This week, “New Mexico in Focus” and the panel on “The Line” take a look at the recent furor over the H1N1 virus, also known as the “Swine Flu” and the role the media has taken in adding to the potential overreaction. “New Mexico in Focus,” New Mexico’s weekly one-hour public affair show, will air on Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m. on KNME-TV Channel 5/5.1 and repeat on Sunday, May 10 at 6:30 a.m.
Co-host David Alire Garcia talks with New Mexico Secretary of Health Alfredo Vigil, for the real facts behind the H1N1 virus fears, while Gene Grant and the panelists on “The Line” debate the role the media has played in stoking fears about the “Swine Flu” epidemic.
Also on this week’s episode – speculation on President Barack Obama’s potential selection to replace David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court, a New Mexico owned and trained horse that won at the recent Kentucky Derby, and President Obama’s upcoming visit to Albuquerque.
Joining Grant on “The Line” this week are regular panelists Whitney Waite Cheshire and Jim Scarantino and guest panelists Teresa Cordova, professor with the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and former Bernalillo County Commissioner, and Laura Sanchez, former executive director for the N.M. Democratic Party.
The field video guest on this week’s episode is Virgil Ortiz, a Cochiti Pueblo potter, artist and fashion designer.
Producers of ‘New Mexico In Focus’ are Kevin McDonald and Kathy Wimmer. Closed captioning has been made possible by a gift from Mrs. Elspeth G. Bobbs.