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This Week on Issues 11/28 & 11/30

Friday, November 28 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 30 @ 12:30 PM

ISSUE ONE: Privatizing Roads
Alligator Alley is one of several roads being considered for possible private leasing.  Do ventures like these help maintain roads in our weakened economy?  Or are residents paying for another company's profits?

Guests:
Carlos Lacasa, Esq., Miami-Dade Expressway Authority
Michael Mayo, SunSentinel

ISSUE TWO: Media Turning Partisan?
Discussions about how mainstream media conducted itself are increasing as this election cycle comes to an end.  Did the press fail to do its job, or do we always just pick on mass media?

Guests:
Jane Daugherty, Florida International University
Daniel Ricker, Watchdog Report
Sam Terilli, University of Miami
Denis Vogel, Ph.D., Barry University

SNL’s Fey as Palin gives Florida shout out

It’s official—last week’s vice presidential debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin was the most watched vp debate in history.  Nielsen reports that an estimated 69.9 million viewers tuned in to watch their one-and-only showdown.  (These numbers exclude C-SPAN and PBS.)  The previous record holder was the 1984 debate between Rep. Geraldine Ferraro and then-vice president George H.W. Bush with 56.7 million viewers.

Here’s the full video of the debate, courtesy of C-SPAN.

Here is Saturday Night Live’s interpretation of the above, complete with a Florida mention.

Oh, Sarah Palin! How you've changed this election!

Regardless of how you feel about Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, you have to admit she's shaken up this election like no other.  Some people like her, some people don't like her, but everyone has an opinion on this relative newcomer to the national stage. 

I like Gov. Palin as a cultural icon who has gotten even the least politically-minded people into this election race.  Hopefully, they'll take that drive and curiosity to educate themselves on the issues and cast a ballot on November 4th--whether it be for Sen. John McCain or Sen. Barack Obama.

NBC's Saturday Night Live premiered with a great sketch on sexism in the media this weekend: