The Briefing 02-12-15

Podcast Transcript

1) Brian Williams and Jon Stewart stories reveal danger of blurred line between entertainment and news

 Brian Williams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay, New York Times (Emily Steel and Ravi Somaiya)

Jon Stewart Will Leave ‘The Daily Show’ on a Career High Note, New York Times (Dave Itzkoff)

A Late-Night Host Seamlessly Mixing Analysis, Politics and Humor, New York Times (Jason Zinoman)

Jon Stewart shaped cultural attitudes of a generation, Boston Globe (Dan Aucoin)

2) Rising depressing, secularism of college freshmen reveals social cost of increasing isolation

Annual survey makes big statements about freshman students, USA Today (Rachel Rosenbaum)

College Freshmen Are Leaning Away From Religion, Wall Street Journal (Melissa Korn)

More College Freshmen Report Having Felt Depressed, New York Times (Alan Schwarz)

College Freshmen Seek Financial Security Amid Emotional Insecurity, Chronicle of Higher Education (Dan Berrett and Eric Hoover)

Filling religion’s void, Yale Daily News (Scott Greenberg)