Laura Flanders

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Laura Flanders is an American journalist whose writing has appeared in The Nation, In These Times, The Progressive, Ms. Magazine, Tompaine.com, and ZNet. She has also contributed Op-Ed pieces to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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American - Journalist - The Nation - In These Times - The Progressive - Ms. Magazine - Tompaine.com - ZNet - Op-Ed - San Francisco Chronicle

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Flanders has worked in radio for many years and hosts "Your Call" weekdays on KALW and "The Laura Flanders Show" heard weekends 7-10 pm on Air America Radio.

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KALW - Air America Radio

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Flanders was founding director of the Women's Desk at the media watch group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) and for more than ten years she produced and hosted "CounterSpin", FAIR's nationally-syndicated radio program. She has also written several books: Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species (2004) is a study of the women in President George W. Bush's Cabinet. The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush (2004) is a collection of her essays. Flanders also authored Real Majority, Media Minority; the Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting (1997).

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Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - CounterSpin - George W. Bush

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Flanders' TV appearances include "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," and CSPAN's "Washington Journal," as well as the MSNBC program, "Donahue," "Good Morning America" and the Canadian news discussion program, "CounterSpin," on CBC.

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The O'Reilly Factor - Hannity and Colmes - CSPAN - Washington Journal - MSNBC - Donahue - Good Morning America - CounterSpin - CBC

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BBC TV economics reporter Stephanie Flanders is her sister and muckraker Alexander Cockburn is her uncle.

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Stephanie Flanders - Muckraker - Alexander Cockburn

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