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NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Why WhoWhatWhy’s Boston Marathon Bombing Coverage Is Important by Klaus Marre Traditional news outlets have all but abdicated their duty to ask the hard questions. Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen is a case in point – he’s on a first-name basis with the police involved in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s capture. Klaus Marre […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Will a $30 Million Lawsuit Over FBI Killing of Witness Todashev Shed Light on Boston Bombing? by Joanne Potter Will a $30 million lawsuit being filed over the FBI killing of a Boston Bombing witness shed any more light on shooting riddled with questions, secrecy and official reversals? Joanne Potter looks […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWHO Ep. 6: From Russia With Death by Jeff Schechtman The role of Vladimir Putin on the world’s stage, from Syria to Ukraine, is complicated, and some see him as an important moderating influence on the West’s virtually unchecked power. But his role in his own country is deeply troubling. And […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy MEDIA FAIL: Is the West’s Coverage of Ukraine a Failure of Nuclear Proportions? by Martin Hellman Mainstream media coverage of the Ukrainian crisis focuses almost exclusively on Putin’s errors, overlooking mistakes made by the West. This bias increases the risk of a false step that could put U.S. and Russia back […]
Mainstream media coverage of the Ukrainian crisis focuses almost exclusively on Putin’s errors, overlooking mistakes made by the West. This bias increases the risk of a false step that could put U.S. and Russia back on the edge of the nuclear abyss.
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy The Real Reason Walmart U-Turned on Wages by Curt Hopkins Walmart’s recent decision to raise its workers’ wages got plenty of applause. But it looks like the deep-discount retailer gave itself a huge public-relations bargain, instead of making real changes that could help some of its employees get off welfare. Curt […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy The Curious Timing of Hillary Clinton’s Emailgate “Revelation” by Klaus Marre Anyone in the spin business knows the value of releasing bad news at the right time. Is that what Hillary Clinton did with her email brouhaha? Klaus Marre levels a critical eye at the timing of Hillary’s “revelation.” WHO The […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy Will Mexico’s Oil Give the U.S. Another Excuse for Covert Intervention? by Douglas Lucas The drug war brought U.S. commandos into Mexico, but the opening of the country’s once publicly-owned energy resources to foreign investors may provide justification for the secretive American presence there to escalate—especially if the cartels are successfully […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy RadioWHO Ep. 5: Every Prisoner Says They’re Innocent. Some Truly Are by Jeff Schechtman Every prisoner says “I’m innocent,” but some really are. Every year hundreds of men and women are incarcerated for crimes they did not commit. Tune in for RadioWHO host Jeff Schechtman’s conversation with authors Nikki Pope and […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy WhoWhatWhy Live: Boston Bombing Victims, the FBI Video and Black Backpacks by The WhoWhatWhy Team The prosecution presents marathon bombing victims, the FBI testifies about a still-unseen “smoking gun” video, and the case of the black backpacks arises again. WhoWhatWhy Editor-in-Chief Russ Baker reports live from the federal courthouse in Boston. […]
NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy As Tsarnaev Trial Starts, a Journey into the “Known Unknowns” Begin By Russ Baker The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may turn out to be one of the strangest in history. The main story doesn’t make much sense, yet nearly all mainstream accounts suggest there is nothing more to be learned about […]
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may turn out to be one of the strangest in history. The main story doesn’t make much sense, yet nearly all mainstream accounts suggest there is nothing more to be learned about the Boston Marathon bombing. Russ Baker ruminates on the “known unknowns” that await resolution.