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"MEDIA TRANSPARENCY?" BETTER LOOK CLOSER!

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Length: 54:30

Media Outlets say they are being more transparent about the way news is gathered and reported. Sure, if you think transparency means showing you the teleprompter (or Palin's palm) In this "newsical" episode, an award-winning veteran of broadcast news uses 20-20 hindsight, new insight, new and old music and actuality to take a closer look at what media transparency REALLY means. Read the full description.

2010-01-10_11 This is a stand alone episode of my "newsical" radio series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" airing/streaming on WBAI-fm in NYC.  Please feel free to explore other episodes in this series...based on my decades of work in both commercial and non commercial media..including 24 years writing for Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News.

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Piece Description

This is a stand alone episode of my "newsical" radio series "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" airing/streaming on WBAI-fm in NYC.  Please feel free to explore other episodes in this series...based on my decades of work in both commercial and non commercial media..including 24 years writing for Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News.

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