Reporting Violence

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Guest host Philip Gourevitch looks at what led police to kill as many as 20 protestors in a fishing village near Hong Kong last week. Also, a look at media coverage of the war in Iraq...and whether or not it’s accurate to make comparisons to the coverage of Vietnam. Plus, the reflections of a LIFE magazine photographer. And a new book that explores modern life in middle America, by focusing on one town: Denison, Iowa.

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