News Brief: DC Media's "Fare Evasion" Meltdown
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4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In this public News Brief, "DC Media's 'Fare Evasion' Meltdown," we discuss local TV news, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal's breathless coverage of so-called "fare evasion" and how our media decides which theft to care about and which to ignore.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, this is Nima Shirazi and I'm Adam Johnson. Once again before we get to the news brief that you are trying to listen to |
| 0:07.5 | Apologies in advance. We're excited again to announce that tomorrow night if you are listening to this when this comes out on Wednesday |
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