{"id":10263,"date":"2013-09-18T22:05:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T05:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10263"},"modified":"2013-11-27T22:14:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:14:01","slug":"kpfk-bradcast-msm-failures-on-syria-chemical-weapons-and-climate-change-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10263","title":{"rendered":"KPFK &#8216;BradCast&#8217;: MSM Failures on Syria Chemical Weapons and Climate Change Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_Syria_COFlooding_ArcticIce.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">On this week&#8217;s <i>BradCast<\/i> on <a href=\"http:\/\/kpfk.org\">KPFK<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/pacificanetwork.org\">Pacifica Radio<\/a> we spoke first with Jim Naureckas of <a href=\"http:\/\/fair.org\/\">Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)<\/a> about whether the MSM &#8212; despite recent hand-wringing over failures in the run-up to Iraq 10 years ago &#8212; repeated the same behavior in the run-up to the almost-war in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I was joined by Phil Plait of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy.html\">Slate&#8217;s &#8220;Bad Astronomy&#8221; blog<\/a> to discuss two related-ish things. First, as Plait is based on Boulder, CO, we got an update on the unprecedented &#8220;biblical&#8221; flooding there, the reasons for it, and the potential dangers to washed out fracking and drilling operations in the area. Second, we discussed the horrible <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10248\">climate change denialist &#8220;reporting&#8221;<\/a> over the last couple of weeks that has been <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10255\">cranked up to 11<\/a> by Murdoch and his fossil fuel-friendly propagandists in advance of the UN&#8217;s upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report<\/a> &#8212; the first since 2007 &#8212; due out next week.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in whatever time we had left, a few updates on our hoped-for VETO of <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10256\">CA&#8217;s terrible new voting system bill, SB 360<\/a>; some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/under-the-radar\/2013\/09\/judge-orders-guantanamo-procedures-unsealed-172845.html\">good news<\/a> in journalist Jason Leopold&#8217;s lawsuit to unseal Guantanamo security documents; the latest <a href=\"http:\/\/GreenNews.Bradblog.com\"><i>Green News Report<\/i><\/a> with Desi Doyen, and a bit more. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/KPFK_BradFriedman_NaureckasSyriaCoverage_PlaitBoulderClimateChange_091813.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below [appx 58 mins]&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/KPFK_BradFriedman_NaureckasSyriaCoverage_PlaitBoulderClimateChange_091813.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s BradCast on KPFK\/Pacifica Radio we spoke first with Jim Naureckas of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) about whether the MSM &#8212; despite recent hand-wringing over failures in the run-up to Iraq 10 years ago &#8212; repeated the same behavior in the run-up to the almost-war in Syria. 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