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Your Call: Bank of America settlement and Ukraine-Russia crisis

 

  

On the Agust29th edition of Your Call, it's our Friday media roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of Bank of America's $16 billion settlement over allegations of mortgage-related misconduct in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. We'll also discuss the political crisis in Ukraine. We'lll be joined by The Huffington Post’s Ben Hallman, the Christian Science Monitor’s Fred Weir, and Salon.com's David Dayen. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

David Dayen, contributing writer for Salon.com, weekly columnist for The Fiscal Times

Fred Weir, correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Moscow, where he covers Russia and the former Soviet Union

Ben Hallman, senior financial writer for The Huffington Post

Web Resources:

CSM: As Ukraine fighting surges, so too do Russian, Ukrainian doubts about the war (+video)

New Republic: You Thought the Mortgage Crisis Was Over? It's About to Flare Up Again

Huffington Post: Why Underwater Homeowners Won't Be Saved By Bank Of America's $17 Billion Deal

Kudos:

Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly: The Witness

Anna Nemtsova, Politico: This is What War in Europe Really Looks Like