Jeff Bezos, Robert Johnson Honored
at Friends & Benefactors Awards Banquet

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Tom Brokaw presents Freedom of Speech Award to Jeff Bezos.	Rep. Rick Boucher.	Rep. Rick Boucher (left) and NCTA President Robert Sachs.
The crowd filled the ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington.	A Four Seasons touch: The Media Institute logo in a chocolate swirl.	Tom Brokaw of NBC News and Media Institute President Patrick D. Maines.
FCC Chairman William E. Kennard (left) with Broadcasting & Cable¡¦s Don West and NBC¡¦s Tom Brokaw.	Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos (right) makes a point to BET founder Robert L. Johnson as Robert Sachs of NCTA and FCC Chairman William Kennard look on.	Former FCC chairmen James Quello (left) and Dick Wiley.

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