http://grittv.org Cultivating a Better Conversation Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:01:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://grittv.org/2009/10/30/the-right-wing-media-spin-cycle/ http://grittv.org/2009/10/30/the-right-wing-media-spin-cycle/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:28 +0000 SarahJaffe http://www.grittv.org/?p=2382 Media Matters for America, we have this new video on the way the right-wing media remains able to shape policy even while the Republican party's support plummets and Democrats maintain control of Congress. Eric Burns of Media Matters says "People need to decide how long they will allow the policies of their country to be dictated by a media outlet accountable not to voters or constituents but to ratings."]]> http://grittv.org/2009/10/30/the-right-wing-media-spin-cycle/feed/ 0 http://grittv.org/2009/10/29/media-myths-on-health-care-a-quest-to-find-the-forest-and-alia-malek/ http://grittv.org/2009/10/29/media-myths-on-health-care-a-quest-to-find-the-forest-and-alia-malek/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:30 +0000 SarahJaffe http://www.grittv.org/?p=2376 Allison Kilkenny of Citizen Radio, Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Diane Archer of the Campaign for America's Future, and Bob Fertik, President of Democrats.com join us to discuss the coverage, good and bad, and what it means for the fate of the public option. Alia Malek, author of the new book A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories, grew up in the U.S. the child of Syrian immigrant parents.  She noticed that Arab-Americans were either seen as incredibly foreign or invisible, and set out to tell the stories of generations of people who challenge the popular stereotype of Arabs in this country. “We keep seeing Arabs as only foreign but I wanted to place in the consciousness the idea of the Arab American," she says. Our Got Docs selection this week takes us from Sweden to Costa Rica in search of a swath of rainforest. Not just any rainforest, though--filmmaker Jacob Andrén bought a few acres of rainforest as a primary school child. The Forest is the story of Jacob's journey to track down his patch of rainforest and to figure out, along the way, whether one person's small contribution can make a difference. Kate Clinton shares her thoughts on Bloomberg's attempted third term, Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, and why Democrats should make Republicans read the phone book, and Phyllis Bennis wants to remind politicians that far from being political suicide to criticize Israel, it might be political suicide not to. Thanks to Media Matters for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee for video in today's show.]]> http://grittv.org/2009/10/29/media-myths-on-health-care-a-quest-to-find-the-forest-and-alia-malek/feed/ 0