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Last night Dan Rather bade farewell to his audience. This morning Tom Fenton, a retired foreign correspondent for CBS News, discusses why he thinks the news media is not serving the American public. Fenton believes that money not information has been the prime motivator for the news industry.
Map Dance
Michael Gianaris, New York State Assemblymember, Democrat representing the 36th District in Queens (Astoria)
-on his proposed redistricting reform legislation
» Assemblyman Gianaris website
and
Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies
-discusses Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's drive for redistricting reform in ...
-on his proposed redistricting reform legislation
» Assemblyman Gianaris website
and
Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies
-discusses Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's drive for redistricting reform in ...
Breaking Bankruptcy
Samuel J. Gerdano Executive Director of the American Bankruptcy Institute
-explains the new Bankruptcy Bill pending in the House of Representatives
» American Banktruptcy Institute
-explains the new Bankruptcy Bill pending in the House of Representatives
» American Banktruptcy Institute
The Steep Decline of Network News
Tom Fenton former CBS News correspondent and author, Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to us All (Regan Books,
-says network news is diminishing the media
» Bad News
-says network news is diminishing the media
» Bad News
Shameless
Terry Kinney, director of "After Ashley"; film, television and theater actor, and founding member of the Steppenwolf Theater
» Terry Kinney's career
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Gina Gionfriddo, playwright of "After Ashley," winner of the 2001-2002 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, an award given for the finest play written ...
» Terry Kinney's career
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Gina Gionfriddo, playwright of "After Ashley," winner of the 2001-2002 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, an award given for the finest play written ...
News In Decline
Here are some of the emails we received in response to Tom Fenton's visit to the studio:
I was struck by Mr. Fenton's remark that prior to the hostage crisis, network news was obsessed with shark attacks. I became a fan of Dan Rather when, during the summer of ...
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