Newt Minow Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
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President Barack Obama honors former WTTW Chairman Newt Minow at the White House.
Newt Minow, the last surviving member of the Kennedy Administration, who famously called television a “vast wasteland,” received Tuesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
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Newt Minow Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Newt Minow, the last surviving member of the Kennedy Administration, who famously called television a “vast wasteland,” received Tuesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
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