In the spirit of Sunshine Week...
On March 7,
Nick Madigan of the Baltimore Sun offered a brilliant "Minding the Media" podcast via
KCRW.com. He read a brief essay entitled "
Plug that Leak."
(That link will begin the download of an MP3 audio file, only about two MB and running just under four minutes.)
Here's his summary: "It's very rare these days to hear a government official say something positive about reporters, but it just happened. In an age when the Bush administration is doing everything it can to bypass the media and hide the way it conducts business, the sudden magnanimity of the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission was a welcome development. The chairman, Chris Cox, told Jonathan Lansner of The Orange County Register yesterday that he's determined to keep his agency out of the way of financial reporters..."
The Register column Madigan noted is "Measuring value of a free press" (free registration required).
Definitely give this podcast a listen. If you'd like to subscribe to "Minding the Media," here's the feed.
