News and Public Affairs 5-22-2023

News and Public Affairs 5-22-2023

2023-05-22T07:18:20-04:00May 22nd, 2023|Blog, Weekly Guests|Comments Off on News and Public Affairs 5-22-2023

Counterpoint with Scott Harris

1) Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, U.S. Army, (Ret.) who served as Chief of Staff to Gen. Colin Powell (2002-05) talks about the Eisenhower Media Network’s recent full-page ad in the New York Times calling for a diplomatic end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

2) Corynne McSherry, legal director with the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses her group’s position on the dangers of artificial intelligence re: privacy, disinformation and policing, and what, if anything, should be done at the federal level to regulate this emerging technology.

3) Susan Greenhalgh, senior advisor on election security with Free Speech For People discusses her reporting on a multi-state plot by former President Donald Trump’s operatives to access and copy voting system software in the 2020 election.

4) Helen Jaccard, Veterans For Peace Golden Rule project manager and John Miksad, founder of the Fairfield County chapter of World Beyond War, talk about the Veterans for Peace Golden Rule Project. The restored Golden Rule peace ship, which set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, will be visiting Norwalk, CT beginning on May 29.

Monday, May 22 at 8:00 PM and in the WPKN archive.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews is accessible for free.  The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives.

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