Summary: <p><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">For the first half of the show, Mickey's guests are Pratap Chatterjee and Khalil Bendib, co-authors of the new book <em>Verax</em> ('truth-teller'). A nonfiction graphic 'novel,' <em>Verax </em>examines the US electronic-surveillance programs, and the whistleblowers who exposed them.<br></span></p><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Then, in the wake of the latest sexual-harassment scandals in Hollywood, media scholar Julie Frechette joins the show for a discussion of the #MeToo campaign, and how corporate media portrays issues of sexual harassment and violence, within and beyond the entertainment industry.</span></div><br> <div dir="ltr"> </div><br> <div dir="ltr"> <br> <div dir="ltr"><span>Notes:</span></div> <br> <div dir="ltr"> <br clear="none"><span></span> </div> <br> <div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Pratap Chatterjee is Executive Director of Corp Watch, and a veteran investigative journalist; <br></span></div> <br> <div> <span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">his books include <em>Halliburton's Army</em> and </span><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><em>I</em><em>raq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation.</em></span><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> <br></span> </div> <br> <div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Khalil Bendib is a political cartoonist and radio journalist.<br></span></div> <br> <div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Julie Frechette is Professor of Communication at Worcester State University in Massachusetts, <br></span></div> <br> <div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">and also co-president of the Action Coalition for Media Education.</span></div> <br> <span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br>Web sites mentioned on this week's program:<br><a href="http://www.veraxcomic.net/">www.veraxcomic.net</a> <br><a href="http://www.corpwatch.org/">www.corpwatch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.bendib.com/">www.bendib.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.acmesmartmediaeducation.net/">www.acmesmartmediaeducation.net</a> <br></span></span></span><br> <div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.juliefrechette.com/">www.juliefrechette.com</a></span></div> <br> </div>
