Democracy Now - 08 apr 2011 torrent

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Headlines for Apr 08, 2011

- Libyan Rebels Killed in NATO Attack
- Foreign Journalists Detained in Libya
- Aftershock Hits Japan; Radioactive Water Leaks at Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant
- U.N. Warns of Mounting Ivory Coast Toll
- GOP, Dems Narrow Budget Differences as Deadline Looms
- Activists Decry Budget Cuts in Overnight Protest at Washington State Capitol
- Incumbent Retakes Lead in Wisconsin Supreme Court Race
- Thousands Rally for Reproductive Health in D.C.
- Gates Talks Extended U.S. Occupation in Iraq
- Israeli Military Kills 4 in Gaza, Arrests 100+ Women in West Bank Sweep
- Palestinians Mourn Slain Arab-Israeli Actor and Activist
- Thousands Rally in Egypt for Mubarak Prosecution
- U.S., Colombia Agree to Labor Rights Provisions for Trade Deal
- New York School Chief Resigns After Rocky Tenure


Special reports

- At National Conference for Media Reform, a Roundtable on Journalism, Broadband and Broadcast Amidst Cutbacks and Consolidation

Democracy Now! broadcasts from the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston, where more than 2,000 media activists, journalists, academics and lawmakers have gathered during a time of massive cutbacks in the news industry and increasing concentration of media ownership. Comcast merged with NBC in January, and last month AT&T announced plans to purchase T-Mobile, a deal that could leave the country with just three wireless carriers. Meanwhile, the Federal Communications Commission faces increasing criticism for its lack of progress on expanding the nation\'s broadband system. We host a media roundtable with Craig Aaron, incoming president of media advocacy group Free Press; Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation\'s Open Technology Initiative; and Malkia Cyril, the executive director and founder of the Center for Media Justice.


- The Fall of Glenn Beck: Did the Controversial Fox Host Become an Economic Liability?

Fox News host Glenn Beck announced Wednesday in a carefully worded press release he will \"transition off of his daily program\" later this year in order to pursue solo projects. Fox News Chair Roger Ailes denied economic pressure played a role in Fox\'s decision to let Beck go. But major advertisers have stayed away from Beck\'s show since 2009, when he claimed President Obama has \"a deep-seated hatred of white people, or the white culture.\" We speak with James Rucker, co-founder of ColorOfChange.org, a group whose economic boycott of Beck prompted as many as 300 companies to abandon the right-wing pundit\'s program.


- Government Shutdown Looms Even as \"Government\'s Got Plenty of Money to Keep Going\"

Negotiations continue between Democrats and Republicans to break a U.S. budget deadlock and avoid a government shutdown. Without an agreement on spending for the next six months, money to operate the government runs out at midnight tonight. We discuss the possible shutdown and the latest news from Wisconsin with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for the The Nation magazine and associate editor of The Capital Times in Madison. He is also co-founder of the media advocacy group Free Press, the organization behind the National Conference for Media Reform. \"This is not a fight about money, it is not a fight about budgets. This is a fight about a gaming of the budget process. We have a group of Republicans who are saying the most critical overspending in the United States, the biggest budget that just has to be addressed, is that of Planned Parenthood,\" says Nichols.

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