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Nonviolent revolution in Egypt - Mubarak steps down listen

02/11/11 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Egypt, Gaza, Tunisia, Mubarak, media, Joe Biden

Nonviolent revolution in Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak stepped down today. It was announced by newly appointed vice president Omar Suleiman on State TV, and was translated on Al Jazeera English.

After 29 years in power, Mubarak handed control to the military. Crowds in central Cairo’s Tahrir Square erupted in jubilation for minutes and minutes, which was captured on Al Jazeera English.

One opposition leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohammed ElBaradei, told the Associated Press it i...

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Attacks on journalists and unarmed protesters don't deter pro-democracy masses in Egypt listen

02/03/11 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Egypt, Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia, Mubarak, media, Hillary Clinton

ABC News reports Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he is tired of being president and would like to quit now, but can’t because of fears Egypt would descend into chaos. He also claims his government is not responsible for recent violence on demonstrators in Cairo. He blamed the Muslim Brotherhood. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Prime Minister apologized for attacks on anti-government protesters overnight that killed at least people.

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports two of its journalist...

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Gazans differ on reaction to Al Jazeera's Palestine Papers listen

02/03/11 Pam Bailey
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Tags: Palestine, Al Jazeera, media, WikiLeaks, Gaza

While uprisings rage in Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen, the release of what is called the “Palestine Papers” by the Al-Jazeera news channel continues to cause an uproar of its own among Palestinians.

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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann announces he is stepping down

01/24/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: Keith Olbermann, Eric Deggans, Aaron Barnhart, media

Good afternoon, welcome to The Last Call. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll talk with TV writers Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times and Aaron Barnhart of the Kansas City Star about last Friday's suddend on-air resignation from longtime MSNBC-TV host Keith Olbermann.

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HIllsborough County Takes on Panhandling listen

01/11/11 Sarah Curran
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Tags: panhandling, Hillsborough County, poverty, media

St. Petersburg banned it, Tampa won't discuss it and Hillsborough County is still unsure about what to do with Panhandlers. Yesterday a County Panhandling Committee met for the last time, in an attempt to come up with some ideas on how the area can tackle the roadside sellers and beggars.

Yesterday's meeting gave the public a chance to hear about the organizations that panhandle for good causes. director of business development for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Susie Austin, says...

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Pacifica radio will carry some Al Jazeera English news stories listen

12/06/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Pacifica, radio, Al Jazeera, media, WikiLeaks

You might not be able to watch it on cable television yet, but soon, you could hear it on community radio.

The international news channel Al Jazeera English and Pacifica radio announced a partnership today where news from Al Jazeera reporters will be broadcast on the five Pacifica stations and soon, on Pacifica affiliates like WMNF. Today we spoke with Pacifica Foundation executive director Arlene Engelhardt, who used to be a program...

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Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman recounts her arrest at 2008 Republican National Convention listen

08/31/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Amy Goodman, WMNF, Republican Convention, journalism, media

Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman was keynote speaker at WMNF’s 2nd annual Peace Awards on Saturday. On the Evening News last night we played part of her speech where she criticized opposition to the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan.

Today we play an excerpt of Amy Goodman’s account of her arrest at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

We’ll make Amy Goodman’s e...

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WUSF ditches classical in favor of all-day news & buys Sarasota station for classical listen

08/04/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Media

A major shake-up on the radio airwaves in Tampa Bay was announced today. WUSF, 89.7 FM announced that it will no longer play classical music on its main station and will move to an all news and public affairs format during the daytime.

WUSF has purchased a Sarasota FM station, WSMR 89.1, that will become an all-classical music format on September 15.

We spoke with JoAnn Urofsky, WUSF’s general manager.

"We're very excited to have purchased WSMR 89.1, in Sarasota. And on September ...

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WMNF layoffs taken back listen

06/30/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: wmnf, layoffs, jobs, Unemployment, Media

Last week we reported that this station, WMNF 88.5 FM, was forced to lay off three employees because of a severe budget shortfall. But shortly before broadcast tonight, station manager Jim Bennett announced that because of voluntary staff benefit reductions and a generous donation unrelated to the layoffs, Bennett had notified the three employees that the layoffs were retracted.

"Good news has come ...

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Eternal Optimist listen

06/25/10 Dawn Elliott
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Tags: happiness, Health, Media, books

David Niven's new book, Up, gives a positive answer backed by research, to the notion that life is bad and keeps getting worse.

DN: The number of different ways that life is getting better is quite astounding. The idea behind Up is that, if we think about that, if we pay some attention, it’s not just a matter of trivia, it sustains us, and the things we care about, in family life or career. Any aspect, if we have a little sense of hope and optimism, it’s hard ...

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