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July 13, 2005

07.13.05 Edition | Inside Gitmo; Obesity Began With the Founding Fathers; Coke in Iraq
July 13, 2005 Edition

"The Best of the Rest of the Web"

THiS WEEK: Interviews with Jane Meyer on interrogation in the war on terror, Anthony Fenton on what you don't know about the situation in Haiti, and José Tamayo on his successes with grassroots environmentalism in Honduras; the U.S government calls uproar over its donation to a Venezuelan political party "persecution" little over one year after Kerry was sharply criticized for a donation from a South Korean citizen; the current and future role of public broadcasting; a little Bush humor to let you smile about politics again; Coke enters the War on Iraq; how the problem of American obesity began with the founding fathers; two looks at the popularity of apocalyptic fantasies in the entertainment industry; a discussion of today's television female; and the f-word.

This Week's Picks:

  1. INTERVIEW |In GitmoJane Mayer has written about the United States military detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and raised new questions about the treatment of detainees. Here, with Amy Davidson, Mayer talks about interrogation and the war on terror.

    Jane Mayer/Amy Davidson | The New Yorker
    http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/articles/050711on_onlineonly01


  2. AUDIO |Facts vs. Disinformation in Haiti
    Two interviews with noted author and activist for Haiti, Anthony Fenton, on the current - and worsening - situation in Haiti.

    Vancouver Co-Op Radio
    http://wakeupwithcoop.org/Jul1st-05p3.mp3 and http://wakeupwithcoop.org/Jul8th-05p4.mp3


  3. VIDEO |Harlan McRaney, Presidential Speechalist 5000
    Harlan McRaney, speechalist for the Bush administration, explains how he comes up with such brilliant turns of phrase as "fool me, can't get fooled again!" and "if you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!"

    Russell Bates | Comedy Central
    http://www.xroadsfilms.com/batescomedycentral


  4. Marching for Life: An Interview With José Tamayo
    A Honduran priest has organized a grassroots environmental movement to protest illegal logging and government corruption—with stunning results.

    Bradford Plumer | Mother Jones
    http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2005/06/tamayo.html


  5. Do Foreign Governments Have a "Human Right" to Buy Venezuela Elections?
    As court proceedings begin this month against four Venezuelans from an election campaign group that accepted donations from a foreign government - something that is indisputably a federal crime under both U.S. and Venezuelan law - it’s no surprise that members of the Bush administration in Washington cry that the sky is falling.

    Al Giordano | The NarcoSphere
    http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/7/9/113427/7207


  6. The State of Broadcast Media
    Last week Patricia S. Harrison, the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee, was chosen as the next president and chief executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR, PBS, community stations and Pacifica using taxpayer money. Media Alliance executive director Jeff Perlstein speaks about the future of public broadcasting in the US, as well as efforts to guarantee low-cost Internet access.

    C.S. Soong (host) | Against the Grain
    http://www.againstthegrain.org/audio6.29.05.mp3



  7. Cola wars as Coke moves on Baghdad
    Coca-Cola has returned to Iraq after an absence of nearly four decades, triggering a cola war in a lucrative but potentially hostile market.

    Rory Carroll | Guardian UK
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1521277,00.html



  8. George Washington wants you to be fat
    Did you know that fast food chains like McDonald's and Wendy's are just carrying on the noble tradition started by Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

    Matthew Wheeland | Alternet
    http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/23346/


  9. Apocalyptic book series gets first video game
    The first video game tied to the best-selling apocalyptic "Left Behind" book series will be released in coming months, a spokesman for Left Behind Games said recently.

    Reuter's/MSNBC
    http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8409604/
    http://www.leftbehindgames.com/


  10. AUDIO | War Games
    It's hard, sometimes, to separate reality from fantasy, especially in wartime. National Radio Project looks at video games, movies, and war, and how the lines between each aren't always so clear.

    National Radio Project
    http://www.radioproject.org/


  11. Housewife Wars
     Right now we're inundated with dramas about the married woman, and "domestic dream" is hardly the vibe. Here's the cultural conversation behind the hedges of Wisteria Lane.

    Catherine Orenstein | Ms. Magazine
    http://www.msmagazine.com/spring2005/housewifewars.as    p


  12. The F Word
    "Feminism" turns off a lot of younger women. Is it time to retire the word - or reclaim it?

    Rebecca Traister | Truthout/Salon
    http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/070705WA.shtml


- Media Picks Contributing Editors: Adam Barker and Erica Wetter
- Media Picks compiled and edited by Erin Wiegand and Brian Awehali
- Media Picks production assistance provided by Emma Sherwood-Forbes

Posted by erin at July 13, 2005 11:55 AM

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