On today’s Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This well, we’ll have a conversation about the upcoming BP trial over the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. We’ll also discuss Russia's Presidential elections, which are scheduled for March 4th. We’ll be joined by Propublica’s Abrahm Lustgarten,The Times Picayune’s David Hammer, and the Christian Science Monitor’s Fred Weir joins us from Moscow. Join us at 10 or emailfeedback@yourcallradio.org. What’s your story of the week? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Abrahm Lustgarten, investigative journalist with ProPublica, and author of the forthcoming book, Run to Failure: BP and the Making of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
David Hammer, staff writer with The Times-Picayune
Fred Weir, Moscow correspondent with the Christian Science Monitor
Web Resources:
Bernard Vaughan, Reuters: Browne's BP cost-cutting led to Gulf spill, book says
Abrahm Lustgarten, Propublica: Years After Evidence of Fracking Contamination, EPA to Supply Drinking Water to Homes in Pa. Town
David Hammer, The Times-Picayune: New deepwater drilling permits slightly off pace from before BP oil spill
Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones: Report: White House pressured scientists to underestimate BP spill size
Open Secrets: BP Campaign Contributions
Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor: For Vladimir Putin, winning Russia's presidency may be the easy part
Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor: Fearing West, Putin pledges biggest military buildup since cold war