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Dr. Alan Chartock's Morning Commentary

In lieu of Dr. Alan Chartock’s morning commentary, WAMC airs a slice of this week’s Media Project. Dr. Chartock, Times Union Editor-at-Large Rex Smith, former editor and investigative journalist Rosemary Armao, and Judy Patrick, vice president for editorial development at the New York Press Association, discuss the media’s coverage of President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic.

The group also considers whether the media could better balance COVID-19 headlines with other stories at this time. 

Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.
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