Need to Know

Latino Community Remains Silent On Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

John Carlos Frey | Posted 05.02.2012

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John Carlos Frey

But if we cannot pressure media to play the video of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas on a loop or force the Department of Justice to investigate a two-year old case then we have no power at all.

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PBS News Show Loses Its Entire Original Team

Posted 10.29.2011

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Alison Stewart is leaving her position as co-anchor of PBS' "Need to Know" in September, according to the New York Times. The hour-long show will d...

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OUT: Meacham Leaving PBS Show

Posted 06.01.2011

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Jon Meacham is leaving his role as co-host of PBS news show "Need to Know." The former Newsweek editor and current Random House EVP had been co-hosti...

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Jon Meacham's PBS Show May Get Canceled

nytimes.com | ELIZABETH JENSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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PBS Ombudsman Defends Palin Joke: 'Fair Game'

Posted 05.25.2011

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The PBS ombudsman is defending the network's airing of a Sarah Palin joke during the news program "Need to Know." Following Palin's widely-mocked use...

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PBS and our "Need to Know" the Truth

Rory O'Connor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rory O'Connor

Alison Stewart is one of the anchors of Need To Know, a new public television public affairs offering that began stirring controversy long before its launch.

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What We "Need to Know" About PBS After Moyers

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marty Kaplan

PBS's new program Need to Know positions itself as an antidote to the poisonous advocacy of cable news. What it succumbs to instead is what makes mainstream news so impotent.

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