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Connecting Point

Monday, March 20, 2017

Season 7 Episode 69 | 26m 46s

\Look at both sides of the controversial battle over the proposal to rename the Turners Falls High School mascot. Wayne Phaneuf discusses President Trump's comments calling the media "enemies of the people." Monte Belmonte stops by Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s Springfield, MA headquarters to see how politics affects our lexicon. Jacqueline Lynch on her book "Comedy and Tragedy on the Mountain."

Aired: 03/19/17
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