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John Anderson
A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.
In this week's program: Congress begins debate on television's transition to digital, but the most important aspect – what happens to analog TV spectrum following the switch – is receiving the least amount of coverage. A newspaper in Newark, New Jersey breaks new propaganda ground by getting paid by the city to report positive news. The Truth in Broadcasting Act gets replaced by the Prepackaged News Story Announcement Act. And a Fast Fact: Fortune 1000 companies are unhappy with the mergers of SBC with AT&T and Verizon with MCI.
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