C-SPAN2 NOW - Book tv panel on the 2000 election. Host - Danny Schechter.

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(The News Dissector.)

Featuring a whole SLEW of books about Florida, the (non) recounts, and the Supremely Horseshit Court.

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1. First up - Dennis Loy Johnson, author of "The Big Chill", about the

unreported MASS demonstrations at w's inauguration.

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Cold, chilly day. Heavy crowd suppression. Everyday people SCREAMING

at the media. Huge police/military presence.

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3. Next up, Renata Adler . author of "Irreparable Harm", about the Court's

decision. Mentions how there was no reason for it since w would've been given the presidency by the Florida lege even if Gore HAD won the recounts.

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4. Finally Mark Danner, author of "The Road to Illegitimacy" .

The title says it all: our "leaders" now have no legitimacy.

Mentions how installing w through the Florida lege would've been OK because that's what the Consitution prescribes.

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5. Adler mentions how the major media scarcely covered it.

A consortium was formed instead.