Media Minutes for February 20, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:00

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After a five-year struggle against BellSouth and Cox Cable, the town of Lafayette, La., began offering its new fiber-optic broadband service. And a new film by the Media Education Foundation connects corporate marketing to kids with child health and societal changes.

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