{"id":4697,"date":"2009-06-01T12:12:18","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2012-12-14T11:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T16:00:55","slug":"dishing-democracy-video-segment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/dishing-democracy-video-segment-2\/4697\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Segment 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='WnetJwPlayer-798183204-DishingDemocracy_segment2'><\/div><script>var WnetJwPlayer = WnetJwPlayer || {\n\t\t\tpluginDir: \"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wp-content\/plugins\/wnet-jwplayer-shortcode\/\",\n\t\t\tembedQueue: [],\n\t\t\tinit: function() {\n\t\t\t\tvar iframe = document.createElement(\"iframe\");\n\t\t\t\tiframe.src = \"javascript:false\";\n\t\t\t\t( iframe.frameElement || iframe ).style.cssText = \"width: 0; height: 0; border: 0\";\n\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(iframe);\n\t\t\t\tvar frameDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document;\n\t\t\t\tframeDoc.open().write(\"<body onload=\\\"var js=document.createElement('script');js.src='\" + this.pluginDir + \"embed.js';document.body.appendChild(js);\\\"><\/body>\");\n\t\t\t\tframeDoc.close();\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t};WnetJwPlayer.init();WnetJwPlayer.embedQueue.push('{\"id\":\"DishingDemocracy_segment2\",\"width\":\"514\",\"height\":\"307\",\"el_id\":\"WnetJwPlayer-798183204-DishingDemocracy_segment2\",\"dir\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/wideangle\\\/files\\\/2012\\\/12\"}')<\/script>\n<p>Satellite TV reaches nearly 300 million Arabic speakers worldwide. 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