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Bill Baker's Blog

Perspectives on the Media from New York Public Television

Bill Baker's Column

Meet Bernard L. Schwartz, author of Just Say Yes and benefactor of my center at Fordham University

March 13th, 2014

In addition to leading one of the most successful companies in American history, Bernard L. Schwartz has also been a leading progressive voice in American politics for thirty ...

Bill Baker's Column

Basic knowledge not ideology is needed to fix the economy

November 1st, 2012

guest commentary by by Fred Cunningham Economics is a complex subject. However, the public’s lack of understanding of some of the most basic concepts, like supply and ...

Bill Baker's Column

Weekly Media News Briefing, January 23rd-27th

January 27th, 2012

Nielsen ratings have been the industry standard measure of tv audiences since the Nielsen Company introduced their proprietary television market research service in 1950. ...

Bill Baker's Column

Remembering 9/11 at WNET

September 8th, 2011

It is hard to believe that a decade has passed, because the memories are still so fresh. On the morning of September 11th, we were all at our desks on 33rd street. All except ...

Bill Baker's Column

New York area Irene coverage: tempest in a teacup

August 30th, 2011

I’m writing this on an iPad with the power still off at my home in Riverside, CT. This is the third day without power, phone and Internet. We came within inches of a ...

Bill Baker's Column

Marshall McLuhan: fifty years in the global village

July 21st, 2011

Over at The Nation, I have a piece up about the legacy of Marshall McLuhan, the visionary media theorist who was born one hundred years ago last July.

Bill Baker's Column

Congress Must Not Pull the Plug on PBS and NPR

February 18th, 2011

My article, which appeared in the New York Daily News on Monday, February 7th, 2011 ...

Bill Baker's Column

Thoughts on the Media From My Brother

November 26th, 2010

My brother, Larry Baker, who has worked for 45 years as a TV Journalist and Cameraman, shares his thoughts on the media. Read the story at OHIO.COM

Bill Baker's Column

Remarks on Freedom of the Press by Dr. William F. Baker

June 2nd, 2008

Dr. William F. Baker gave the following address at the American Academy in Berlin on the 28th: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without ...

Bill Baker's Column

Remarks on Freedom of the Press by Dr. William F. Baker

May 7th, 2008

Dr. William F. Baker gave the following address at the Baden-Wurttenberg Seminar in Tubingen, Germany. “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government ...

Bill Baker's Blog

Meet Bernard L. Schwartz, author of Just Say Yes and benefactor of my center at Fordham University

Basic knowledge not ideology is needed to fix the economy

Weekly Media News Briefing, January 23rd-27th

Remembering 9/11 at WNET

New York area Irene coverage: tempest in a teacup

Marshall McLuhan: fifty years in the global village

Congress Must Not Pull the Plug on PBS and NPR

Thoughts on the Media From My Brother

Remarks on Freedom of the Press by Dr. William F. Baker

Remarks on Freedom of the Press by Dr. William F. Baker

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