kill a U.S. citizen without due process; the status of the war in Iraq and commentary on CT primary races 8-10-10
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport , CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archives at http://wpkn.org
1) Craig Aaron, Managing Director of the media reform group Free Press, discusses recent important developments in the fight for net neutrality at the FCC -- and deal making going on between Verizon and Google.
2) Jonathan Manes, legal fellow with the American Civil Liberties Union's National Security Project, discusses the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Right's court challenge to the Obama administration's authority to target U.S. citizens for assassination outside of conflict zones without due process or being subject to any checks and balances.
3) Raed Jarrar, Iraq consultant to the American Friends Service Committee and Senior Fellow at the group Peace Action, examines the current situation in Iraq, the political impasse in the Iraqi Parliament and President Obama's pledge to proceed with the withdrawal of the bulk of U.S. troops by August 30th.
4) Bill Collins, former state representative, former mayor of Norwalk, CT and founder of Minuteman Media, now Other Words editorial syndicate, that distributes progressive op ed columns to 1700 newspapers weekly across the U.S. He discusses the Tuesday, August 10th Democratic and Republican Party local CT primary races for Governor, U.S. Senate and other statewide offices.
Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of Counterpoint programs are accessible for free at http://www.wpkn.org
Show: Counterpoint
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org