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Welcome to another edition of the WILL-AM Media Matters email update! (We apologize for the two week hiatus in email updates. The Prairienet mail server was damaged by hackers.)


THIS WEEK'S GUEST 

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This week's guest on Media Matters is Molly Ivins. Molly Ivins is a nationally syndicated columnist who writes about Texas, national politics, and other bizarre happenings. She is the author of numerous books, including "Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?" and "Nothin' But Good Times Ahead," and with Lou Dubose, "Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush." She has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize three times and was the winner of the 1992 Headliners Award for best column in Texas. Most recently, also with Lou Dubose, she authored the book, "Bushwacked: Life in George W. Bush's America."



UPCOMING GUESTS 

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In the following weeks we will feature Charles Lewis, Janeane Garofalo, and Richard Maxwell. 

If you have a suggestion for a guest you'd like to see on the show,let us know: email producer Victor Pickard at vpickard at uiuc.edu 

   
LAST WEEK'S GUEST 

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Last week's guest on Media Matters was Ben Scott, media scholar and legislative fellow for Independent Congressman Bernie Sanders. Ben discussed the recent and ongoing fight against media conglomeration.  


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