Danny Schecter
Danny Schechter is a television producer and independent filmmaker who also writes and speaks about media issues.
He is the author of 'œEmbedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the Iraq War' (Prometheus Books, October 2003); 'œMedia Wars: News At A Time of Terror' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); 'œThe More You Watch, The Less You Know' (Seven Stories Press) and 'œNews Dissector: Passions, Pieces and Polemics' (Akashic Books and Electron Press). He is the executive editor of MediaChannel.org, the world's largest online media issues network, and recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2001 Award for Excellence in Documentary Journalism.He founded and exec-produced the series 'œSouth Africa Now' and co-produced 'œRights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television. He has specialized in investigative reporting and producing programming about the interface between human rights, journalism, popular music and society. His career began as the 'œNews Dissector' at Boston's leading rock station, WBCN. Later, Schechter was a producer for ABC NEWS 20/20. He produced 50 segments for ABC and won two national Emmys and was nominated or two others.
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He is the author of 'œEmbedded: Weapons of Mass Deception: How the Media Failed to Cover the Iraq War' (Prometheus Books, October 2003); 'œMedia Wars: News At A Time of Terror' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); 'œThe More You Watch, The Less You Know' (Seven Stories Press) and 'œNews Dissector: Passions, Pieces and Polemics' (Akashic Books and Electron Press). He is the executive editor of MediaChannel.org, the world's largest online media issues network, and recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists' 2001 Award for Excellence in Documentary Journalism.He founded and exec-produced the series 'œSouth Africa Now' and co-produced 'œRights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television. He has specialized in investigative reporting and producing programming about the interface between human rights, journalism, popular music and society. His career began as the 'œNews Dissector' at Boston's leading rock station, WBCN. Later, Schechter was a producer for ABC NEWS 20/20. He produced 50 segments for ABC and won two national Emmys and was nominated or two others.
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A Cornell University graduate, he received his Master's degree from the London School of Economics, and an honorary doctorate from Fitchburg College. He was a Neiman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard, wMotto
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New Dissector Blog, The News Dissector Radio Show, Dissectorville, Global Vision, PLUNDER The Crime of our Time, The Madoff Moment: Excerpt ExtraFavorites
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AS MANDELA TURNS 93, HE RELEASES a NEW BOOK of QUOTATIONSSo feared was he that his picture could not be shown in the media and his words could not be quoted for 27 years. Ironically, all these years later he has released a book of authorized quotations (made by himself) that cull his thoughts from a lifetime
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SOUTH AFRICA'S CANCER of CORRUPTION and CULTURE of CONCEALMENT21 years after Nelson Mandela walked free, corruption has become the issue du jour in South Africa. . . The US certainly can't lecture South Africa. My film, Plunder The Crime of Our Time, showing how Wall Street sparked the financial crisis . . .
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SOUTH AFRICA' S YOUTH FACE a GRIM FUTURE"As it turned out, I knew more about Cuba's role in supporting South Africa's liberation struggle, a gesture of solidarity that led to Fidel Castro being cheered the loudest of all foreign heads of State who attended Nelson Mandela's inauguration . . ."
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The Martin Luther King Legacy and the Global Economic Crisis: Can One Influence the Other?-- While the official unemployment rate is 8.8 percent, its 15.7 percent if unemployed, underemployed and those who have given up looking for work are included-- more than 24 million people --
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Is Tony Kushner the New Helen Thomas?Tony Kushner is being treated a lot like Ms Helen Thomas was treated when a comment she made as an aside was blown into a media 'storm' which caused betrayals from those that should have been her staunch supporters. -
In Spain's Tarir Square: A Revolution Struggles to be BornDanny Schecter reports from the Tarir Square of Spain, Madrid's Puerta del Sol where a diverse mix of activists have created a beachhead for what many say is the closest this country has come to a popular and distinctive revolutionary movement.