Any of you who knows me knows that I'm a huge NPR fan. I just listened to this archive episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross and both stories really opened my eyes.
It really enlightened me on -
A) whats really went on with the lead up to the sup-prime meltdown. and
B) the mispresentation of torture methods in the midst of this debate and how army interrogators in Iraq are getting their point-of-reference from Jack Bauer and "24" more than anywhere else.
Please listen.
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&agg=0&prgDate=10-10-2007&view=storyview
Morgenson Sheds Light on Subprime Mortgage Crisis
Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist Gretchen Morgenson talks about the subprime mortgage crisis and its effects on the markets and on the economy. Morgenson, an assistant business and financial editor for The New York Times, has covered the financial markets for The Times since 1998.
TV Torture Changes Real Interrogation Techniques
This year the Human Rights First Award for Excellence in Television will be given to a show that "depicts torture and interrogation in a nuanced, realistic fashion." TV producer Adam Fierro, intelligence expert Col. Stuart Herrington and human rights advocate David Danzig discuss TV violence.
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