Media Minutes: January 13, 2006

By Anonymous (not verified) , 13 January, 2006
Author
John Anderson

A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: The Commerce Committee of the United States Senate schedules an ambitious number of hearings on telecommunications policy issues over the next two months. And the Institute of Medicine recommends dramatic changes in the marketing of junk food to children; a key component to fighting childhood obesity may be media literacy.

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