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TBAD 2011: E-studio - Marc Steiner with Lizz Winstead
Oct 4th, 2011. Marc Steiner interviews Lizz Winstead, Comedian, Writer, co-creator of The Daily Show. Lizz talks about trying to get both AirAmerica & The Daily Show off the ground, and how there's no easy way to understand how progressive media will be received. She talks about the challenge of breaking through "disinformation" to form substantial content.
Email this pageGRITtv: 2009: End of an Error? Looking Back at the Year That Was
It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? There have been bright spots and not-so-bright spots, nasty political fights and moments of progress. Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, Danny Schechter of News Dissector, and Max Blumenthal discuss the highs and lows of 2009, from the inauguration to the bank bailouts, health care reform to Sarah Palin.
GRITtv: The 00's, The Uh-Ohs, The Ought-Nots -- The Worst Decade?
Maybe it's not technically the end of a decade. But with the switch from Bush to Obama, it seems as good a time as any to look back at the 2000's--whatever you call them. Whether Time is right that it was the worst decade ever, or that's a bit of an exaggeration, progressives can't argue that a lot happened in the past ten years, and a lot of it was depressing. Katrina vanden Heuvel ofThe Nation, Mark Green of Air America, Faye Wattleton of the Center for the Advancement of Women, and Nancy Giles of CBS News Sunday Morning look back from Bush v. Gore to the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina to the Stupak amendment.
GRITtv: Dec. 23, 2009
It's the end of 2009. We're still in two wars, Guantanamo is not yet closed, and the jobless numbers are still sky-high. What happened to all the optimism we started the year with? We discuss the year that was and the decade that was with a roundtable of our favorite guests, including Katrina vanden Heuvel ofThe Nation, Mark Green of Air America, Danny Schechter of News Dissector, Max Blumenthal, author of Republican Gomorrah, Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion, Faye Wattleton of the Center for the Advancement of Women, and Nancy Giles of CBS News Sunday Morning. We also have an interview with Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films on progressive organizing through media--what works, what doesn't, and where to go from here.
GRITtv: Tiger, Obama, Unemployment, Oh My!
The Copenhagen climate talks, Obama's Nobel peace prize, jobless numbers, a proposed compromise in the Senate on health care reform, or Tiger Woods' sex life: which is the most-covered story this week? You'd probably be right if you guessed Tiger Woods. We don't have statistics, but we do have a panel of journalists joining us in the studio to discuss the way the media did--and didn't--cover the biggest news of the day. Nation contributor Joseph Huff-Hannon, Rana Foroohar of Newsweek and Lionel of Air America critique coverage of Copenhagen, Obama, health care, the economy, and yes, even Tiger.
GRITtv: Dec. 10, 2009
On Intl. Human Rights Day, Robi Damelin, who lost her son to a Palestinian sniper, and Mazen Faraj, who lost his father to an Israeli sniper, offer their singular perspective on conflict, reconciliation and peace. Joel Silberman gives some quick tips for doing media that anyone can use. "Garbage Dreams" tells the story of the 60,000 Zaballeen who live in a "garbage village" and make their living by recycling an impressive 80 percent of Cairo's garbage and is being mentioned for an Academy Award. Plus Obama's peace prize, jobless numbers, a proposed Senate compromise on health care reform and even Tiger Woods' sex life, the most-covered story this week.
GRITtv: Hope: After a Year, What Does It Mean?
Hope. It was the word for the Obama campaign, epitomized by the famous Shepard Fairey poster, with eyes uplifted, bright primary colors declaring that Americans believed in something good again. Last year on election day, we discussed the election and the future of America; hoping for an Obama victory and with it some restoration of the things we'd lost under Bush. This year, we look back with some of our guests from that day on what they said then and what they think now. Chris Hayes of The Nation remembers the feeling of social solidarity from the Obama campaign, hundreds of thousands of people coming together to work for a common cause, while Danny Schechter of MediaChannel and NewsDissector points out that Obama had plenty of support from Wall St. as well as Main St. Air America's Ron Reagan wonders why Maine managed to expand its rights to medical marijuana while closing off rights to same-sex couples, and Esther Armah of WBAI notes that Obama's election maintains its symbolic importance, even if dealing with the reality is somewhat more complicated.
GRITtv: One Year Later, Still Politics as Usual?
Election 2009 was a mixed bag for all sides. But what did these results have to do with Obama? Our panel agrees on one thing: Democrats neglected the base that Obama worked so hard to build up. Jehmu Greene of the Women's Media Center notes that Democrats reverted back to the old way of doing things, and Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake points out that the candidate who supported the public option, Bill Owens in NY-23, won, while Creigh Deeds in Virginia, who said he might opt the state out if he was governor, lost. Mark Green of Air America, who once ran against Michael Bloomberg, noted that despite the massive outlay of cash, Bloomberg ran a tight race and could've been defeated if the Democrats put more effort into supporting his opponent. Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation notes that the youth vote was critical in 2008, and warns Democrats of what they risk losing if they ignore the young voters now.
GRITtv: Nov. 4, 2009: One Year Later
In a special one-hour show, we convene two panels of GRITtv regular guests to talk about these questions, the election results, and what progressives need to do better going forward into 2010. Joining us are Katrina vanden Heuvel and Chris Hayes of The Nation, Jehmu Greene of the Women's Media Center and formerly of Rock the Vote, James Rucker of Color Of Change, Danny Schechter of News Dissector, Jane Hamsher of FireDogLake, Ron Reagan and Mark Green of Air America, and Esther Armah of WBAI.
GRITtv: Does the Right Still Dominate the News Cycle?
Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, Joe Conason of The New York Observer, and Air America's Sam Seder are our media panel, discussing the best and worst of this week in journalism. From Arianna Huffington getting interrupted for dubious news to the snark overload on Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, there was plenty of bad (and a little good) to debate. Obama's trip to New Orleans and the National Equality March were overshadowed heavily by Rush Limbaugh's aborted attempt to buy a football team and the White House statement on Fox News. Does the right still control which stories are covered, or is the mainstream media just lazy?
