The Gist - Is Amazon a Monopoly?

Hosting today’s Gist is Robert Smith from NPR’s Planet Money.

On the show, he’ll talk to Lina Khan, whose research encouraging tighter regulations on Amazon caught some heat from the company’s general counsel. Khan works at the Open Markets Program, formerly housed under the New America Foundation. 

And in the Spiel, Robert Smith observes a new trend in broadcast news: reporters becoming heroes on live television. What could possibly go wrong?

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The NewsWorthy - Friday, September 1st, 2017

All the news you need to know Friday, September 1st, 2017! Stories include the Harvey aftermath, why tech company giants wrote a letter to President Trump and the illegal drug that could become a medical treatment (and much more). 

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

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