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0 Comments 15 November 2008Jessica Clark

  • "Olbermann and Maddow's increased popularity is moving the range of debate on cable from center-right to left-right, but radio is still overwhelmingly right-wing, and the changes at MSNBC fall far short of a comprehensive, long-term solution to thecrisis of journalism. Newsroom layoffs mount across television, radio and newspapers, and omission has become the greatest threat. There is virtually no in-depth coverage and analysis on television of Iraq and Afghanistan, poverty, the environment and the other critical issues facing working Americans. And despite the explosion of the Internet, 45% of American homes still have no high speed Internet, while some 65% of Americans still cite TV as their primary news source."
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Jessica Clark - who has written 510 posts on Beyond the Echo Chamber.

Jessica Clark is the co-author of this site and the related book, Beyond the Echo Chamber: Reshaping Politics Through Networked Progressive Media. She is the research director at the American University's Center for Social Media, and a regular writer and commentator on media, culture and politics.

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