Cable War (hour 1); Covering Poverty (hour 2)

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Host Alex S. Jones discusses the battle in New York between Ted Turner (Time Warner Cable) and Rupert Murdoch (News Corp) over Time Warner's refusal to carry Fox News with Elizabeth Lesly, Media Editor of Business Week, Andrew Shapiro of the 20th Century Fund and The Nation, and telecommunications lawyer Harold Symons; and press coverage of poverty with Michael Powell, Metro reporter of The Washington Post and Nancy Wackstein, Executive Director of Lenox Hill Neighborhood House.


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