Join Dennis McCuistion in the fourth of a six-part retrospective series – 20 Years of McCuistion: Media and the Internet.
When we joined the ranks of the media in 1990, the worldwide web had just been invented. In fact, very few people even had access to email. Today? Blackberries and iPhones, Facebook, Twitter, and Google are all household names and media itself has changed as a result.
Now, many of us are getting our news online and foregoing paper copies altogether. Former news people are blogging and while many of us question the new style, we read the blogs and blog ourselves. This program explores how the Internet has changed our way of getting news, what news and the press really mean and its impact on democracy and public opinion.
In the last 20 years we have interviewed some of the most prestigious names in journalism including: Bill Moyers, Sam Donaldson, Bob Schieffer, Jim Lehrer, John Solomon, and joining in from a recent program, which featured Manny Mendoza and he and Mark Birnbaum’s doc-film, Stop the Presses, are Ben Bradlee, Anders Gylenhall, and Charles Ealey.
From the business world we’ve interviewed: the Father of the Internet, Dr. Vinton Cerf, and Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web. We’ve gotten a perspective on news today from Steve Forbes and Mary Mapes, author of Truth and Duty, a book about President George W. Bush’ military incident that led to CBS’s firing her and eventually Dan Rather. Jeff Crilley, an award winning Fox News reporter, ends the media segment, commenting on its changing landscape and the dangers and opportunities this presents.
This retrospective episode entertains and informs as it gives us a very interesting snapshot of the new world of media and communication, a world that through its ever changing evolution leaves many of us struggling to keep up.
Niki Nicastro McCuistion
Executive Producer/Producer
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1818 – 02.28.10
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In today’s news we are linking to economic updates and a news article on the Internet’s 40th birthday!
New York, October 30 – Internet today has revolutionized lives but in the process it has traveled miles. As Internet turns 40, let’s take a walk down the memory lane to see how it all began. Click above link for the full story.
Focus on the Economy
Good News on Economy Poses Challege for Obama: How to Keep it Going
Washington Bureau – The U.S. economy expanded at a faster-than-expected 3.5% rate in the third quarter, unofficially marking the end of the worst recession since World War II and boosting hopes for the strength of a long-awaited recovery.
But the growth surge, which ended four straight quarters of economic contraction, poses a challenge to Washington policy-makers: It was largely a result of a rebound in consumer spending which, in turn, was heavily influenced by federal stimulus spending.
Politics Today: The Battle Over the Stimulus
PRESIDENT OBAMA TODAY: The Recovery and Transparency Board will release its reports detailing how the economic stimulus plan’s funds have been spent through Sept. 30 and how effective the plan has been in terms of job creation, with the White House claiming the plan “has created and saved at least 1 million jobs.”
Oil prices traded down at just over $79 a barrel Friday as the strengthening U.S. dollar outweighed news that the U.S. economy had snapped four straight quarters of contraction, suggesting demand for crude will improve.By midday in Europe, benchmark crude for December delivery was down 69 cents to $79.18 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $2.41 to settle at $79.87 on Thursday.
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