In this edition of the show Max interviews Danny Schechter from newsdissector.net. He talks about the governments’ failure to protect their citizens against financial criminals. Danny Schechter is a television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic who writes and lectures frequently about the media in the United States and worldwide.
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Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered.
Judge Raymond Fawcett just became number five.
Who is the Racketeer? And what does he have to do with the judge’s untimely demise? His name, for the moment, is Malcolm Bannister. Job status? Former attorney. Current residence? The Federal Prison Camp near Frostburg, Maryland.
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via John Grisham » The Racketeer.
Really liked this novel! The dynamics of unjust imprisonment and loss of personal freedoms, retribution… are very compelling.
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Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Response | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
The new issue of Rolling Stone features an in-depth interview with President Obama. An interview with a sitting president is always an intense experience for any news outlet, but in this case the Obama interview offered us an additional surprise. When asked a question about financial regulation, the president turned the tables on us and critiqued Rolling Stone’s reporting on issues like the Dodd-Frank reform bill. We – well, I, specifically – criticized the Obama administration for not going far enough in reforming Wall Street, and he used the interview as an opportunity to respond on that score.
Earlier this week, I spoke to a number of people in and around Washington who were my sources during the time when I was writing the stories about Dodd-Frank that the president referred to in the interview. I forwarded the president’s response to them and solicited comments on his take on Dodd-Frank, then used them to put together a sort of respectful answer to the president’s critique; you can find that answer further down this page.
First, here’s the question and answer that appeared in the Rolling Stone interview with President Obama:
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via Obama Defends His Finance Reform Record to Rolling Stone: A Response | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone.
