PBS to air evidence Bush stole the elections
Greg Palast (BBC reporter) - 18.10.2002 14:02
California State University's Journalism Department's Project Censored named his Guardian report on President Bush and bin Laden as one of the top five suppressed news stories of 2001.
PALAST INVESTIGATION OF FLORIDA VOTE THEFT TO AIR ON PBS, FEATURED AT
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Two films, Counting on Democracy and Unprecedented, premier this month
In the face of the controversial decision by the PBS network to refuse
to transmit the investigative report, the nation's top PBS stations
will independently broadcast COUNTING ON DEMOCRACY. Directed by
Emmy-award winner Danny Schechter, the 57-minute documentary follows BBC
television reporter Greg Palast as he discovers how Katherine Harris removed
up to 57,000 legal voters from registries Emost black Efive months
before the 2000 election.
While the public broadcast network chiefs refused to schedule this
important report, WNET (New York), KCET (Los Angeles), KQED (San Francisco)
and dozens more are insisting on showing the exposEbefore the mid-term
elections. (See full schedule at  http://www.GregPalast.com.) The
film will be featured this Sunday at the Hamptons International Film
Festival.
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Martin Sheen and Greg Palast share "Americas" award
On November 2, Palast will join West Wing star Martin Sheen in Los
Angeles where they will share an award from the human rights group Office
of the Americas. The group cites Palast's investigations of the coup in
Venezuela and World Bank destruction of the Argentine economy reported
for Britain's prestigious Guardian newspapers and BBC Television's
Newsnight.
Those wishing to attend the Palast-Sheen award ceremony ($100 including
dinner, $35 without), contact Office of the Americas at
http://officeoftheamericas.org
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UNPRECEDENTED
A second film on the scandal of the vote theft in Florida,
UNPRECEDENTED, opens this month in national screenings sponsored by People for the
American Way, the NAACP and The Nation. The Robert Greenwald
Produciton includes exclusive footage from Palast's confrontations with
Katherine Harris' vote fixers. Palast will join directors Joan Sekler and
Richard Perez at the New York opening. For schedules and tickets, go to
http://www.Unprecedented.org.
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Censored in the USA
California State University's Journalism Department's Project Censored
named his Guardian report on President Bush and bin Laden as one of the
top five suppressed news stories of 2001.
For the complete schedule of showings of Counting on Democracy, for
Unprecedented, and for RealVideo clips of Palast's own reports and his
writings, visit http://www.GregPalast.com.
WARNING: Katherine Harris describes Palast's work as "twisted and
maniacal."
 E-Mail: greg@gregpalast.com  Website: http://www.gregpalast.com
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