Alexander Cockburn on Journalism, Corruptions of Empire, Pundits (1/5) (1987)

[Revelian1982]

Ha ha!! His name is Cockburn!! Brilliant!!

[LetsGo6009]

Interesting what Cockburn says about pundits; this was in 87, long before the explosion of right-wing propaganda began fueling every big-time and petty pundit that can buy an airwave

[jpp3g]

If you enjoy this interview and want to read some of Alexander Cockburn's work, check out his website counterpunch(DOT)org, which he edits with Jeffrey St Clair.

[PersianSocialist777]

Alexander Cockburn is one of my favorite journalists, thank you film archive for uploading

I miss the days when the Nation featured the works of Cockburn and Hitchens on a weekly basis (these days Cockburn gets a 1 page piece once a month and Hitchens does not even write for the paper any more)

[highway234]

at about 3:40, cindy lauper? is that totally random or is/was she a political activist and i wasn't aware of it?

[sherri419]

Yeah I guess she could be considered an political activist

since she's worked for a lot of very good political and non-political causes,

from the late-1960's (she was a teen back then) to the present.

[highway234]

@sherri419 wow, cool, score one for cindy. i had no idea.