WPKN Archives: 10.23.17 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Climate change link w increase in US wildfires; Corporate media ignores key solution in US healthcare debate; Response to fake news marginalizes left media; Newtown group responds to Las Vegas shooting

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Show:
Counterpoint

Original Aired:
Monday, October 23rd, 2017
8:09PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
1 hour, 55 minutes

Posted:
Monday, October 23rd, 2017 8:00PM

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Episode: 10.23.17 Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Climate change link w increase in US wildfires; Corporate media ignores key solution in US healthcare debate; Response to fake news marginalizes left media; Newtown group responds to Las Vegas shooting

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) ) Leroy Westerling, Co-Director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California discuss the important issues raised in his recent article, "This Year's Wildfires are Bad. Climate Change will Make Future Ones Worse."

2) Writer Michael Corcoran talks about his recent FAIR.org article, "Media 'Extremes' on Healthcare: Universal Coverage or Taking Healthcare from Millions," which takes a critical look at how corporate media has ignored single-payer, universal health systems as a possible solution to the United States healthcare crises.

3) Julianne Tveten, who writes about the intersection of the technology industry and socioeconomic topics, discusses the important issues explored in her recent In These Times article titled, "How the 'Fake News' Scare is Marginalizing the Left," which focuses attention on how unaccountable tech companies are defining the parameters of acceptable discourse.

4) Po Murray, Chairwoman of the Newtown Action Alliance talks about her group's response to the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. an open letter she co-signed to "All Elected Leaders in America," and the Alliance participation in the Fifth Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence in Washington, D.C., December 6-17, 2017.

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Show: Counterpoint

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .

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