Does LA Local TV News Cover News Locals Need? Release of a Major New Study of the LA Media Market
Martin Kaplan, director of the Lear Center, is co-principal investigator, along with Seton Hall's Dr. Matthew Hale, on this unprecedented study of more than 11,000 news stories aired by eight LA TV stations. FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps – who has criticized the FCC for being “a paper tiger” on station license renewals – and a panel will respond. Also: what a companion study of the LA Times found. Panelists include: Martin Kaplan; Kathay Feng, Executive Director, California Common Cause; George Kieffer, Chair, Los Angeles Civic Alliance; Bob Jiminez, former NBC correspondent and LA local anchor; and Marcia Brandwynne, veteran LA TV broadcaster.
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