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(Airs 09/05/25 @ 3 p.m. & 09/07/25 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about coverage of President Trump’s threats to send the National Guard to Chicago, Artificial Intelligence in journalism, the Fox Trump feedback loop, and much more.

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