Per Fagereng welcomes producer Jeff Cohen to KBOO ahead of the Portland screening of his film All Governments Lie. Jeff Cohen is the founding Director of the Park Center for Independent Media and Endowed Chair / Associate Professor. The center’s mission is to study the growing independent media sector, encourage career paths inside independent outlets and examine the impact maverick, entrepreneurial and independent institutions are having on journalism, politics and culture.
All Governments Lie - Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I. F. Stone
Join ALL GOVERNMENTS LIE producer Jeff Cohen Sunday June 3 at the First Unitarian Church. Jeff Cohen is the founder of FAIR, co-founder of RootsAction.org, former CNN, Fox News and MSNBC commentator and author of "CABLE NEWS CONFIDENTIAL: My Misadventures in Corporate Media."
Spend the evening viewing this important documentary and discussing it with the producer, Jeff Cohen.
The documentary focuses on official liars – including U.S. presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Donald Trump – but the stars of the movie are independent journalists who’ve exposed government deceit. These include AMY GOODMAN & NERMEEN SHAIKH (Democracy Now!), GLENN GREENWALD & JEREMY SCAHILL (The Intercept), MICHAEL MOORE, THE YOUNG TURKS, and the legendary I.F. (“IZZY”) STONE, who challenged official propaganda, wars and racism for decades until his death in 1989.
First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Salmon, Portland OR 6:30 PM on Sunday June 3 Admission: $5-20 donation requested; no one turned away for lack of funds. Sponsored by Economic Justice Action Group of the 1st Unitarian Church
Jeff has appeared regularly on national TV and radio, and was a political commentator on all three cable news channels. He was senior producer at MSNBC's Phil Donahue show until it was terminated on the eve of the Iraq war. He is the author or co-author of five books, including Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.
His website is http://jeffcohen.org/.
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