that al-jazeera had given the pentagon well for al-jazeera the message was very very clear stop telling the truth. because that's why they were targeted in baghdad i'm nuts why they were targeted in kabul al-jazeera home has revolutionized the reporting of wars. and incurred great anger. in military establishments and among government. some jealousy amongst their colleagues but also i have to say. a great deal of admiration and. that's the message that was a message to them to all those albums in the palestine hotel. the people who died there it was a warning to all of us. when that tank pulled up outside the palestine hotel and fired it was a warning. you will do as we tell you to do as journalists or else. why did journalist become a target. in order to answer this question we need to go back in time. for no that's our mission we're about to embark on our mission today is to report down to the site of the ambush seventy miles south of here and attempt to kill the b c one two three ball with the powerful but be allowed to cronkite a distinguished t.v. reporter and presenter expresses t

he is currently covering egypt for al jazeera. he delivered the keynote address at the world affairs council of new orleans annual dinner he talked about the future of journalism in the united states. this is about an hour. >> i am going to take my name tag off. and introduce to you tonight jordan flaherty. he is a journalist and community organizer in new orleans. if he looks familiar, he has appeared on much of the internet media coming tonight. he has appeared on steve 19 -- cnn and keep hope alive. was the first journalists to write about the jena six case from about four years ago. bringing the case to international attention. he was also -- his post katrina writing in colorlines magazine shared id journalism award for best katrina coverage in the ethnic press. he is produced segments for al jazeera, democracy now and other news organizations. he is particularly qualified to discuss the topics of tonight, digital activism, and resistance in media from new orleans to egypt to occupy. jordan flaherty is the author of a new book

in general al jazeera was a force that is really important in getting the word out.ewhere in breaking a certain silence in the medium and the middle east. going back to the u.s. and our crisis in media, we are at this really key time to talk about thinking in media here with the course announcements going down to three days a week. and you know of course i think probably none of us want to live in a city that doesn't have a daily paper and you know, what that means. we also ought to look at it in this longer chain of the fans of the fact that there used to be two newspapers and this can surely had four or five or six newspapers. and that collapses happen. also the collapse of a more independent medium, especially in new orleans and around this country are really strong african american media. you know, i think those that are fighting right now that the chair for a long time in louisiana weekly slowly started losing all their staff and influence and ability and the new orleans tribune similarly lost that. i think we need to ask why because that has been so important.

he's currently covert agent for al jazeera. in june, flaherty wrote to the world affairs council about digital activism in the future of journalism. this is an hour. >> introduced you tonight, flaherty. la mr. flaherty as a journalist and community organizer based in nee orleans. if he looks familiarw to you, he has ap has appeared on much of the national international media.nal he appeared on cnn, npr andd rer reverend jesse jackson. mr. flaherty was the first journalist to write for national publication about substitute.t y you might remember threeears yes ago, during that two international attention. his post-katrina writing shared wr a journalism award from the american media for best katrina coverage in the ethnic press. two years produced al jazeeramow democracy now in other newsons, organizations with making him particularly qualified to discuss the topic tonight on tht title of which will be digital activism, resistance revolution in media from new orleans to teach it to occupy. mr. flaherty is the author of a new book,

al-jazeera television in early july, reawakened suspicions about arafat's death. it reported, a lab in swiss detected plutonium on his clothing. and other belongings. the palestinian authority is considering exhuming arafat's body for an autopsy. he is buried in the west bank city of ramallah. >>> many palestinians believe israel assassinated their late leader. >>> germany's largest commercial lender, dieutschebank, it was involved in the libor scandal. some employees took part in the rigging of money market interest rates. it was set out to company staff tuesday. the bank denied systematic wrongdoing. it stressed the managers were not part of the fraudulent activities. deutschebank says it will work with authorities tfind out how the group of employees manipulated libor. it will also investigate whether more workers took part. the bank plans to release the results later this year. in june, british bank barclays was ordered to pay more than $400 million in fines for manipulating libor. the discovery in germany comes as financial authorities in europe and the u.s.

