On today's Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss media coverage of the Super Bowl, the most watched sporting event in the US with advertisers paying up to $4 million for 30 second TV spots. We’ll also talk about the Brazil World Cup protests and unpaid migrant workers in Sochi, Russia. We’ll be joined by the Nation’s Dave Zirin, the Washington Post’s Kathy Lally joins us from Sochi, Russia and Independent journalist Lucy Jordan joins us from Brazil. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Kathy Lally, Washington Post’s Moscow bureau chief
Lucy Jordan, freelance journalist, based in Brasília
Dave Zirin, Nation’s sports correspondent and author of Game Over; How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down
Web Resources
Edge of Sports: Richard Sherman’s Latest and his Refusal to Be a Brand
Washington Post:Olympic building besets Russia’s Sochi
The Guardian: Voices of Brazil: the health worker who believes in the power of protest
AP: Protests against World Cup planned in Brazil
Nieman lab: In Brazil, Mídia NINJA’s indie journalists are gaining attention and sparking controversy
Earth First: Russia Cracks Down on Green Activism Ahead of Sochi Olympics
Policy Mic: Super Bowl 2014 is Being Supported By Your Hard-Earned Tax Dollars