Brad Friedman on radio, on Sunday Monitor

[SophieZ]

Brad guested tonight on the Monitor, talking about the election situations in NC, CA, and briefly Ohio, as well as the civil rights enforcement situation, and the potential shareholders lawsuit against Diebold, which he called "eminent".

The show is now up on archives.

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December 11, 2005: The Monitor


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<> ~6:20 pm CST -- GUEST 1 -- SAMIR KHADER re Al Jazeera



Mark Bebawi talked with Samir Khader about the latest developments in the story of the confrontations between Al-Jazeera and the Bush Administration.

Samir Khader is the editor of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera. Although he comes from a Jordanian family, he was born and raised in Iraq. He has degrees in journalism and mathematics from universities in Grenoble and Paris. Later he worked for many years in Jordan as a journalist in television news before joining Al Jazeera. He is well-known for being featured in the documentary film Control Room, when he was a senior producer.


<> ~6:40 pm CST -- GUEST 2 -- BRAD FRIEDMAN re election transparency fights around the country



Pokey Anderson talks with Brad Friedman about the latest developments in the continuing story of citizens attempting to get transparent, recountable elections. As a deadline approaches for the Help America Vote Act provisions, fierce fights are erupting in NC, OH, and CA over how citizens' votes will be counted (or not).

Brad is managing editor of the popular progressive website http://bradblog.com where he has broken innumerable stories over the last year or so on. He also broadcasts The Brad Show, and posts at Arianna Huffington's site. He is also the co-founder of VelvetRevolution.us, an umbrella organization of citizens groups taking on everything from election reform to media reform to the war in Iraq.

This August, Brad visited Camp Casey in Crawford, TX, where he broadcast over 50 live hours of radio, with assistance from KPFT's Otis Maclay.

BRAD'S WEBSITES: http://bradblog.com, www.BradShow.com, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman


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[MelissaB]

1. Thanks for posting this. n/t

[Zan_of_Texas]

2. Brad called it!

On Sunday he said the filing of the shareholders lawsuit against Diebold was going to be soon -- "eminent".

Filed on Tuesday.

Nail. Head.