Laura Flanders is an American journalist whose writing has appeared in The Nation, In These Times, The Progressive, Ms. Magazine, Tompaine.com, and ZNet. She has also contributed Op-Ed pieces to the San Francisco Chronicle. Flanders has worked in radio for many years and hosts "The Laura Flanders Show" heard weekends 7-10 pm on Air America Radio. A journalist is a person engaged in the profession of journalism. ... For the township in Ontario see The Nation, Ontario. ... In These Times is a biweekly magazine of news and opinion published in Chicago. ... The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. ... magazine Ms. ... ZNet, of Z Communications, founded in 1995, is a large website updated many times daily to convey information and provide community, generally focusing on politics from a left-wing perspective. ... An Op-Ed is a piece of writing expressing an opinion or editorial. ... The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ... Logo of Air America Radio, a liberal, U.S. radio network and program syndicator Air America Radio (known as Central Air. ...

Flanders was founding director of the Women's Desk at the media watch group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) and for more than ten years she produced and hosted "CounterSpin", FAIR's nationally-syndicated radio program. She has also written several books: Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species (2004) is a study of the women in President George W. Bush's Cabinet. The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush (2004) is a collection of her essays. Flanders also authored Real Majority, Media Minority; the Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting (1997). Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), founded in 1986, is a progressive group that works against and documents alleged bias in the media and erroneous reporting. ... Order: 43rd President Vice President: Dick Cheney Term of office: January 20, 2001 – Present Preceded by: Bill Clinton Succeeded by: Incumbent Date of birth: July 6, 1946 Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut First Lady: Laura Welch Bush Political party: Republican George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the...

Flanders' TV appearances include "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," and CSPAN's "Washington Journal," as well as the MSNBC program, "Donahue," "Good Morning America" and the Canadian news discussion program, "CounterSpin," on CBC. MSNBC logo MSNBC (Microsoft & National Broadcasting Company) is a 24-hour news channel in the United States. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ...

External links

• Laura Flanders website (http://www.lauraflanders.com)
• Flanders' Air America Radio blog (http://shows.airamericaradio.com/lauraflanders/blog)