1 - FOOD LION REVISITED
News producers around the country let out a collective sigh of relief this week as the original jury verdict in the now infamous undercover probe of the Food Lion supermarkets was slashed from a jury award of $5 million dollars to a mere $2 dollars. ABC is out of hot water, but what does this case say about the public's opinion of journalism ethics? How far does the public feel the press can go to report wrongdoing? Guest: Floyd Abrams, First Amendment Lawyer

2 - THE FIGHT OVER THE FIGHT CLUB
The controversial new film "Fight Club" has been compared to "Natural Born Killers," and "A Clockwork Orange." in terms of its violent content. Just like those other two movies, "Fight Club" not only portrays violence, its very theme is violence. Is it responsible, in the wake of a series of highly publicized mass shootings, to be releasing this film at this time? According to the film's defenders, not only is it the right time to take on the issue, it's the perfect time. Guests: Roger Ebert: Flim Critic, Chicago Sun Times; David Thomson: author, A Biographical Dictionary of Film and In Nevada; Chuck Palahniuk: author, The Fight Club, Survivor and Invisible Monsters

3 - MARTIN SCORSESE ON FILMMAKING
Bringing Out the Dead, the newest film by Martin Scorsese is a violent, gory drama in the streets of New York with the highest body count of any Scorsese film to date. But this isn't the story of a murderer, it's the drama of a man trying to save lives, and failing. Scorsese helped launch a revolution in filmmaking with Taxi Driver twenty-five years ago. Bringing Out the Dead explores the same territory with the same screenwriter Paul Schrader. On the Media's David D'Arcy talked to Scorsese about his legacy.

4 - BROOKE AND BRIAN
Brooke and Brian take a look at the Food Lion verdict, Hillary Clinton's potential radio gig, and the New York Times Book Review's newest competition, Barnes and Noble.

5 - NO TV FOR THE DA
This week a Massachusetts childcare worker convicted of abusing children fifteen years ago was freed on parole. The case made national headlines in the 1980's when Cheryl Amirault Lafave, her mother and brother were convicted of raping and molesting about forty children at their day care center. Now the case is making national headlines again because of a deal struck between the defendant and the District Attorney's office. On the Media's Monica Brady reports from Boston.

6 - THE LONG, SLOW DEATH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
Last August, The San Francisco Examiner's long-time owner, the Hearst Corporation, bought the paper's longtime rival, The San Francisco Chronicle and then put the paper up for sale. But, with no buyer stepping forward, Hearst may merge the two publications into one giant morning enterprise. Reporter: Deidre Kennedy

7 - GOOFUS AND GALLANT
Commentator Stanley Mieses revisits the childhood classic Highlights and finds the basic message of the magazine as relevant today as it was when he first picked it up thirty years ago.

8 - JEAN SHEPHERD'S RADIO LEGACY
On the Media remembers legendary storyteller and radio great, Jean Shepherd, who, it has been said, "told about life the way it really it is." Guest: Larry Josephson, Independent Public Radio Producer

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