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9:00 pm
Moyers & Company
"Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble"
Big money and big media have coupled to create a 'Disney World' of democracy in which TV shows, televised debates, even news coverage is being dumbed down, just as the volume is being turned up. The result is a public certainly more entertained, but less informed and personally involved than they should be, says Marty Kaplan, director of USC's Norman Lear Center and an entertainment industry veteran. This weekend on Moyers & Company, Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system. D
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10:00 pm
Washington Week
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10:30 pm
McLaughlin Group
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11:00 pm
Need to Know
SCOTT SIMON ANCHORS. This week on Need to Know: how the city of Norfolk, Virginia is grappling with massive flooding caused by sea-level rise. An interview about whether the Federal government actually encourages people to build in flood-prone areas, and, An update to last week's investigation into the death of an illegal immigrant a short time after he had been beaten and tased by U.S. D
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11:30 pm
Inside Washington
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