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...found solace in small adjustments. Cell-phone sales jumped, both among first-time buyers and current customers wanting extras for their spouses and kids. The FCC told TV stations they didn't need to test their emergency broadcast systems for a while, for fear of spooking people. Candlelight vigils brought people out of their homes to the town square, then a plane rumbled overhead. Inhale, look up, follow the lights till they disappear, exhale and return to the prayers. It's hard to have the perfect autumn wedding when all the out-of-town guests call to cancel. Life insurance...
...years running, Drew’s father Ray and his uncle Tom have broadcast automotive wisdom to a cadre of devoted fans and desperate motorists on their Peabody Award winning show “Car Talk.” The show asks callers to phone in with their car problems and the omniscient Magliozzi brothers dish out their advice. Miles away from the troubled car, Ray and Tom often have little to go on besides noises made by bewildered callers trying to replicate their car’s rattle...
Rick Kaplan, former president of CNN-U.S. and a broadcast journalist for more than 30 years, is returning for his second semester at the Shorenstein Center. Like the other fellows, he said he believes the tragedy plays directly into his research, which focuses on the content of the current media...
...capacity of the black community to come to each other?s aid and invent means of sustaining the collective will to survive...moving, deeply instructive." PW predicts success for this project: "The award-winning Remembering Slavery attracted countless readers and listeners, partly because public radio stations broadcast the tapes. Expect a similar reception for this volume...
...celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and a multitude of others are gathering to host a fundraiser for the victims of last week’s insidious attacks. Entitled “America: A Tribute to Heroes,” the unprecedented event will be simultaneously broadcast on all four major television networks tonight from 9-11 pm, EST, not to mention on a slew of popular cable networks such as MTV, E! and Lifetime. Benevolent celebrities may be quick to apply their fame, but I can’t help but feel the ebb of exploitation...