On the next Your Call, it’s our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss media coverage of the parliamentary questioning of Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger. He’s accused of of helping terrorists by publicizing top secret information leaked by Edward Snowden. We’ll also discuss coverage of Syria. For the first time, the UN has accused President Ashar al-Assad of committing war crimes. We’ll be joined by the Washington Post's Liz Sly and Free Press’s Josh Stearns. Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Josh Stearns, Journalism and Public Media Campaign Director for Free Press
Liz Sly, a reporter from the Washington Post operating out of Beirut
Kevin Gosztola, writer for "The Dissenter" blog for Firedoglake
Web Resources:
The Guardian - Guardian will not be intimidated over NSA leaks, Alan Rusbridger tells MPs
The Guardian - Alan Rusbridger and the home affairs select committee: the key exchanges
The New Yorker - Freedom of Information
Washington Post - Syria fighting in Qalamoun triggers new exodus of refugees to Lebanon
Washington Post - Hezbollah commander Hassan al-Laqess Assassinated outside his Beirut home
NYT - Syria Crisis is Worsening, UN Relief Official Says
The Guardian - Bashar al-Assad implicated in Syria war crimes, says UN
Firedoglake - Why there is nothing wrong with the fact that only 1% of NSA files have been published
Firedoglake -NSA Sent home Talking Points for Employees to Use in Conversations with Family and Friends During the Holidays
Firedoglake -‘Do you love this country?’ - British MPs Question Guardian’s Editor-in-Chief
Recommended Reading:
Rolling Stone: Snowden and Greenwald: The Men who Leaked the Secrets
Washington Post, Lynn Duke: Nelson Mandela, ex-president of South Africa, dies at 95
Washington Post: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
The Guardian: Mandela's Wife: 'I learned to separate the man from the myth'
NPR Fresh Air: Beyond Good Cop/Bad Cop: A look at real-life interrogations