Friday News Roundup - Hour 2
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-07-15/friday-news-roundup-hour-2
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today the United States now recognizes Libya's main rebel group as the nation's legitimate government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta expressed concern over the rise in U.S. troop deaths there. Afghans mourned President Karzai's half-brother, who was assassinated by a bodyguard. Syria condemned a comment by Secretary of State Clinton that President Assad had lost legitimacy to rule. Terrorist bombings in India claimed at least 18 lives. South Sudan became the U.N.'s newest member. Rebekah Brooks of the
Murdoch media empire resigned. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Guests
David Ignatius
columnist, The Washington Post; contributor to “Post Partisan” blog on washingtonpost.com. His latest book is titled "Bloodmoney: A Novel of Espionage."
Nadia Bilbassy
senior U.S. correspondent, MBC TV -- Middle East Broadcast Centre.
Yochi Dreazen
senior national security correspondent, National Journal magazine.
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What those that are opposed to any type of revenue increase, while at the same time seeking to reduce Government spending to the 1960s or 1970s level, fail to realize is that the population has increased exponential since then; the baby boomers are now withdrawing social security and medicare; there are more roads and other public infrastructure that need to be serviced by the government; the increase in total population also led to the increase in the number of poor people that rely on government social services; then there have been numerous disasters recently that have been very expensive; finally, the Wars, No Child Left Behind, and .....You know the rest.
Don't you think we would need more money to finance these obligations?
Budget discourse? Government shutdown?
How about we audit the Federal Reserve?
While we are at it; let’s audit the PENTAGON and the IRS.
Let’s repeal THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT and reenact THE GLASS-STEAGALL ACT.
When we do those few things, we’ll find out where the true wealth of this once great nation went.
Throw that blue pill down the toilet, along with the Republicrat kool-aid, and take the red pill.
Wake up to the Beltway pro wrestling circus you see and hear in the media and on C-span.
Wake up! Ron Paul 2012 Infowars.com
Rupert Murdoch, a voice of the "people." OXYMORON!
Please ask your panelists to talk about the coverage of this issue by FOX.
Thank you.
wow ms. rehm nice show today. this is the first time i've heard anyone talk about the fact that the assasination was a deep strike and its like either the taliban or al qai aeda or both are flexing muscle. afghanistan needs to show a courageous and unified effort to carry on in spite of. based on what i'm hearing karzai's brother seems like a fence straddler and we know what happens to fence straddlers at some point. but that was a pretty deep strike though.
I take issue with the statement that President Obama's Justice Department actively pursues criminal investigations when it comes to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. There will be, I believe, absolutely NO criminal charges against anyone affiliated with News Corp or Fox News.
The idea that either political party is interested in applying the law to corporations or their executives is laughable. There may be fines against the corporate body but no one will ever serve even a minute in a Federal Prison.
Did Murdoch, or his representatives, bribe foreign government officials? I think yes- without a doubt. Do those acts constitute a criminal activity as defined by the FCPA? Again- without a doubt.
Will anyone be prosecuted? Absolutely not. Ms. Rehm you could do an entire month's worth of shows talking about the two tier justice system in this country. Your naivete on this issue is stunning.
LDempsey wrote:
"Please ask your panelists to talk about the coverage of this issue by FOX.
Thank you."
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FOX News has covered the Murdoch "News of The World" scandal. So has the Murdock owned Wall Street Journal, Times of London, and Sky News Network. Oops!
"A fair question could be is CNN over covering the story." Brian Todd CNN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG7rgX3vk4I
ndelaney47 wrote
"Rupert Murdoch, a voice of the "people." OXYMORON!"
Misusing the term oxymoron qualifies one as a moron.
Hey Diane, do you also find George Soros, who donated $1.8 million to NPR, creepy? Perhaps not. After all, he only helped Nazis during WWII in the confiscation of property from Hungarian Jews.
I called into Friday’s international hour of the Diane Rehm show a new screener answered. Dorie Anderson had been there for years and has always been fair about letting a diversity of opinion through the phones. I was playing by the rules and had not called in for over a month. My comment and question to the screener was “This week the Israeli Knesset passed a bill that makes it illegal for any Israeli to take part in or even simply support any action construed as a boycott against Israel, or against illegal settlements. Can you guest please discuss this vote and the bill.”
The screener responded “we are not talking about Israel today it is not on our list” I responded “you mean you get a list about what callers and countries callers can ask questions about during an international news hour?” I was in shock and called back to get clarification. The screener again said “the producers hand them (the screener) a list of what countries or international issues they will be talking about” And she repeated “Israel is not on the list” I responded “enough about the Murdoch scandal while it is important there are other critical issues” Made sure I had what she said right said “thank you” and let her know that I would be putting this new screening (censoring) approach be known.
Now this is the first time I have ever heard this about the Diane Rehm show. I have noticed over the years they focus less and less on the conflict. Wondering if their funding is being threatened in any way? But to hear that the producers actually take Israel off the list. What the hell is this all about.
Clearly the Diane Rehm show is becoming one of those live programs that you have to give the screener or producers what they want and then ask the question that you want to ask. That did not used to be the case. Sad. Very very sad.
Do you folks have some new producers or screeners trying to censor the I/P issue?
Some international news that the Diane Rehm show seems to have an aversion for these days
Israel makes it clear it views ‘Israel/Palestine’ as one state
by Adam Horowitz on July 15, 2011
http://mondoweiss.net/2011/07/israel-makes-it-clear-it-views-israelpales...