Race, Lies And Videotape

Race, Lies And Videotape / moderated by Peggy Toy| produced by SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) and FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Media Reporting). - Panel of journalists and Television reporters comment on and discuss the role of the media in the Los Angeles uprising of 1992. They examines issues such as the Rodney King beating and rebroadcasting of the videotape. The panel then responds to audience questions concerning Los Angeles media's accountability before, during and after the uprising. - PANELISTS: Kevin Spears, SCLC| Joe Hicks, Executive director of SCLC| Morsla Derrosco, President of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, Local #11| Maria Chu, Program Director of Asian American Resolution Center| Mike David, Los Angeles Times reported by author of City of Courts| Mark Shue, Director of the Los Angeles office of FAIR. - RECORDED: Los Angeles, 20 June 1992.