Now it is hard to even get them to cover our candidates properly.
There has been absolutely no coverage of this in mainstream media, or even alternative media. Just this blog, and the CivWorld website, and a UN press release. The first event has only been covered at the blog.
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http://www.blogforamerica.com/archives/005113.htmlPSR Honors Governor Howard Dean
"Last week, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization Physicians for Social Responsibility awarded Governor Dean the Caldicott Award "for bringing his physician's commitment to public health issues into the political and public arena." The Caldicott is PSR's highest award.Tue, 09/07/2004 - 18:30
Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles
Annual Gala Dinner Honoring Dr. Dean
at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica
Physicians for Social Responsibility is delighted to announce that Governor
Howard Dean M.D. will be honored at our Gala Dinner on Tuesday, September 7
at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica.
The gala will be held Tuesday, September 7 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in
Santa Monica. 6:30 reception, 7 dinner.
This year, our dinner co-chairs are Rob Reiner and Harvey Karp, M.D. Our
honorees include:
* Governor Howard Dean M.D.
* Wally and Suzanne Marks
* Philip Landrigan M.D.
Governor Dean will be lauded for his inspiring campaign bringing new voters
to the polls. Mr. Reiner will be introducing Dr. Dean. Dr. Landrigan is the
nation's leading expert on environmental toxins and their effect on
childhood development. Wally and Suzy Marks are great local activists.
American recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, PSR endeavors to be the
social conscience of American medicine. Founded on the principle that we
must prevent what we cannot cure, our group is committed to eliminating
weapons of mass destruction, preserving a sustainable environment and
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http://www.newsdissector.org/weblog/indy_post.cfm?logID=2E522A85-4B91-47C1-8E50DAB8EC119C14DEAN MADE THE SCENE
"Benjamin Barber assembled an impressive group of intellectuals and activists including two former Presidents of (Milan Kucan of Slovenia and Ruth Dreifuss of Switzerland) and one wannabe President of the US, Howard Dean. ......... I was impressed that Dean rode with us on a rarely on time bus, and listened closely to what others had to say, before speaking lucidly about his hopes for new initiatives from Europe to prod the US towards nuclear disarmament and help the Third World. Dr. Dean showed some of his bedside manner and seems to have lost none of his energy or engagement with political activism or a belief that young people have to be mobilized if the Democrats are to prevail. (Barber had been one of his campaign policy advisors.) The other participants in the heady event included
Carlo De Benedetti, an Italian industrialist and top newspaper publisher,
Adam Michnik, a leader of Poland's Solidarity movement,
Andrei Gratchev, a one time Russian aide to Gorbachev, an international lawyer from Brazil, two members of Britain's House of Lords and an undersecretary of the UN with a statement of support from Kofi Annan.
There was also a Turkish Moslem critic of extremism in the Islamic world, and
former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard, who along with your News Dissector, was the only speaker to point out that the media was often more of a problem than solution in the fight for a better world. He suggested that the media favors the coverage of violence. One of the mistakes that many political analysts make is to focus on the formal institutions of democracy and ignore the power and influence of the media in framing issues and defining the discourse. "END SNIP