An exclusive interview with one of the foremost media critics in the country. David Barsamian talks with Robert McChesney about the corporatization of the newsroom, monopolies and mergers, NPR, PBS and the crisis at Pacifica. McChesney also explains the exponential growth of trash media at the expense of investigative journalism.

Robert McChesney
Robert McChesney is president and co-founder of the Free Press, an organization working to increase public participation in media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more democratic media. He is also professor of communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and author of numerous books including "Rich Media, Poor Democracy" and "The Problem of the Media."