BTL:Pentagon War Propaganda Operation Exposed

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BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary -- http://www.btlonline.org Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http://www.squeakywheel.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING MAY 9, 2008 Listen to the RealAudio version of program: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/btl050908.ram (Needs RealPlayer) Listen to the MP3 version of program: http://www.btlonline.org/download/btl050908v32.mp3 1) Pentagon War Propaganda Operation Exposed Interview with Peter Hart, analyst with the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, conducted by Scott Harris

In RealAudio: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/hart050908.ram Text summary/related links: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/btl050908.html#1hed 2) Agriculture Policies Linked to Nutrition, Health and Environment

Excerpt of speech by Michael Pollan, author and professor of journalism, produced by Melinda Tuhus In RealAudio: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/pollan050908.ram Text summary/related links: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/btl050908.html#2hed 3) Sean Bell Murder Verdict Another Example of Institutional Racism

Interview with DeLacy Davis, founder and president of Black Cops Against Police Brutality, conducted by Scott Harris

In RealAudio: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/davis050908.ram Text summary/related links: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/btl050908.html#3hed 4) This week's summary of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon * Darfur activists have started a protest campaign against Olympic Games sponsors Coca-Cola and Staples for failing to speak out against the ongoing atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, where over 200,000 people have died. China has large investments in Sudan's booming oil sector and continues to sell arms to Sudan despite a U.N. arms embargo. * In Colombia, former federal Sen. Mario Uribe, cousin and political ally of President Alvaro Uribe, has been arrested in Bogota for ties with paramilitary death squads in an expanding investigation. * Chevron has publicly denounced two Ecuadorian activist lawyers who recently won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for their grassroots activism working to protect the environment. In RealAudio: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/ram/news050908.ram Text summary/links: http://www.btlonline.org/2008/btl050908.html#news

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