Ominous Layoffs Hit the News Industry
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
As many organizations cut staff, Paul Farhi, former media reporter at The Washington Post, takes stock of the state of the news media and highlights solutions that Congress might consider soon.→ Is American Journalism Headed Toward an ‘Extinction-Level Event’?
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| 0:00.0 | Brian Laird on W, W, Yck, before we go on to our next conversation. |
| 0:14.7 | I would like to invite a few of you to sign up for a short round table |
| 0:19.1 | that we're planning for the show. |
| 0:21.0 | This would be for some of you who live in the former George Santos |
| 0:24.1 | congressional district where the special election to replace him is now |
| 0:28.8 | underway between Democrat Tom Swazi and Republican Massey Pilip, you know who you are in those parts of Northeast Queens, |
| 0:35.4 | the North Shore of Nassau County, and a few other Nassau towns. |
| 0:38.4 | We're hoping to put together a small group of you who are politically diverse to participate in a half hour round |
| 0:45.1 | table on the show on Monday, February 12th, the day before election day. |
| 0:50.0 | Here's what we're looking for. |
| 0:52.0 | Voters who are definitely for Swazi. |
| 0:55.2 | Voters who are definitely for Masi Pilop, |
| 0:58.4 | definitely want to hear from you. |
| 0:59.9 | And some of you who are undecided, as now definitely want to hear from you and include you. |
| 1:06.4 | So what will we do in this roundtable? |
| 1:08.3 | Well, we'll give you a chance to talk a little bit about the candidates, but more |
| 1:12.1 | about the issues that are important to you in deciding |
| 1:15.4 | on who you would like to represent you in Congress right now. |
| 1:19.1 | So if I'm peeking your interests, Mazi Pillip voters, |
| 1:23.0 | Undesided voters, Swazi voters. |
| 1:25.6 | If you're interested in being considered |
| 1:27.4 | for this February 12th roundtable, |
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