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Alternative Radio for February 14, 2011
1:00 PM - 1:58 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: Reese Erlich, "Terrorism & the Media"
The use of the word terrorism by politicians and the corporate media is highly refined and selective. September 11 is the event that defines the term. Acts of violence by designated enemies are without exception categorized as terrorism. The perpetrators are labeled as terrorists. But when the U.S. carries out air attacks, invasions, coups, sabotage and blockades those are explained away as necessary actions in response to heinous provocations. So the discussion, such as it is, is about the terrible things done to us not what we do to them. If there is any criticism at all it is about tactics or poor leadership or lack of resources. In all mainstream media reporting the U.S. is the victim of terrorism never its originator.
Reese Erlich
Reese Erlich is an award-winning independent journalist. His articles appear in major newspapers and he reports for the CBC, NPR, Radio Deutsche Welle, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He is the author of "Target Iraq," "The Iran Agenda," and "Conversations with Terrorists."
Alternative Radio is a weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia, and on short-wave on Radio for Peace International.
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Its "headquarters" is situated to correspond with its position in the mainstream mass media: down an alley, behind a house, on top of a garage in Boulder, Colorado. From this rarefied location, AR's programs manage to reach over 125 radio stations and millions of listeners. AR is part of the non-profit Institute for Social and Cultural Change.
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