America's International News Wasteland: If You Want to Know What's Going on in the Rest of the World, Don't Bother Tuning In (PODCAST)
Americans are drowning in information but when they go to any of the major broadcast and cable media news outlets -- and the rising news services on the web -- they'll be lucky to find serious coverage of international news, much less coverage in depth. From prime-time cable to profit-making news aggregators, a fig leaf of reporting covers wall-to-wall commentary. In his first podcast for us, Kent Harrington talks with award-winning journalist John Walcott on why it should matter to Americans that, when it comes to news about foreign affairs, the cupboard is bare.
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Kent M. Harrington
Kent Harrington is the writer of the In the National Interest column at MediaVillage.com. In the National Interest takes a critical look into the world of media, politics, and journalism. This column combines expert commentary on today’s political land…
