Video Roundup
Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why -- though we want to know more about the world than ever -- the US media is actually showing less. Eye-opening stats and graphs.
In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.
Gay activist and radio personality Michaelangelo Signorile says "it's important to go through both the courts and the legislatures to secure marriage rights."
The Michelangelo Signorile Show airs across the U.S. and Canada weekdays from 2-6 p.m. EST on Sirius Satellite Radio' s OutQ, Channel 109. Listen online at any time by getting a free three-day pass and tuning to OutQ 109. He also writes a great blog called the gist.
Ocean explorer Robert Ballard (the guy who found the Titanic) takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping.
1 comment:
I wonder if NPR was included in those statistics. It's obvious that the corporatization of news has converted the publication of events from a traditional adherence to objectivity, despite to the costs, to a supply and demand business model. If people pay for Britney, then why should a newspaper following a market model publish anything else if it expects to outperform its competitor?
I was hoping that NPR would not have followed the same model as corporate publishers since it receives federal funding. Theoretically, not needing to feed the American addiction to celebrity Schadenfreude should afford them a return to journalistic values, like objectivity and balanced air time.
Unfortunately, I must admit, I still go to Google News.
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