Pilot Episode / July 2007

From the creators of GNN.tv and Submedia.tv comes a new way to get your news: Radar, an internet broadcast focused on underreported stories and uncovered angles.

We are posting the pilot in order to gauge viewer response and solicit anchor auditions through YouTube.

Audition Instructions

Radar is looking for aspiring anchors and correspondents who can bring energy and insight to hard-hitting news stories. Interested candidates should download the pilot script here, film themselves reading “The White Tree,” and post here on You Tube as a video response to our pilot. Top submissions will be selected for screen tests in future episodes.

Story Links

The White Tree

Truthout: Injustice in Jena as Nooses Hang From the "White Tree" Democracy Now: A Modern-Day Lynching: Parents of Jena Six Speak of Injustice, Racism in Sons' Prosecution Chicago Tribune: Charge reduced in 'Jena 6' case Color of Change: Justice for the Jena 6

Scooting Justice

Bloomberg News: Bush Commutes Libby's Prison Term in CIA Leak Case The Washington Post: Free-Fall for the Fall Guy Slate: Why Bush Was Right to Spare Libby Keith Olberman Special Libby Comment Fox News Blue Streak: Message Sent by Bush's Commutation of Libby's Prison Sentence

An Inconvenient Traffic Stop

MSNBC: Al Gore’s Son Arrested on Drug Charges Slate: Al Gore III’s Prius could go 100 MPH? FoxNews: Al Gore III's Arrest Pays Out to Overseas Bettors CNN (2003): Al Gore’s Son Charged with Pot Possession

In the Zone

Palm Beach Post: Drug-free zones target blacks unfairly, critics say USA Today (2006): Study fuels debate on drug-free zones MSNBC: Doubts Spread About Drug-Free School Zone Laws U.S. Department of Justice: Prison and Jail Statistics

Justice Blows

AP: Ga. High Court Hears Teen Sex Case Court TV: Judge voids 10-year jail sentence for man accused of consensual sex with minor Fox News: Sharpton, Others Hold Vigil for Genarlow Wilson Creative Loafing: Say Your Cellblock Farewells, Genarlow Why is Genarlow Wilson in Prison?