Reporter-turned-media-reformer Sue Wilson joins the program to remind listeners that in spite of extensive and destructive media deregulation,
radio and TV stations still have a legal obligation to serve the public interest; she calls on citizens to demand the FCC firmly enforce
this mandate. In the final 15 minutes of the show, Nolan Higdon provides a skeptical review of CNN’s new documentary about fake news.
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Sue Wilson was an award-winning radio and television reporter, and is now a media-reform organizer.
Her web sites are www.suewilsonreports.com and www.mediaactioncenter.net
Nolan Higdon teaches history and media studies at California State University, East Bay.
Music-break information:
1) “The Resistance” by 2 Cellos
2) “The Truth Won’t Fade Away” by Procol Harum
3) “Blasting Cap” by Preston Reed