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September 28, 2007 (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)
28/09/2007
Show Summary: News organizations try to cover global stories with very little access, the United Nations as off Broadway theater, and nuclear power gets an image makeover.
Open Secret (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)
28/09/2007
On September 6th Israel launched secret air strikes against Syria. Or did they? Over three weeks later none of the governments reportedly involved, Israel, the U.S. or Syria, have officially confirmed the action, much less the details. Keith Richburg, foreign editor of The Washington Post, explains how hard it is to report on a secret.
The Outsiders (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)
28/09/2007
Images of Burmese monks protesting their country’s military dictatorship reverberated around the world this week. But with foreign journalists banned from the country and government censors working overtime, information has come increasingly at a premium. Exiled Burmese editor Sein Win explains how he’s getting, and checking, the story.
Demagogues in New York (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)
28/09/2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the most visible dignitary to address the United Nations this week. Columbia University Professor Edward Luck explains that Ahmadinejad is part of a long list of demagogues who have turned their U.N. address into a theatrical production.
Yes Nukes? (On The Media: Friday, 28 September 2007)
28/09/2007
With climate change looming large in the national consciousness, nuclear energy is experiencing a PR makeover. This Monday saw the first proposal for new reactors in America since the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979. We look into the evolution of nuclear energy's image.