the former prime minister tells al jazeera television that he has joined the opposition and he is nown jordan. the announcement prompted syria to say the prime minister had been fired and already replaced. >>> president barack obama is congratulating nasa on its successful mission to mars. upon learning that the curiosity rover had made it to the red planet, the president called it an unprecedented feat of technology that will stand as a point of national pride far into the future. teresa garcia has more from nasa headquarters in pasadena, california. >> reporter: the rover scoruousty started -- curiosity started beaming back postcards shortly after it landed on mars. one of the first images show the rover's own shadow against the soil of mars. >> touchdown confirmed. we're safe on mars. >> reporter: engineers cheered in mission control after curiosity touched down. it was a 352 million mile hole in one. that's the distance the rover tramped since it was launch -- traveled since it was launched in november. >> all the data we've gotten coming back from the surface of mars indicates th

. >> in may, the authorities threw out al jazeera's correspondent after the network aired a report about chinese labor camps. they said she had violated chinese regulations. the law says journalist can travel freely in china and speak to whomever they want. the reality is very different. >> millions of children around the world are being caught up in a violent political disputes from the americas to asia. according to a report, the number is growing steadily. >> world vision has presented its annual report, saying more needs to be done to help children in regions of conflict, especially in regions like somalia and afghanistan. >> civil war and famine are forcing some of the farmers to flee their country. as often happens when conflict breaks out, children suffer most. in countries like somalia, they make up almost half the population. >> children are never made part of political discussions. their voice is never heard, but children are usually the worst affected, and they are completely affect -- completely ignored in these conflicts. >> children suffer the most in so-called failed state

himself now says he wants to work for an opposition channel he told the guardian he met someone from al-jazeera who called him a government spy with a psychological problem perhaps that is closer to the truth than the british media go. yet another group of activists in exile from ceres forming an opposition alliance and disha into the west bank to see where a national council which they see as a failure and they also plan to establish a transitional government by engaging the rest of the country's opposition and dialogue the move has further split rebel factions with the syrian national council criticizing the initiative meanwhile fine is battling government troops in the country have reportedly tamed a supply of surface to air missiles the arms were apparently delivered from neighboring turkey as the u.s. considers boosting its fifteen million dollar aid budget to the rebels and lawrence freeman and said executive intelligence review bank is seen says this doesn't help to resolve the syrian crisis. the u.s. is supporting absolute chaos and destruction so there's not going to be any stability i

himself now says he wants to work for an opposition channel he told the guardian he met someone from al-jazeera who called him a government spy with a psychological problem perhaps that is closer to the truth than the british media got. the main media outlets are often quick to pick up stories denouncing us as a regime although if we can take no videos like the one you're seeing right now that this adventure clip proposed to reveal the execution of captured assad supporters by rebels from the free syrian army the pictures posted online appeared to show bloodied men surrounded by an excited crowd of gunmen who like to open fire in the pan and journalist james covered believes that the black and white picture being painted of the syrian conflict in the media is far from clear. what the shows is a coordinated series of efforts on the part of the media to really to to really undermine basic journalistic truth when it comes to the reporting in favor of skewing the story against the assad government and towards the rebels and that shows the political bias of many of these outlets but what's happening

margy is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old so if you told the truth. i am a total get a friend that i would grab because he is a one trick. i think is kind of yesterday. i'm very proud of the world with its place. from hacking websites to hacking spacecraft the hacker group anonymous has reportedly threatened to hack nasa mars rover curiosity curiosity now on the red planet trying to find out if conditions there ever allowed for life but many groups believe the hacking threat is fake this after anonymous vows to shut down trap wire a massive global surveillance network to talk more about the latest in the hacktivist world r.t. web producer and you're blake joins us now hi andrew is that still could hack that this really hack into a spacecraft on mars i mean anyone can do anything i mean if you reverse engineer anything you don't like if you have the technology to put it there you have the technol

