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"Our Refugee System is Failing -- Here's How We Can Fix It" (18 minutes)

A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal journeys to safety. In this February 2016 TED Talks presentation, he offers four ways to change the way we treat refugees, so they can make an immediate contribution to their new homes. "There's nothing inevitable about refugees being a cost," Betts says. "They're human beings with skills, talents, aspirations, with the ability to make contributions — if we let them."

"Outfoxed -- Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" (77.5 minutes)

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism is a 2004 documentary film by filmmaker Robert Greenwald that criticizes the Fox News Channel and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, claiming that the channel is used to promote and advocate right-wing views. This pervasive bias contradicts the channel's claim of being "Fair and Balanced".

"Outfoxed Effect -- Ten Years Later" (13 minutes)

Ten years after the film “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism” was released, “Outfoxed Effect” looks back in time and shows how things have not really changed.

"The Story of Change" (7 minutes)

This short video urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.

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Episode Number: 
569
Duration: 
1 hour 59 min
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Category: 
DCTV - Sponsored Programs
Disposition: 
DCTV Digital Library
Format: 
MPEG2 - MP4