Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/on-wednesdays-newshour-6 Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter On Wednesday’s NewsHour… Nation Jan 20, 2010 5:24 PM EDT The GOP victory in the Massachusetts special election is the lead story tonight, followed by the latest from Haiti, The New York Times’ attempt to charge for news online, and a report on the latest in body-scanning technology. MASSACHUSETTS SURPRISE – Gwen Ifill looks at what Scott Brown’s win means for President Obama’s agenda with Jennifer Nassour, Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of the Hotline, and Ceci Connolly, national health policy reporter for the Washington Post. HAITI DEVASTATION – After two on the ground reports from Haiti on the struggle to distribute aid, Margaret Warner gets the latest on the situation in Port-au-Prince from Jason Beaubien of NPR. NEW YORK TIMES TO CHARGE FOR CONTENT – Then we try to find out if consumers will pay for news online in light of the New York Times’ announcement that it will start to charge a fee in 2011. Jeffrey Brown has analysis from Bill Mitchell of the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists in Florida, and Bill Grueskin, dean of academic affairs at the Columbia Graduate School Of Journalism. BODY SCANNING TECHNOLOGY – Ray Suarez has been looking into some of the latest technology being rolled out in the nation’s airports. WEB-ONLY – We have more on how the Massachusetts results affect the balance of power on Capitol Hill from Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation offers another take on Brown’s victory … he says it maybe more about a longer term trend than just about parties. There’s an update on executive bonuses and how big banks are reacting to proposals for new taxes from Wall Street Journal columnist Dennis Berman, and on Art Beat, you can ask questions of the head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
The GOP victory in the Massachusetts special election is the lead story tonight, followed by the latest from Haiti, The New York Times’ attempt to charge for news online, and a report on the latest in body-scanning technology. MASSACHUSETTS SURPRISE – Gwen Ifill looks at what Scott Brown’s win means for President Obama’s agenda with Jennifer Nassour, Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, Amy Walter, Editor-in-Chief of the Hotline, and Ceci Connolly, national health policy reporter for the Washington Post. HAITI DEVASTATION – After two on the ground reports from Haiti on the struggle to distribute aid, Margaret Warner gets the latest on the situation in Port-au-Prince from Jason Beaubien of NPR. NEW YORK TIMES TO CHARGE FOR CONTENT – Then we try to find out if consumers will pay for news online in light of the New York Times’ announcement that it will start to charge a fee in 2011. Jeffrey Brown has analysis from Bill Mitchell of the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists in Florida, and Bill Grueskin, dean of academic affairs at the Columbia Graduate School Of Journalism. BODY SCANNING TECHNOLOGY – Ray Suarez has been looking into some of the latest technology being rolled out in the nation’s airports. WEB-ONLY – We have more on how the Massachusetts results affect the balance of power on Capitol Hill from Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post. Dante Chinni of Patchwork Nation offers another take on Brown’s victory … he says it maybe more about a longer term trend than just about parties. There’s an update on executive bonuses and how big banks are reacting to proposals for new taxes from Wall Street Journal columnist Dennis Berman, and on Art Beat, you can ask questions of the head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now