card is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera . russia today has an extremely confrontation. stance when it comes to us. those on have granted asylum ecuador excuse me have granted asylum to asylum but as we can see it looks like this is just the beginning of another chapter of the a sauna saga so where do we go from here are the correspondent christine for example has been following the story closely and joins us now live from the white house to weigh in so christine what is next for julian the songs. well if i think we're going to find out a lot more in the future next coming days ahead right now it's a very good question as laura smith mentioned earlier in the show you know julian is gone just might be safe and welcome to ecuador but the question is how does he get from london to ecuador a whole lot of people wondering that as you mentioned also he has been told time and time again by british authorities that if he sets any foot off the premises that he will be promptly arrested a lot of people wondering today as well what julia

himself now says he wants to work for an opposition channel he told the guardian he met someone from al-jazeera who called him a government spy with a psychological problem perhaps that is closer to the truth than the british media got. well when it comes to covering the conflict the world's main media often picks up quickly on stories which strike out of the assad regime but they frequently ignore videos like this telling me other side of the story this footage simile shows the execution of a sad supporters by rebels from the free syrian army these pictures that were posted online appear to show bloodied men surrounded by an excited group of gunmen and later opened fire independent journalist james colbert believes the black and white picture big painted of the syrian conflict in the media is far from fair. but this shows as a coordinated series of efforts on the part of the media to really to really undermine the basic journalistic truth when it comes to the reporting in favor of skewing the story against the assad government and towards the rebels and that shows the political bias of many of

cards he is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions it's breakthrough it's already been made who can you trust no one. with the global machinery where we had a state. capitalism is called. when nobody dares to ask we do our question more. as a surprise there. well it's no secret that the income inequality gap is widening in the us today and in some areas this reality is more glaring than others the state of connecticut is one such example interstate ninety five was once the ribbon of hope for the promise of prosperity the highway one symbolized but it seems that has all changed our view correspondent honest aasia churkin to take a look at the economic divide in the constitution state. calvin is the master barber at a hair salon dubbed the whole of the six dollar cotton. service is being cheap business is steady in this town america definitely definitely industries and jobs are leavin

hard is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. welcome back we're talking about the fed's failed attempts to stimulate the economy despite calls for it that we heard on the hill today with ben bernanke he there so before we go back to our guest i want to bring up a chart that shows what he was talking about before the break ok this shows and to which includes bass money so bass money reflects the fed's attempts to broaden the money supply to get that money to the real economy but what you can see is that as the fed has contributed to that increase in base money what you see is a contraction in m two so let's bring my filoni back in and ask him when and how the public is going to feel this if they already are so again he's founder of gold silver dot com and author of guide to investing in gold and silver which is part of the rich dad poor dad series so mike maloney before the break you were talking about this contraction that hasn't happened since you said th

now says he wants to work for an office ition channel he told the guardian he met someone from al-jazeera who called him a government spy with a psychological problem perhaps that is closer to the truth than the british media go. reaction now from james carter to the editor of the independent news and information website of the combat report which is extensively covering the syrian conflict thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. mr james carpet now the mainstream media is often eager to pick up stories denouncing assad's regime ignoring videos like the ones that's recently emerged a person to show the execution of assad supporters by rebel forces why are they taking such an approach. well if it was simply one or two instances of this we can chalk it up to just lazy journalism but unfortunately what we've seen demonstrated throughout the entire syrian conflict is that this is a pattern that keeps repeating itself in the media coverage over and over and over and we can turn to all of the various examples that have come out even just one that came out earlier this week from an austria

in general al jazeera was a force that is really important in getting the word out.omewhere in breaking a certain silence in the medium and the middle east. going back to the u.s. and our crisis in media, we are at this really key time to talk about thinking in media here with the course announcements going down to three days a week. and you know of course i think probably none of us want to live in a city that doesn't have a daily paper and you know, what that means. we also ought to look at it in this longer chain of the fans of the fact that there used to be two newspapers and this can surely had four or five or six newspapers. and that collapses happen. also the collapse of a more independent medium, especially in new orleans and around this country are really strong african american media. you know, i think those that are fighting right now that the chair for a long time in louisiana weekly slowly started losing all their staff and influence and ability and the new orleans tribune similarly lost that. i think we need to ask why because that has been so important

