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FAQ's
Call-In Series
FAQs is a new Link TV national "town hall"
call-in series. FAQs gives Americans a forum for discussing
frequently asked questions on critical issues. On the first
three programs, produced by InterAct, Iraq war veterans, enlistees,
family members, and both policy and military experts talked
with viewers nationwide about the soldiers view of Iraq, military
families struggling with unexpected deployments, soldier protection,
veterans' issues, and if the draft could be reinstated. The
nightly 60-minute broadcasts were hosted by former NBC News
reporter and longtime talk-radio host Peter Laufer, and simulcast
on Pacifica Radio stations nationwide. Link TV has continued
the FAQs series on a number of subjects.
Guests included: Nancy Pelosi,
Democratic Party Leader, House of Representatives; Robert
Gard, Lt. General US Army (ret.); Paul Rieckhoff,
Operation Truth; and Michelle Joyner, National
Military Family Association. See more on FAQs About Military
Manpower and the Draft at Link TV.
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YVote04
Link
TV Youth Vote Election Series. Activists on webcams across the
US joined callers , connecting to live guests in the TV studio:
ROTC candidate John Anderson,
21, Durham, North Carolina, who enlisted to pay for college
at UNC Chapel Hill.
Working single mother Theresa Pardo,
29, Houston, Texas, who can't afford healthcare for her daughter.
Hassan Amin, 23, San Jose, California - a college
student who may be deported from the US for a faulty visa.
Hosted by Nzinga Moore of
Youth Radio. Special appearances by: Dave
Matthews, Reese Witherspoon, Doug
E. Fresh, Russell Simmons, and the
Declare Yourself Poetry Slam.
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Interactive
Elections 1998 & 2000
Minnesota
Elections '98
InterAct co-produced an innovative debate among
candidates for governor of Minnesota. Diners at Lucille's Kitchen
Restaurant, a group of farm families in the town of Crookston,
and community members in Duluth questioned candidates about
welfare reform, education, crime and taxes. Video diaries framed
the issues, and the evening ended with citizens' analyses of
the candidates' performances (also see: Minnesota Interactive
Dialogues). This program, broadcast live on KTCA-TV and Minnesota
Public Radio, was the final televised debate before the election
on November 3rd. It was co-produced with partners Twin Cities
Public Television and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
KVIE-TV CapitolWeek 2000
InterAct worked with Sacramento public television station
KVIE-TV on two model interactive California CapitolWeek citizens'
discussion programs. The programs aired as specials throughout
the state. They were designed to inform voters of key election
issues. The programs allowed Californians to participate in
televised political dialogue by connecting doctors and patients
at a community clinic, and a teacher and parent at an elementary
school, to state officials in the television studio.
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