cathy come home by ken loach, of course, is a famous example. mcgovern�*s hillsborough was another one as well, which resonated with the public, these dramas, but they're underpinned byjournalism. what the drama did was hit the emotional resonance of the characters lives in a way that hasn't been seen byjournalism because there was literally nothing to film when i got hold of this story first, there was literally people who had experiences that you could interview them about and buildings that you could film. there was nothing that actually spoke in pictures of what had happened to them. so that's why the drama landed, because it's suddenly brought this to life in a way that there wasn't any documentary footage about what was going on in these people's lives before. one of the interesting things is the anger about the behaviour of people in senior positions at the post office and around them. and it's interesting, there were very few interviews over the years with anyone from the post office about the horizon it concerns as the story did begin t

signed onto the group's mission, including the american actor susan sarandon, british mike leigh, ken loach, and many others. roughly 200 people rallied in the busy main street sunday, shutting down traffic, demanding a cease-fire. meanwhile, the group reports sundance officials have been directing filmmakers not to publicly raise the topic of palestine. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in gaza, where the death toll from israel's 15-week war has topped 25,000. there are reports israel is blowing up entire neighborhoods of the besieged city of khan younis. al jazeera reports israel has targeted hospitals, ambulances, and schools in the city where thousands of civilians are sheltering. meanwhile, "the wall street journal" reports the united states, qatar, and egypt are pushing israel and hamas to take part in what the paper describes as a phased diplomatic process involving the release of hostages held in gaza and the eventual withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. after the report

cathy come home by ken loach, of course, is a famous example. jimmy mcgovern's hillsborough was anotherout the horizon it concerns as the story did begin to gather more and more coverage. is that a failure of news media, that there wasn't more work done? that is an absolute failure ofjournalism. and i've said that on the record. we consistently tried to get an interview with paula vennells, and she was — don't forget, the post office is 100% owned by the government — and yet she would not make herself available for interview to talk about any aspect of the scandal. and i don't know why more people weren't asking her that question. if serious news editors from large news organisations had gone to the government and said, "why won't the chief executive the post office give an interview to anyone"? then things might have happened. and i think actually that is one finger that you can point atjournalism. why weren't big news organisations piling in there at the very highest level and saying, "it is unacceptable that this person, this the leader of this organisation who is paid by the taxpaye