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The Scramble: The Media and the Election, Chappelle Returns to TV, and R.I.P. Leon Russell

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You may have heard there was an election last week. You may have heard that the outcome... surprised some people. You may have heard that the press made some mistakes, here and there, in its coverage.

This hour, we look at this election season's media winners and losers.

And: Dave Chappelle returns to television, at what might be exactly the right moment.

And then: Rest in peace, Leon Russell.

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  • Eric Deggans - NPR’s TV critic and the author of Race-Baiter: How Media Wield Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation
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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Jonathan is a producer for ‘The Colin McEnroe Show.’ His work has been heard nationally on NPR and locally on Connecticut Public’s talk shows and news magazines. He’s as likely to host a podcast on minor league baseball as he is to cover a presidential debate almost by accident. Jonathan can be reached at jmcnicol@ctpublic.org.

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