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Podcast: Mornings with Pat Kreitlow
Episode: Paramount, CBS, and State-Run Media (Hour 1)
Description: The news was equally shocking and infuriating: CBS was pulling the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” not negotiating a new contract with Colbert, not naming a new host, just ending the highest-rated franchise in late night TV. It appears to be only the latest corporate capitulation to Donald Trump—and it is stunning to see ongoing similarities to how Hungary went from a democracy to a dictatorship after its leader took control of public broadcasting, private media, and public education. Also: Courier Newsroom’s Keya Vakil will cover Trump’s quest to downplay the Epstein files.
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