A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: May 29, 2019

  Mueller: A DOJ Rule Places Trump Above the Law We begin with the ten minute statement today by Robert Mueller as he wrapped up his tenure as special counsel at the Department of Justice in which he said that “If we had confidence that the president had clearly...

Background Briefing: May 28, 2019

  Dark Forces Did Not Win in the EU Elections but the Greens Did Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24/7 at backgroundbrieifng.org, I’m Ian Masters and today we will examine a number of stories and issues in the news.  We will begin with the...

Background Briefing: May 27, 2019

  Will Trump Pardon American War Criminals? We begin on this Memorial Day with the concerns among the serving military and veterans groups that President Trump will pardon American war criminals who have been turned in by their fellow soldiers because Trump is...

Background Briefing: May 26, 2019

  The Alarming Potential Mischief of “Deepfake” Videos We begin with the fake video of Nancy Pelosi appearing to be drunk and slurring her words which has gone viral along with a doctored tape of her shown on Fox that Trump retweeted and look into the...

Background Briefing: May 23, 2019

Our Reality TV President’s Feral Understanding of How to Use Media We begin with the reality TV ambush of Schumer and Pelosi that Trump staged at the White House yesterday in a stunt designed to distract the public from the fact that Trump does not have an...