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As evening news broadcasts continue to witness declining audiences, major television networks have shuffled formats and anchor-chairs. So is all the rearranging equivalent to deck-chairs on the Titanic? Or are we seeing a new News Vision for 21st century? How everything from podcasting to commentaries to top-dollar anchors may (or may not) help revitalize network news.
Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism
Andrew Tyndall, media analyst; founder of ADT Research; and publisher of The Tyndall Report
40 years ago this month, China's legendary leader Mao Zedong launched China's Cultural Revolution. Reportedly begun as an effort to solidify revolutionary fervor in the young, the Cultural Revolution is best known worldwide because it started a period of killing that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. The anniversary won't be marked in China itself because of a government ban. We look at the history and myth of the Revolution and the role of propaganda in a rapidly changing China.
Edward Cody, Beijing-based reporter, "The Washington Post"
Yongyi Song, Researcher and author or editor of several works on the Cultural Revolution, including "The Cultural Revolution Database"; Also Head of Technical Services & Collection Development, JFK Memorial Library, California State University at Los Angeles
David M. Lampton, Dean of Faculty and Director of China Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Also author most recently of "Same Bed, Different Dreams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000."
Can criticism and acerbic wit written in iambic pentameter take down a Presidency? The Nation magazine's 'Deadline Poet' Calvin Trillin says it's worth a try. He sits down with Kojo.
Calvin Trillin, "Deadline Poet" for "The Nation" Magazine; Also author most recently of "A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme"
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