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For Immediate Release —
Feb 24, 2017
Lindsay Taylor, Consumer Marketing Manager,
206.464.2172, ltaylor@seattletimes.com
Environment reporter Lynda Mapes talks media coverage of the resistance at Standing Rock on KALW radio
Guests on KALW talked about the forced evacuation of the remaining Native Americans and their allies at Standing Rock today.
The subject: How has the media covered the struggle of the largest gathering of Native Americans in recent history joining forces to oppose the $3.8B Dakota Access oil pipeline?
Mapes joins the conversation at the ~19:30 minute mark. Listen to the show here.
Guests:
Lynda Mapes, reporter with the Seattle Times covering the environment, natural history, and Native American tribes
Simon Moya-Smith, culture editor of Indian Country Today, and contributor to CNN
Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor for Harper’s magazine, and author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
Web Resources:
The Seattle Times: Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp closed; 46 holdouts arrested
The subject: How has the media covered the struggle of the largest gathering of Native Americans in recent history joining forces to oppose the $3.8B Dakota Access oil pipeline?
Mapes joins the conversation at the ~19:30 minute mark. Listen to the show here.
Guests:
Lynda Mapes, reporter with the Seattle Times covering the environment, natural history, and Native American tribes
Simon Moya-Smith, culture editor of Indian Country Today, and contributor to CNN
Andrew Cockburn, Washington editor for Harper’s magazine, and author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins
Web Resources:
The Seattle Times: Dakota Access Pipeline protest camp closed; 46 holdouts arrested
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