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Alternate Focus - Broadcasting The Other Side Of The Story Alison
Weir ( the founder of IF AMERICANS KNEW ), the editor of a small-town
newspaper in California, knew very little about the Israeli-Palestinian
... all conflict, other than what she had gleaned from the evening news
or newspaper headlines. As a journalist, her attention was on issues
much closer to home. Neither a muslim nor a jew, she nevertheless
became more curious about the topic of the Palestinian uprising. And as
she researched it, she became increasingly suspicious that the American
media were not telling us the whole story. Months later, she traveled
to the occupied territories as an independent journalist to find out
for herself what the U.S. media seemed to be omitting. Three months
after returning from Palestine, Alison Weir quit her job and founded If
Americans Knew, an organization dedicated to quantifying the ways in
which the American media was misinforming the public about the
conflict. Ms. Weir explains her group's methodology, analyzes the data,
and reports on the key findings. Producers: Paul Chek and John Odam
(2006)
Alternate Focus is available on the Dish Network, Free
Speech TV, Channel 9415, Saturdays at 8:00pm EST and on cable stations
near you. Check website for details.
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