Michael Isikoff is one of this generation's most acclaimed investigative journalists whose reporting has uncovered a range of ground-breaking stories from the
Monica Lewinsky scandal and
Koran desecration at
Guantanamo to the
Penn State child abuse case and the
US government’s justification for a secret assassination program.
Now working as the
Chief Investigative Correspondent for
Yahoo News, Isikoff’s most recent project is the short documentary “Uniquely
Nasty:
The U.S. Government's War on Gays.”
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Click here to watch “Uniquely Nasty”: https://news.yahoo.com/uniquely-nasty--the-u-s--governments-war-on-gays-191808993
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In this interview, he and
The Young Turks’
Cenk Uygur discuss:
- The mostly unknown history of the US government’s sordid efforts to weed gays and lesbians out of the federal workforce.
- The so-called “Sex Deviates” program launched by
J. Edgar Hoover.
- The very personal story of
Charles Francis, a gay friend of the
Bush family, who was cast aside by
George Bush for the sake of political expediency in 2004.
- Why the
21st century news media has become increasingly neutered and non-adversarial
- How agreement between
Republicans and
Democrats keeps stories like the drone strike program from getting legs.
-
Whether the
IRS scandal was promoted to keep the
Federal Government from looking into campaign finance irregularities.
- The 2016 presidential race and the prospects for
Hillary Clinton,
Donald Trump and
Bernie Sanders.
Follow Michael Isikoff on Twitter: @Isikoff
Follow Cenk on Twitter: @CenkUygur
See an upcoming screening of “Uniquely Nasty”:
Sept. 10 --
USC One
Institute @ 6 p.m.
Oct. 2 --
National Archives,
Washington DC,
William McGowan Theatre @ 7 p.m.
Oct. 7 --
National Press Club, Washington DC @ 6 p.m.
Nov. 21 --
Smithsonian Museum of American History,
History Film Forum @ 2 p.m.
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- published: 10 Sep 2015
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