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r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to u.s. . efforts for a such as burn drives right right i mean it's like a derivative of actual pepper it's a food product essentially. this is much stronger than anything you'd see by a lot of solutions thousands of times and stronger than any one of the one hundred thirty of them are pushing them. as defense spending the united states dwindles down the defense industry is pushing to expand their market drone and they're looking not only to our overseas allies but to groups right here in the u.s. commonly used in military operations drones are now finding air space domestically we're talking drones being used for things like wildlife conservation surveillance of farm land border patrol and drug enforcement recently we learned about the international association of chiefs of police giving recommendations for the use of drones by police agencies but are we really at the point where police need unmanned aerial vehicles i

r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. well both republicans and democrats in congress say they want to focus on jobs and the economy so u.s. lawmakers have gone home on their summer recess and many of them are at home in their districts saying that very thing at this very moment and yet what about action so little action has actually been taken during the last couple of years the action that we do see often revolves around trying to lower the debt and you know quote take the burden off of our children trying to lower the unemployment rate though what actions of lawmakers done to deal with that so does the majority of congress actually care about this dr no nicholas carnes is an assistant professor of public policy at duke university and dr kraus i know you've been working on a book about this very topic how you know those elected to represent people aren't always that representative what if you're discovered. well thanks so much for having me what m

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r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. yes folks like credit card companies are returning to court to collect their debts but there is a problem there lawsuits depend on documents that are incomplete or inaccurate among other problems one judge who often presides over one hundred cases each day estimates that ninety percent of credit card lawsuits are flawed this is exactly like the robo signing that got servicers into trouble regarding mortgages and foreclosures now why would financial institutions think that they could get away with something like this for some answers now we turn to lauren lesser host of capital account nice to see lauren here so when we say that these cases are flawed what kind of laws are we talking ok well what we're talking is a lot of the same things that sound very reminiscent of what we've been hearing about foreclosure practices and the illegal foreclosure practices of banks of what we've saw all of the allegations that we

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al jazeera had been in there for many years capturing some of the changes going on but then it becomes this exchange between them. the other part is there are certain parts of the world we just can't get much information out of bed with the social media we are getting it. i don't know if you saw the documentary about the burmese delude journalist capturing all of the oppression that he and others were facing on his video and applauding it on to the internet and then made a movie out of that and iran when doug green revolution was attempted and there were beatings people captured and included it on the internet, so there is an open window here because of the internet and the social media but then you've got the other side which is the misinformation that's getting on their own, and it's not getting vetted a perfectible data or the framing and some of it can be deficience come of it use getting sent around that what happened? we saw this in the u.s. and other places. how are we going to deal with all of this? the other thing i am hoping will occur more is the result of the new media from

this is a clip from al jazeera of him speaking to reporters about pussy riot. >> i don't think the verdictor what they've done should be very severe. after all, the final decision should be made by the court. >> that was russian president clinton. alisa obraztsova, talk about the significance of the world support for the three women who have now been sentenced to two years and the significance of what vladimir putin is saying right here as the possibilities of appeal. >> from our point of view, vladimir putin's statement does not cost a lot because this was made only for people all around the world, not for russia, not for russian society. his opinion, the opinion he is pronouncing is taken by the courts sensitively, at the really understand very well with the government wants from them. actually, he can sentence them to seven years or to three years as a prosecutor asked, but sentencing them for two years, she is trying to tell us she has heard what vladimir putin has told and sentenced them to only two years. as for the world wide support, the girls appreciate that a lot. they even told

want to turn to a clip from a short documentary "white power usa" a big noise fence that aired on al jazeeraglish. it features white supremacist musicians. >> we already have a president who is out to destroy us and what we stand for. i did not elect a communist to run this country. if we do not take care of it, then we will lose our right -- >> in this shed in the middle of the arizona desert, hosted a white supremacist skinhead culture. here and across the country, why parker say there energizing and growing. for them, obama's election in the economic meltdown are with that calls for white america. and catalysts for the coming race war. they say white pride is their only defense in an insecure a changing world. >> america is in crisis. i am petrified whether i am working the next day or not. this is the last thing we got to stand on, manfred >> he is the lead singer of one of the most popular bands in the skin had market. he said they give voice to a silent majority who is really a free to speak about their fears. >> this world is full of sheep being led to the slaughter. >> that is a clip

al-jazeera had been in there for many years capturing some of the changes that were going on, but then it becomes this exchange between them. the other good part about this is there are certain parts of the world where we just can't get much information out of. but with some of the social media, we are getting it. so i don't know if anybody saw burma vj, this was a documentary about burmese video journalist, vj stood for video journalist, and he was capturing all the oppression he and others were facing on his little cell video and uploading it to the internet, and they made a movie of it. and iran, when the green revolution was attempted and there were beatings, people were capturing it and putting it up on the internet. so there's an open window here because of the internet and social media, but then you've got the other side which is there are a lot of misinformation that's getting on there too. and it's not getting vetted for factual data. and it's not getting vetted, um, for the framing. and some of it can be very vicious. doctor videos getting sent around that aren't really what

fact the coverage, i would say, by both the syrian regime media as well as the arab media such as al jazeerarabic, [no audio] >> we seem to have just lost our guest in western massachusetts. assistant professor of economics at hampshire college, omar dahi, just returned from a research trip to lebanon. we will take a break. back in a moment. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we will continue that discussion on syria tomorrow. there right now, we're going to turn to wisconsin, to representative paul ryan and a conservative economic philosophy he brings as mitt romney's vice presidential pick. the vision is on display in ryan's hometown of janesville, wisconsin, where thousands have struggled with unemployment since general motors shut down its century-old plant there in 2008, causing mass layoffs. ryan says janesville has become a microcosm for the choices facing the nation. >> you have lots of into canoers who started all this great businesses from nothing to something to become great employers. that is, of the story of

. >> al jazeera reporting sector remains a major concern for the mine workers to return to work.tly, intimidation and threats of cat many away. i want to turn to lonmin's chief financial officer simon scott who says that people should return to work as soon as the situation gets under control. >> with regard to our employees, we have asked them to return to work. we understand the situation is one that perhaps there is intimidation taking place, but as soon as that comes under control and the south african peace services deflect the situation, the people should return to work. >> who owns the mine? what about the south african government's involvement here? >> first of all, i would like to comment on simon scott. i think this represents, encapsulates the callousness of the mine bosses in south africa. 34 people were massacred last week and another 10 have died in violence are on strike in the weeks leading up to that, that is 44 mine workers dead. many are injured. it is an intense an explosive situation. people are in shock. they have been victims of the massacre. this is not th

. >> jordan with al jazeera english. a larger question. the so-called surge of the coalition forces, is that draw down now complete, and looking ahead over the next 28 to 36 months, you referenced rating space so that civilian government and non-governmental organizations could have the space to develop. what does afghanistan look like on january 1st,2015? >> on the first of january, 2015, we will see that the ansf will have achieved its full strength of 3 # 52,000, will have been deployed across afghanistan having completed the process of transition where it will be fully in the lead for the security of the entire afghan population, and it will be deployed in a manner and in a way to continue to deal with the violence we'll find on the 1st of january 2015. we will see that as security continued to improve across the country, that it's given the central government below the national level. it's given opportunity, provided opportunity for improved governance at the sub prevention level, improved governance at the district level, which is in

that's how people actually get some sense as to who we are apart from watching us on al jazeera. it's much better to do the one-on-one conversations. so, those reforms are key in part of ryan and happen with the republican presidency and will happen if obama is elected for the democrats have the senate. if they wanted to do any of those things, they have the presidency in both houses for two years, and they didn't do any of those. they moved in the opposite direction of all including on territoriality which is why so much of the high-tech corporate world was so irritated at obama who they had a lot of hope for when he ran for office four years ago. but the other to pieces are beginning to reform entitlements, and again, the model we have is working in the state level. people are doing this and winning elections, not losing elections, which is always the key things politicians want to know. is this safe for me? can i do this and give the elected? and then second, is it good for the economy and everything else? so it's always nice to be able to assure politicians this is in fact sa