60th Anniversary of my Dad’s “Vast Wasteland Speech
3 min readMay 9, 2021
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On May 9, 1961, my father, Newton Minow, delivered a speech that continues to inspire the conversation about media and has even been an answer on Jeopardy!
I interviewed him about the speech for Emmy Magazine. LA Times columnist Michael Hiltzik interviewed him about media and the news.
