Still a ‘Vast Wasteland’? Newton Minow on the State of TV
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We check in with a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Is television still a “vast wasteland”? We check in with Newton Minow, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on the state of media six decades after his famous speech.
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Still a ‘Vast Wasteland’? Newton Minow on the State of TV
Clip: 5/10/2021 | 10m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Is television still a “vast wasteland”? We check in with Newton Minow, a former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, on the state of media six decades after his famous speech.
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