In the first half of the show we cover Sinclair Broadcast Group's decision to pre-empt Nightline on its ABC stations, and in the second Drew talks to an Southern Illinois Student who challenged conduct charges against him for protest activity, and won.
Amy Goodman, host of Pacifica's Democracy Now, gave a 50-minute talk as part of her book tour in support of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media that Love Them.
Features a live in-sutdio interview with Amy Goodman, host of nationally syndicated daily radio news program Democracy Now and author of The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them.
In this interview Goodman discussed how she got her start in journalism and the power of independent journalism.
Features an interview with Adam Davis, zine librarian at the U-C IMC LIbrary. First segment of the program is a breaking news report from a just-ended sit-in at the University of Illinois adminstration building held by activists protesting the University's racist mascot.
Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana. In part 2 the focus is TV. Unlike radio and newspapers, for television Champaign-Urbana is part of a larger market including Springfileld and Decatur. Paul takes a close look at the two largest companies that own stations in Central Illinois: Nexstar and Sinclair Communications.
Paul and Drew take a hard look at who owns what media in Champaign-Urbana. In part 1 the focus is radio and newspapers. Drew takes a closer look at the Illini Media Company, which owns WPGU-FM, the Daily Illini newspaper and the alternative weekly, the Buzz.