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Jobs Crisis Demands Obama Take Aggressive Action RealAudio
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Interview with Vic Fingerhut, political polling and media consultant, conducted by Scott Harris 
While the unemployment rate may dip slightly in the next month or so and some indicators such as consumer confidence are inching up, there is general agreement that the nation should expect only a slow and painful recovery. The bad economy has stoked anger at Washington, both Democrats and Republicans, seen in public opinion polls that finds both parties with low approval ratings and anti-incumbent sentiment which leads many voters to say, "Throw ALL the bums out!" After winning congressional approval for his $787 billion stimulus package in February 2009, President Obama has been reluctant to pump substantial amounts of money into the jobless economy, fearing that the Republicans will use the escalating deficit to make political gains in the 2010 midterm elections. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Vic Fingerhut, a political polling and media consultant, who worked for the presidential campaigns of Democrats Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale. He discusses the urgent need for President Obama to aggressively address the U.S. unemployment crisis or face a voter backlash in the November 2010 congressional elections. Read Vic Fingerhut's article, "Obama and the State of Democrats," online at www.inthesetimes.com Related Links:
U.S. Media's Coverage of Health Care Debate Focused on Politics, Not Substance RealAudio
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Interview with Eric Boehlert, senior fellow with Media Matters for America, conducted by Scott Harris 
In the days leading up to passage of health care reform and President Obama signing the bill into law on March 23, right-wing Tea Party activists, encouraged by some of their allies in the Republican party, let loose with a barrage of insults, racial slurs and dozens of death threats targeting congressional Democrats who voted for the measure. The FBI and local police also investigated a number of acts of vandalism and violence directed at pro-reform Democrats' offices and homes. Now that the dust is beginning to settle in the health care debate, some media outlets for the first time are working to separate fact from fiction about what the new health reform law will mean to individual citizens and their families. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Eric Boehlert, a senior fellow with Media Matters for America, who examines the corporate press corps' performance in covering the health care reform debate. Eric Boehlert is the author of "Lapdogs: How the Press rolled Over for Bush." Read Boehlert's articles online at www.mediamatters.org Related links:
Palestinian Disunity a Major Obstacle for Restarting Middle East Peace Talks RealAudio
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Excerpt of a talk by Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian scholar and the Edward Said professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus  Against this backdrop, Rashid Khalidi, a Palestinian scholar and the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, spoke at the Yale Law School on March 25. He mostly addressed the internal problems of the two major Palestinian political movements, Fatah and Hamas came into open conflict after Hamas won the 2006 Palestinian Authority legislative elections. Fighting erupted between the two groups in May 2007 which resulted in Hamas taking control of Gaza and Fatah governing the West Bank. In his talk Khalidi examined the corruption of Fatah and the inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric of Hamas, which he says presents major obstacles to any hope for the Palestinian people to achieve either a two-state or a one-state solution. The following excerpt of his hour-long talk examines the split between Palestinians and the prospect for restarting peace negotiations with Israel. Rashid Khalidi, he is the author of several books including, "Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East." This segment was recorded and produced by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus. Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Indu Anand Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producers: Jeffrey P. Yates and Gil Gilmore Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editors: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo and Jeffrey P. Yates 'Reading Between The Lines' bloggers: Reggie Johnson and Anna Manzo Between The Lines Q&A editorial assistant: Melanie Muller Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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