The Listening Post - Obama and the media
The Listening Post

Obama and the media

Richard Gizbert talks to leading US media observers about Obama’s first year in office.

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In this special show, The Listening Post’s Richard Gizbert talks to three leading American media observers about whether a president heralded as a “great communicator” has succeeded or failed in his first year in the White House.

Joining Gizbert are David Frum, a commentator and former Bush adviser, Marcia Kuntz, the editor-in-chief of Media Matters, and Faiz Shakir, the editor-in-chief of ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

Obama and the media can be seen from Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 1630; Thursday: 2330; Friday: 0630; Saturday: 1900; Sunday: 0030; Monday: 0830; Tuesday: 1230; Wednesday: 0300.