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GRITtv: Media Myths and Misses on Health Care

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Are the media complicit in the failings of health care reform? 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.

GRITtv: Our Internet, Not Theirs

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Internet illiterate John McCain has introduced legislation that would allow corporations, not citizens, to control access to the Net. Obama has spoken about the importance of Net Neutrality, but can we count on him to fight for our right to the Web? We here at GRITtv wouldn't be able to do what we do without a free and open Internet, so today we're discussing Net Neutrality with Timothy Karr of Free Press, Gigi Sohn of Public Knowledge, and Karlos Schmieder of the Center for Media Justice.

GRITtv: The F Word: The Real Hoax Is Health Care

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An attention grab that held millions of Americans transfixed. A story that seemed to be about life in the balance. It dominated the airwaves, the social networks, held Americans in its clutch. And then it turned out to have been nothing but a hoax. A play for attention that distracted the entire country. Now that the Balloon Boy's story is blown, can we call out the health care hoax? The anti-health care lobby is taking all our attention hostage. And a nation's hopes (and votes) for quality health care are floating away, leaving real lives in real danger.

GRITtv: Under Siege in Honduras: Inside the Brazilian Embassy

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Andres Conteris of Nonviolence International and Democracy Now! en espa'ol is the only English-speaking media representative inside the Brazilian embassy with deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, and he thinks that the U.S. could be doing much more to ensure that democracy prevails in the Central American country. Though the administration has called for the reinstatement of Zelaya, it has not put actual pressure to bear, and Conteris urges GRITtv viewers to call their representatives in Congress and urge sanctions against the coup regime.

GRITtv: Does the Right Still Dominate the News Cycle?

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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.

GRITtv: Oct. 15, 2009

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Rush Limbaugh tried (and failed) to buy a football team, Obama picked a fight with FOX News, and oh yeah--there's still ongoing debate over health care reform, two wars, and a major recession. There was plenty of bad (and a little good) to debate in this week's media coverage.

GRITtv: Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald on the Media's Wars

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Glenn Greewald, a columnist at Salon and the author of "Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics," and Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," on the battle between the independent press and the mainstream media and whether either are being watchdogs over governmental claims.

Alternate Focus #133: Zionism & Land Rights, Part 2 of 3

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Zionism, Israeli laws and Jewish settlements combine to repress Palestinian people. Alternate Focus's three founding directors, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, offer the American public media that shows another side of Middle Eastern issues.

GRITtv: The Future of Independent Media

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Independent media is almost a household name these days. But in 1986 when Fairness And Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) launched, most people hadn't heard of anything like it. So what's changed in the last two decades? Has the stranglehold of corporate media been loosened? Today, pioneers in the field, Janine Jackson, Program Director of FAIR and co-host of CounterSpin, Steve Rendall, Senior Analyst at FAIR and, Jeff Cohen, director of the Park Center for Independent Media and the author of Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media discuss the future of independent media.

Girls: Moving Beyond the Myth

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This compelling new documentary focuses on the sexual dilemmas and difficult life choices young girls face as they come of age in contemporary American culture. Challenging long-held beliefs about girlhood, "Moving Beyond the Myth" draws on the insights of girls themselves to explore and shed light on their actual lived experience as they navigate our increasingly hyper-sexualized society.

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