Tag: bbc
David Morris: The Rise and Fall of Radio and TV as a Commons
April 2013By US law, the airwaves belong to all of us. But there’s no sign of that today.
Scores killed in China protest (Audio & Video)
July 2009A reported 140 people were killed and more than 800 were injured in a violent clash in China. One BBC reporter in Shanghai says this was “one of the most serious clashes between the authorities and demonstrators in China since Tiananmen Square in 1989.”
Ex-detainees allege US, Afghan abuse (video)
June 2009According to the BBC, as the Obama administration takes action to shut down Guantanamo, a detention facility in Bagram (a US military base in Afghanistan) expands. Ex-detainees talk to the BBC about their time at Bagram.
