This week on NOW: Are you getting the truth from the media in America?

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NOW Friday, August 5, 2005 on PBS

NOW Friday, August 5, 2005 on PBS

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This week on NOW:

* Handling the truth. Are you getting the truth from the media in

America? Author and leading voice on media reform Robert McChesney

weighs in. A David Brancaccio interview.

 

ROBERT MCCHESNEY

Robert McChesney is considered one of the leading voices on media reform

in America today. With scandals eroding public trust in journalism,

McChesney is leading a movement to reinvigorate the free press to give

citizens access to the truth so they can make informed decisions in

their democracy. David Brancaccio asks McChesney about the root problem

with media in America. " People understand their media system isn't

natural. It's not a free market system, " he says. " It's a result of

policies often times made corruptly behind closed doors in Washington.

And, once people realized that...they didn't have to accept commercial

carpet bombing of their children. "

 

 

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