{"article":{"id":229308,"heading":"VIDEO: Chris Hedges on Grit TV","author":"Chris Hedges","created":"2009-08-03 22:20:43","modified":"2009-08-03 22:20:43","last_modified":"Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:20:43","article":"<p>to watch Chris Hedges on :Laura Flanders' Grit Tv August 2, 2009, click on <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/lauraflanders.firedoglake.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/lauraflanders.firedoglake.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","contact":"mbatko@lycos.com","link":"http:\/\/www.grittv.org","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"How did such a sizeable portion of modern society develop into a post-literate, fantasy-fueled, perma-reality show?  Noted reporter Chris Hedges joins us in the studio to discuss his new book: The Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2009\/08\/229308.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}