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Source: NPR "On the Media"

Roundup

5-26-08

News as muse - Newseum opens in DC [audio 11min]

Bob Garfield visits the Newseum, a 250,000-square-foot museum about news that has opened in Washington DC. After expressing a healthy share of cynicism about some Newseum artifacts, he finds some meaning in the 4-D movies, the news history gallery, and even the likeness of James Madison reciting the First Amendment.

Read entire article at NPR "On the Media"