PROPOSED LEDE:
CHRIS HEDGES IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE
NATION INSTITUTE AND A DISTINGUISHED FELLOW
AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. HE SPENT TWO
DECADES AS A FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT IN
CENTRAL AMERICA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND
KOSOVO, AND WON A PULITZER PRIZE WITH
THE NEW YORK TIMES FOR THEIR COVERAGE
OF GLOBAL TERRORISM. HE RESIGNED FROM T
HE PAPER IN 2003 OVER HIS OPPOSITION TO THE
INVASION OF IRAQ.
CHRIS HEDGES HAS WRITTEN NUMEROUS BOOKS,
INCLUDING “AMERICAN FASCISTS” ON THE
CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND, THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, HE WAS
A GUEST SPEAKER AT REVOLUTION BOOKS IN
MANHATTAN, PRESENTING HIS NEW BOOK
“EMPIRE OF ILLUSION: THE END OF LITERACY
AND THE TRIUMPH OF SPECTACLE”.
WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND HE BRINGS
US THIS REPORT:
