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• The picture of conflict
  Some experts argue that newsrooms are sanitizing images from Iraq and Afghanistan for popular consumption. Midmorning examines the role of graphic war coverage.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Steven Livingston: Professor of political communication and international affairs at George Washington University and the Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs' Political Communication Program.
  Geoffrey Stone: Professor of law at the University of Chicago, where he also has served as provost. His most recent book is "Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism." (2004)
  Michael Massing: Frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and author of "Now They Tell Us" (2004), a collection of articles published in The New York Review of Books about the press coverage of the war in Iraq.
  Resources
  About Michael Massing
  About Steven Livingston
  About Geoffrey Stone
• The Honeydogs are back making sweet sounds
  Adam Levy is known for writing music with a social conscience. He talks with Kerri Miller about how his experiences as a social worker have informed his songwriting, and later in the day he talked with the Current's Steve Seel about the Honeydogs' new CD "Amygdala."10:06 a.m.
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  The official Honeydogs Web site

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