Quinnipiac University will hold three days of commencement exercises for its graduating class beginning Friday. One of the several commencement speakers finds his organization at the center of controversy this graduation season.
Eric Marrapodi, vice president of news programming at NPR, is scheduled to address graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences and School of Communications on Saturday. Last week President Trump signed an executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting(CPB) to eliminate all federal funding for NPR and PBS. The CPB plans to fight the order saying the executive branch has no authority over the corporation and the funding in question is congressionally mandated.
ICYMI – Former Connecticut newspaper reporter Amanda Falcone has left Middlesex Health where she was communications director for a new position as Vice President and Corporate Communications Manager for Liberty Bank.
The 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris at the center of a lawsuit against CBS News by President Trump has been nominated for an Emmy Award. Trump has sued the network for $10 billion in a frivolous claim accusing the network of editing the interview in a manner that amounts to “election interference.” Even though the case lacks merit, it appears CBS is prepared to settle the lawsuit in an attempt to win FCC approval of a merger.
Last week we caught a tease from a Boston television station that went something like this:
“Police say there’s no evidence seven unsolved homicides are the work of a serial killer, but that’s not what people are saying online.” We will leave it to you to decide whether that justifies a story in your own mind, but for most news organizations in the region it does. And the story is going national.
Last week NewsNation called on WTNH reporter Tina Detelj to do a live shot on the case that may or may not be under investigation at this time.
