Quick Takes

  • “Trying to track the unproven innuendoes and conspiracies in a Michael Moore film or book is as futile as trying to count ...
  • WHUT in Washington, D.C., just launched its first pledge drive in eight years. “Our attitude is that every dollar we raise through ...
  • “By default, documentary filmmakers are put in a dissident position because we are being critical of what’s happening in the world,” says ...
  • Lehrer tells Brokaw, Jennings and Rather: “You guys are a hell of a lot more important than your bosses are willing to ...
  • Microsoft is considering selling Slate, its online magazine, according to the Washington Post and New York Times. NPR partners with Slate to produce Day to Day, its midday newsmag.
  • The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee approved today a bill that would allow for more low-power FM stations.
  • Bob Edwards declined to tell the (White River Junction, Vt.) Valley News whether he’ll return to NPR after his book tour ends in two ...
  • After a $12,000 travel spree charged to the credit cards of public TV donors in North Carolina, a former temp for UNC-TV ...
  • Contrary to reports in August’s Vanity Fair, Bob Edwards is not shrinking. A miscommunication led the glossy monthly to list the 6’4 Edwards as ...
  • The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation meets Thursday to consider Sen. John McCain’s low-power FM bill.
  • In a content analysis of WTTW’s flagship series Chicago Tonight, the activist group Chicago Media Action determined that more than half of the stories ...
  • Thomas Madigan, who produced an Emmy-winning PBS documentary, died at the age of 85, reports the New York Times. Madigan also oversaw corporate underwriting ...
  • Democracy Now host Amy Goodman in Clamor Magazine, addressing the media’s reporting on the Iraq War: “And now that we know they got it wrong — ...
  • The Senate Commerce Committee will vote Tuesday on Sen. John McCain’s low-power FM bill, reports Radio World. McCain’s bill would remove most third-adjacent protections ...
  • The Star-Telegram analyzes the press tour spin on why PBS gave a new show to CNN host Tucker Carlson. (Registration required.)