BRAVE NEW FILMS – In The Media

On Monday, May 20th Robert Greenwald joined The Viewpoint's John Fugelsang to discuss the Associated Press scandal plaguing the Obama Administration, Department of Justice, and Attorney General Eric Holder. 

Interview by Jim Heath and Tracy Townsend for 10TV, Central Ohio's News Leader.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - As the investigation continues into why the Obama administration used secret subpoenas to check into the phone records of Associated Press reporters, one filmmaker is hoping Americans better understand the role of whistleblowers.

By Kelly Vlahos at Antiwar.com. 

A funny thing happened after post-9/11 whistleblowers started being gagged, persecuted, prosecuted, raided, threatened and retaliated against. They began to organize. They gathered the wagons around and took to the press.

Founder and President of Brave New Foundation, Robert Greenwald is John Fugelsang's guest on CURRENT TV's The Viewpoint to discuss the seventh full-length feature documentary War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State. 

Robert Greenwald, President and Founder of Brave New Foundation was a guest on MSNBC's The Cycle on May 6th to discuss the documentary War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State. 

On May 14th, 2013 Robert Greenwald was a guest on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the film War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State. 

On Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 Robert Greenwald joined Ed Schultz on The Ed Schultz Radio show to discuss the unprecedented seizure of the Associated Press' phone records.  

By Ernest Hardy at the Village Voice.

You don't have to be a rightwing wacko or naive lefty to be chilled by some policies and practices of the Obama administration. Nothing illustrates that better than the administration's treatment of whistleblowers who take on the federal government

By Susan Armitage at the Columbia Journalism Review.

In 2007, Franz Gayl, a civilian Marine Corps science advisor, went public with concerns about delays delivering armored vehicles requested by troops in Iraq. His revelations contributed to stories (like this one) in USA Today examining how equipment shortages put soldiers at risk. As a result of speaking out, Gayl’s security clearances were suspended and he was placed on administrative leave.

By Katrina vanden Heuvel at the Washington Post.

Next week marks the 10th anniversary of an event that celebrates truth telling in the public interest and honors the legacy of Ron Ridenhour, a man not often remembered, who irreversibly changed the course of history.