Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter (author of Iraq Confidential and Target Iran) and Jeff Cohen (author of Cable News Confidential) will discuss the corporate media’s coverage of the “War on Terror” Wednesday evening, February 21, at 7:30 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Santa Monica, 1260 18th Street. Book signing with both authors will immediately follow the event.
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