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Pacifica Forum presents: Alison Weir
Freelance journalist Alison Weir spent a month traveling through the hotspots of Gaza and the West Bank on her own, independent investigation. In her presentation she describes her experiences, shows her slides of the area, and discusses American press coverage of this region, including her organization’s in-depth studies of the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the networks and other news media, as well as meetings with editors from around the country.
She is executive director of If Americans Knew.
Weir, regarded as an authority on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has spoken on Capitol Hill, to business leaders, at prestigious think tanks, and at many universities. Her hour-long speech on the subject was broadcast several times on C-Span.
Israel - Palestine: What the Media Leave Out
Previous Speaking Venues:
The Center for Policy Analysis, Harvard Law School, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Northwestern, The Naval Postgraduate School, etc.
Publications:
Contributor to The New Intifada (Verso press), Censored 2005 (Seven Stories Press), The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, CounterPunch, Z Magazine; etc.
Time: 4:00 PM conversational session
7:30 to 9:30 Palestine/Israel: Media Distortion
Date: February 16th, 2007
Place: UofO MacKenzie Hall Rm 129
- http://www.ifamericansknew.org - If Americans Knew
- Articles by Alison Weir
- Memo to Jon Stewart - Counterpunch - Nov 9, 2005
- Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights
- Oregonian Biases Covering the Palestine / Israel conflict
“Ms. Weir presents a powerful, well documented view of the Middle East today. She is intelligent, careful, and critical. American policy makers would benefit greatly from hearing her first-hand observations and attempting to answer the questions she poses. This is an intellectual, thought-provoking, and worthwhile presentation.”
---- Tom Campbell, former US Congressman and Stanford law professor
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