The Media Project #1286

(Airs 1/24/16 & 1/25/16) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week's show they talk about a South Carolina Republican who wants to create a "Registry" for responsible journalists, The GOP cans NBC, Media heavyweights participate in a blackout to avoid endangering the prisoner swap with Iran, and the question of whether news organizations should participate in media blackouts.