This Week in Media
The good
news this week is that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is
likely to retain most of its current level of funding.
A new
study reinforces the notion that locally owned stations produce better
local news. Article is here and the study is here.
And two
“Year in Review” pieces. Kay McFadden in the Seattle Times offers
a month by month chronology, and the San Fransico Chronicle offers this
perspective.
“The
strains between the news media and the Bush administration, which came
to the fore often in 2005, are not likely to go away. To put it
plainly, this White House does not seem to fully appreciate the concept
of a free press.”
Listen to Media Minutes from Free Press here.
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