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The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can, hopefully, awaken people and change minds. I think it depends on who’s piloting the plane.

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Katie Couric
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 7
Film Producer
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Arlington
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Katherine Anne Couric
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