Who Is Really Behind the Decline of Local News?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 23, 2021

McKay Coppins, staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House (Little Brown, 2015) joins to discuss the venture capital fund that's buying up local newspapers and driving them into bankruptcy and how the loss of local media is contributing to the polarizing political climate.

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9/11 25 Years Later: Remembering the Ordinary Americans Who Died on 9/11

New Jersey columnist Mike Kelly, tells the stories of ordinary Americans, who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks.

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WNYC followed up with people whose voices we captured in the aftermath of the September 11th attack to hear their reflections.

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In his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” the former N.F.L. star recounts the backlash he faced from the league.

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