#1344: 73% Of Voters Oppose Elimination Of The CPB

(Airs 3/6 & 3/7/17) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and University at Albany Professor and Journalism Program Director Rosemary Armao. On this week's show they talk about a PBS-commissioned survey that finds 73 percent of voters oppose eliminating federal funding for public TV, whether Trump’s big speech spawned a marathon of media fawning, U.S. News and World Report unveils state-by-state rankings, a listener letter and more.