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What Are You Missing? Aug 19 – Sept 1
Current TV, Al Jazeera America, and the Experience of the Foreign
The sale of U.S. cable station Current TV to the Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera raises questions about how a foreign network might explain Americans to themselves. Might Al Jazeera provide a foreign lens for Americans to examine themselves? What would that even look like?
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Egypt, why?
Real life doesn't always have a proper narrative, at least while it's in the process of composing itself.
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Egyptian State TV and the Challenge Posed by Reality
Trying to watch itself, Egyptian state TV has lost its collective mind. They have slid into a self-comforting psychosis. They don’t reject reality as much as they simply create a whole new one.
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What Do You Think: Protests in Egypt
Antenna asks for your take on the place of media in the events in Egypt.
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