Once and Future News

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 27, 2011

From Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park, from Wikileaks to phone-hacking, what were the top stories of 2011 and which will reverberate through the year to come?  New York Times Washington correspondent David Sanger, New York 1’s Errol Louis, and WNYC’s Karen Frillman reflect on the year’s news.  Plus, Slate’s Dana Stevens talks holiday movies.

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