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