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Media Roundtable: Trump pardons war criminals & the crackdown on press freedom in Russia

(AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
A supporter of Ivan Golunov, an investigative journalist who worked for the independent website Meduza, holds a newspaper with texts of his investigations during a protest rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

 

 

On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of the Trump administration’s plans to pardon military service members and a former Blackwater contractor who were accused or convicted of war crimes.

Later in the show, we'll discuss the case of Ivan Golunov, a Russian investigative journalist who was arrested on trumped-up charges of drug trafficking. He was released after a public outcry and thousands of people marched in Moscow demanding those responsible for his arrest be held accountable.

Guests:

Dave Philipps, Pulitzer Prize winning national correspondent covering veterans and the military for The New York Times

Ilya Lozovsky, writer and editor with Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a non-profit investigative journalism organization based in Sarajevo

Web Resources:

The New York Times: Trump May Be Preparing Pardons for Servicemen Accused of War Crimes

The Washington Post: A Russian journalist was detained. Then others stood up to save him.
The Moscow Times: Read Arrested Anti-Corruption Reporter Ivan Golunov’s Biggest Investigations

Quartz: Accused US war criminal Edward Gallagher is out on a technicality

Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.