On this week’s media roundtable, we’ll discuss coverage of Puerto Rico and the role of private contractors on the island. Five months after Hurricane Irma, why are 400,000 people still without electricity?
Also this week, fluctuations in the stock market grabbed international headlines. How are reporters covering the stock market and what it means for working people?
Guests:
Julio Ricardo Varela, digital media director for Futuro Media, and co-host of In the Thick
David Dayen, contributor to The Intercept, and author of Chain of Title: How
Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud
Zach Carter, HuffPost's senior political economy reporter based in Washington DC
Web Resources:
Latino USA: Puerto Rican Journalists Sue Demographic Registry Over Hurricane María Death Statistics
The Intercept: SENATE REPUBLICANS KEPT PROVISION TO FIGHT HIGH DRUG PRICES OUT OF SPENDING BILL, DEMOCRATS SAY
Huffington Post: Everything You Should Know About The Stock Market
