NYPL alert: meeting re WTC Pollution

[Doug Millison]

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                    Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
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Upcoming FAIR event in NYC:

FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting) presents

WTC Pollution:
What are the real health risks, and why the media silence?

a talk by
Juan Gonzalez, New York Daily News & “Democracy Now!” &
Alyssa Katz, City Limits

Thursday, March 28, 6:30 PM
Housing Works Used Book Café
126 Crosby St (between Prince and Houston), New York
Free and Open to the Public

After the September 11 terrorist attacks, city and federal officials
assured New Yorkers that our air and water were safe. Now, however, many
downtown residents, and especially rescue workers and firefighters, are
battling serious respiratory ailments, and it’s become clear that
officials knew more than they told. Yet most New York media have kept
quiet about the story, even though out-of-town papers have described the
WTC fires as one of the worst environmental and health disasters the
country has ever seen. Virtually the only local reporter to aggressively,
independently cover the story is Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News.

Please join FAIR as Gonzalez discusses what his reporting has uncovered
and the barriers he’s encountered pursuing the story, and Alyssa Katz of
City Limits magazine shares her analysis of how other New York media have
covered-- or failed to cover-- this crucial issue.

Juan Gonzalez is a columnist for the New York Daily News and co-host of
Pacifica Radio’s “Democracy Now!”. A founding member of the National
Association of Hispanic Journalists, Gonzalez has won numerous honors,
including the George Polk Award.

Alyssa Katz is editor of City Limits, a monthly urban affairs magazine
examining New York City politics and economics. Her article "Toxic Haste:
New York's media rush to judgment on New York's air" recently appeared in
the American Prospect:
http://www.prospect.org/print/V13/4/katz-a.html .



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