If you were going to another special edition of going underground from the german capital berlin with abraham were there his former spokesperson if you missed part one of the interview its available on our you tube channel lets just begin with reminding us your role in the crisis in libya and the importance of october as a month for you and for the nation of libya well i was the minister for information and media media and i was the spokesperson for the Libyan Government and my task was to explain and defend the libyan position at the time and to face the Main Stream International media which was without a doubt part of the machine that was aiming at the destruction of the country and october the 20 is of course is the date of the assassination of former gadhafi. October is also important month in the history of libya and its battle with absolutely new liberal interests well the western invasion of libya and 2011 is exactly 100 years of the italian invasion of libya in 1911 on the 7th
Already at hand in places like this like some tinny camps like this have been regularly demolished by the french authorities within days of that happening the tents and the migrants return theyve been subjected to gangs and drug dealers out to profit from their misery and thats exactly what this is this is a life of misery a life of constantly living on the edge all while e. U. Countries wrangle over figures and numbers rather than perhaps facing the human calamity that is so clear to see. R. T. At sultani near paris. Well that is how the news is shipping up this hour ill be back with all the global operates in less than half an hours time stay close though for more great programs getting there start in will it. Tell you were going to another special edition of going underground from the german capital berlin with britain where were going to have his former Spokes Person if you missed part one of the interview its available on our you tube channel lets just begin with reminding us your
Cspans campaign 2020. Your unfiltered view of politics. This comes from Purdue University with biographers looking at political history. This talk was part of a twoday conference called remaking political history. Its an hour and a half. Welcome and thank you for attending our session on this beautiful friday afternoon. I will have to compete with the outdoors and hopefully well convince you that youve made the right choice hanging out with us to talk about media and biography and political history. Randy robert has written so many. Youve written half of our total number, i think. So we have a lot of experience in this genre. Weve obviously been drawn to it and have an affinity for it in some way or another. So before we again, let me introduce the panelists. And as i introduce each of you, if you could just spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about the genre. First we have larry maslin in the graduate acting program
Cspan. Org. Live on cspan, our coverage from George Washington university where we are hearing from the head of radio free asia about reporting from china and other countries in asia. We will discuss how the rfa is reaching larger and lobby larger audiences by using Innovative Technologies to get around censorship and blocking on the website. Are a partnership of three organizations. The university of southern california, the center for communication leadership and policy, the public at the lummis and Public Diplomacy association of america, also here today has many things to tell us here she has been trying to think about how to cut it down so i will cut my info short. Is the longest serving, by far, head of a network of euros international broadcasting. She goes back to the bush administration, which no one else i think can claim. The radio free asia, which is what she heads, brings from china, north korea, and other areas, and then of course turns around and sends journalism back to
Randy roberts has written so many, hes written more than half of our total number, i think. So, we have a lot of experience in the genre and weve been drawn to it and we have an affinity for it in some way or another. Let me introduce the panelists, i will introduce each of you, if you could spend a minute or two telling the audience what was it that drew you to biography and what is it you love about this genre. We have larry who is a professor of the graduate acting program at school of the arts in new york in the musical writing program. Hes particularly interested in the music of broadway and has written biographies of Richard Rogers and playwrights and in addition to several other books. His most recent biographical work is the documentary film, sammy davis junior, i gotta be me. So, larry, tell us what drew you to this. Hi. I may be a little different from the rest of the panel. My venue is really entertainment. So, obviously, in entertainment you are dealing with a public person