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Some say old fashioned investigative reporting has fallen out of favor in the new age of corporate media ownership. We'll look at how the news has changed and what's been lost in the process.
David Corn, Washington editor of "The Nation" and author of several books, most recently, "Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War." He blogs at David Corn.com
Walter Pincus, national security affairs reporter for "The Washington Post"
John Walcott, Washington bureau chief for the McClatchy Company
Listeners are invited to join Diane and her in-studio guests to remember Kurt Vonnegut by discussing his 1963 science fiction novel dealing with religion, politics, human folly and a new form of ice that freezes at room temperature.
Jackson Bryer, professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and co-editor of "Dear Scott, Dear Zelda" (St. Martin's Press)
Kate Lehrer, author, most recently of "Confessions of a Bigamist."
Joe Palca, NPR science correspondent
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