Northern hemisphere that we recorded with them but were still here in the Southern Hemisphere and i have some headlines id like to look at you know looking into 2020 now that we are officially there b. B. C. Fight back over election savaging as chiefs plan to increase broadcast the midlands and the north b. B. C. Chiefs are planning a big expansion of broadcast from outside of london to assuage critics as they came under fire today from both sides of the new house of commons the corporation is aiming to demonstrate that it is listening to the whole of britain following the general Election Campaign when it was accused of glossing over the strong views of leave voters in the north and even of letting its impartiality slip oh no they impartiality slip b. B. C. Right well ive read the tory manifesto that Boris Johnson wants to try to encourage the b. B. C. To to take more of the government line and to make it more of an organ of the government officially an organ of the government wages t
Have from the Major Financial Centers and it reminded me of a contact i have in the Intelligence Community i know thats big now and these days i would be a hero on m. S. M. B. C. But he was telling me that under dick cheney that dick cheney was really furious when the Intelligence Community basically did not agree that there was working in iraq and that saddam husseins was friends with iraq with al qaeda and that there were w m ds there so he basically got rid of all of the agents in the field and the reason why he did that is he said they had gone native and they had too much sympathy with the natives and that they needed to just have the imperial line and said so it strikes me as thats very similar to a scene in the media space is that we havent had anybody child we dont have Rachel Maddow when was the last time she ever left new york city arm and hand right she doesnt have the perspective and thats why they missed it thats why they failed so much and had. Concoct then all these cons
Fourteen have occurred over the last twelve months you know my fellow you have said to us citizens remember each one of those numbers is an innocent life killed snuffed out loss to our governments Foreign Policy adventures and taxpayer funded weapons of war now let me be clear no one here is arguing that Media Coverage of the outrage and political fallout from the park and School Shooting isnt important it is but if we are truly going to have a conversation about violence in america especially gun violence lets stop ignoring. Those giant elephants in the room and start watching the hawks. It looks like. Its with. The bottom. Like you that i got. With. This. Week. Rather than on the watch of the heart as always our entire world with and as always on tap along well see what happens tomorrow sort of as the bar oh yeah well six hundred shows smorgon six hundred fifty shows and you know as always but there. Is no there is i believe a serious disconnect in not only media but also in culture
Is struggling for my people. I did not kill those agents. Amy we will speak to the attorneys of Chelsea Manning and Leonard Peltier, as well as Oscar Lopez Riveras brother. He is preparing for him to come home. Then we look at betsy devos, Donald Trumps pick to be come education secretary. Do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family had not made hundreds of millions of dollars in contributions to the republican party, that you would be sitting here today . As a matter of fact, i think there would be that possibility. Amy we will speak to Jeremy Scahill about besty devos and how her brother, blackwater founder erik prince, is advising donald trump from the shadows. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has commuted the sentences of Army Whistleblower Chelsea Manning and puerto rican independence activist Oscar Lopez Rivera as part of more than 200 commutations he issued tu
But obama took no action on longtime imprisoned native american leader Leonard Peltier. The only thing i am guilty of is struggling for my people. I did not kill those agents. Amy we will speak to the attorneys of Chelsea Manning and Leonard Peltier, as well as Oscar Lopez Riveras brother. He is preparing for him to come home. Then we look at betsy devos, Donald Trumps pick to be come education secretary. Do you think if you were not a multibillionaire, if your family had not made hundreds of millions of dlars in contributions to threpublican party, that you would be sitting here today . As a matter of fact, i think there would be that possibility. Amy we will speak to Jeremy Scahill about besty devos and how her brother, blackwater founder erik prince, is advising donald trump from the shadows. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has commuted the sentences of Army Whistleblower Chelsea Ma