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Friday July 14, 2000

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Week of July 10, 2000

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10:00News Roundup

Guest host: Steve Roberts

A panel of journalists joins Diane for review and analysis of the week’s top national and international news stories.

Guests

Tony Blankley, editorial page editor of "The Washington Times." He is author of "The West's Last Chance."

Karen Tumulty, reporter, "Time" magazine

David Corn, Washington editor of "The Nation" and author of several books, most recently, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." He blogs at David Corn.com

11:00Robin Tolmach Lakoff: "The Language War" (University of California Press)

Guest host: Steve Roberts

Linguist Robin Lakoff reviews recent news coverage and offers a detailed analysis of how language is used to convey several levels of meaning.

Guests

Robin Lakoff, linguist and author

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