Media Minutes: May 15, 2009

Media Minutes for May 14, 2009
Producer: Stevie Converse and Candace Clement
Length: 5:00


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People in prison and their families are paying excessively high telephone bills to keep in touch. And in Chicago, four top TV news stations will share newsgathering resources, but one top station refused to join them.

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