Chelsea manning and edward acts. N, courageous they fulfilled the responsibility of someone who takes citizenship seriously. That is who believes the people of the country ought to know something about what their government is up to. Amy noam chomsky for the hour in a public conversation i had with him in cambridge, massachusetts. All of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In this democracy now special, we spend the hour with the worldrenowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky. In a public conversation we had in april, we talked about climate change, Nuclear Weapons, north korea, iran, the war in syria, and the Trump Administrations threat to prosecute wikileaks founder Julian Assange. We also talked about Noam Chomskys new book, requiem for the American Dream the 10 principles of concentration of wealth power. Hundreds of people packed into the First Parish Church in cambridge, massachusetts, for ou
Anytime you want and i always appreciate it let me go to lionel first in new york im not going to list all of the mistakes the Mainstream Media has made over the last few months because that would take up the entire program and then some suffice to say lionel i think its quite evident that the New York Times the Washington Post c. N. N. M. S. M. The m s n b c and other news organizations theyre making mistakes because they have a blind hatred for donald trump their blind hatred is throwing journalistic practices and principles out the window and this is damaging the information sphere in the United States and i would say the political process as well go ahead lionel. I would venture to say is an admixture of trump derangement syndrome in full bloom its negligence its malfeasance and also is that amazing isnt it amazing in shocking perhaps that none of these mistakes every new are to the benefit of trump already body else or they never deal with Hillary Clinton or those of the socalled
And welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle trust in the Mainstream Media is an all time low but no one should be surprised in the media has itself to blame for this sad state of affairs is a selfinflicted wound and actually a conscious Business Model the media no longer has an interest in reporting the news media today propagates ideology. Crosstalk in the state of the media im joined by my guest Eric Alterman in new york he is a sunni distinguished professor of english and journalism at Brooklyn College as well as the liberal media columnist for the nation. And also in new york we have lionel he is a legal analyst and a news decoder at lionel media dot com and in plymouth we crossed to patrick kennings and he is a journalist writer and founder of the news website twenty First Century wired dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let me go to lionel first in new york im n
By adam weaver. If you look at the papers this morning, this is from the wall street journal, that the president is expected to soften the tone on the speech as far as tomorrows presentation. Darlene, what do we get a sense as far as tone eating into the speech tomorrow . Guest 1 the white house has said he is going to speak in more optimistic tones tomorrow. Contrast that with the inauguration speech he gave a year ago when he talked about american carnage and painted this very dark picture of the United States of america. He is looking to do a little bit of the opposite and be softer, more optimistic, more hopeful in talking about immigration and some of the other issues that we are going to hear him speak about. Eaver, not only will he address america, but the members of congress, what is he trying to sell to them on both sides . Guest 2 a couple of things. The white house has been talking about an infrastructure deal. They wrote out this 1. 7 trillion figure the other day that they
Washington examiner who serves as a political reporter. To both of you, thanks for joining us today. So lets start with state of the union. If you look to the papers this morning just even suggestions from the headlines, the president isat expected to softn theg, tone on the speech as fars tomorrows presentation, and particularly what it does for immigration. Darlene, what do we get a sense as far as tone leading into tomorrows speech . Guest well, the white house has said that he is going to speak in more optimistic tones tomorrow. Contrast that, for example, with the inaugust ration speech that he gave a year ago when he talked about american carnage andam painted this kind of very dark picture of the United States of america. So hes looking to do a little bit of the opposite and be softer, more optimistic, more hopeful in talking about immigration and is only of the other some of the other issues were going the hear him speak about. Host al weaver, particularly those members of cong