Most basic cable TV packages come with dozens of channels, but some consumers want smaller packages for less money. Should consumers get to pick the channels they pay for? Cable companies say it will end up costing them more, but the FCC chairman says it might be cheaper. Hear two views on the debate.
Island Hopping
Andrew Beveridge, sociology professor at Queens College
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Carrie Gallagher, program director for the Long Island Index funded by the Rauch Foundation, an organization that gathers and publishes data on the Long Island region
- why young adults are moving out of Long Island, and young ...
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Carrie Gallagher, program director for the Long Island Index funded by the Rauch Foundation, an organization that gathers and publishes data on the Long Island region
- why young adults are moving out of Long Island, and young ...
Cable Manners
Steve Effros, president of Ephros Communications, former president of the Cable Television Communications Association
- says consumers will end up paying more with mandatory a la carte cable
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Kenneth Degraff, policy analyst for Consumers Union
- says consumers should be able to pick their own ...
- says consumers will end up paying more with mandatory a la carte cable
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Kenneth Degraff, policy analyst for Consumers Union
- says consumers should be able to pick their own ...
Commissioner on a Mission
John Mattingly, commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services
- on foster care and the deaths of Sierra Roberts and Dahquay Gillians
ยป The Administration for Children's Services
- on foster care and the deaths of Sierra Roberts and Dahquay Gillians
ยป The Administration for Children's Services
Parental Control
Denise Gaines, parent advocate with the Center for Family Representation
- on her experience getting her child back from foster care and her work as a parent advocate
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Andrew White, director of the Center for New York City Affairs at the Milano Graduate School of Management ...
- on her experience getting her child back from foster care and her work as a parent advocate
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Andrew White, director of the Center for New York City Affairs at the Milano Graduate School of Management ...
Put on a Happy Face
Tom DeLay got a lot of attention for the beaming face he showed to the Harris County (Texas) sheriff's office when he appeared for a photo op a few weeks ago...
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(courtesy of The Smoking Gun)
but while leafing ...
Exposing the News Behind the Ads
Public radio producers are troublemakers, and nothing gives us more joy than to bring you page 3 of am New York when the free daily sells pages 1 and 2 to advertisers.
Page 3 news: fans will be barred from tossing trash at sports events
Required Reading: December 2, 2005
Study: NYC schools outperform other cities', racial gap narrows, white scores slip (NY Times)
Kelly orders cops to clear Penn. Sta. of vagrants (NY Daily News)
New NYC law reins in unruly spectators (NY Newsday)
Dispute over Pirro takes candidate to Gov's office (NY Daily News)
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