On the Media
Episodes
February 2, 2007
05 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Show Summary: Muslims in the Media, from Washington to Doha. And spitting on soldiers -- the myth that just won't die. On the Media is supported by li...
January 26, 2007
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: The media miss the "Surge," and behind the scenes at Al Manar. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by...
January 19, 2007
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: Scooter Libby on trial, high-def looks to porn, and what's so funny about Dennis Kucinich? On the Media is supported by listeners like y...
January 12, 2007
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: Apple's genius at turning marketing into news, social networking to beat the censors, and the state of the cable news hate-fest. On the ...
September 23, 2005
05 May 2011
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The future of television networks (here's a hint, the programs are more valuable than the pipes.) And, the future ON television: a new series puts the...
September 30, 2005
05 May 2011
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The New Orleans Times Picayune launches its own portraits of grief. The problem? Finding the people who remember the dead. Also, an Al-Jazeera reporte...
October 28, 2005
05 May 2011
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The vast lawless frontier of cyberspace needs governing, but whose job is it? We'll look at who rules the internet now, and who used to. On the Media ...
October 21, 2005
05 May 2011
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Serious self-analysis at the New York Times, and Katrina leaves an odd alliance of broadcasters in its wake. On the Media is supported by listeners li...
October 14, 2005
05 May 2011
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A conversational presidential video conference with soldiers that needed a rehearsal and more... On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Supp...
October 7, 2005
05 May 2011
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A federal judge recently ordered the Defense Department to release a second batch of photos from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison The wave of exodus: journali...
November 25, 2005
05 May 2011
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Almost three years into the war in Iraq and the debate over whether to go into that war is raging in the media. Why now? And, putting a new head on Be...
November 18, 2005
05 May 2011
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The earthquake in Pakistan vanished from the headlines after barely a week. If thousands more die because no one is paying attention, are the media to...
November 11, 2005
05 May 2011
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Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller talks about Scooter Libby, weapons of mass destruction, and her former colleagues at the Times. Plus, the...
November 4, 2005
05 May 2011
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January 5, 2007
05 May 2011
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Show summary: Watching Saddam's execution here and in the Arab world, and the Future of the Internet. On the Media is supported by listeners like you....
December 29, 2006
05 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week on On the Media, an examination of the NPR listener, and, a radioplay send-up public radio itself. On the Media is supported by listeners li...
December 22, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: Unpacking "troop surge" and the N-word. Also, how the civil rights movement was covered, and a fond look at Christmas specials...
December 15, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show summary: Atheists in the press, Pinochet's propaganda and Luddite spies. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating...
December 8, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show summary: Bush cements his image as the decider. Plus, the popular image of spies... and penguins. On the Media is supported by listeners like you...
December 1, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: New York Times editor Bill Keller weighs in on "civil war" semantics. And, the subpoenas rain down on the Times' reporters. O...
November 24, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: Why Democratic leadership is good for journalism. And, Bob takes the temperature of press freedom in Turkey. On the Media is supported b...
November 17, 2006
05 May 2011
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Show Summary: Is redeployment just a euphemism? Also, Lou Dobbs defends his method, and Al Jazeera English goes live... finally. On the Media is suppo...
November 3, 2006
05 May 2011
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How YouTube has the law on its side, why the media falls so hard for Borat, and John Kerry steps in it again. On the Media is supported by listeners l...
November 10, 2006
05 May 2011
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Rumsfeld's out, Pelosi's in. We survey reactions in the Arab press and the right-wing media. Also, should journalists vote? On the Media is supported ...
December 2, 2005
05 May 2011
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The hidden world of Iraq war psy-ops, and Googlezon – a vision of the brave new media world. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Suppor...
December 9, 2005
05 May 2011
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Katrina journalism, Iraqi campaigning, and, The War on The War on Christmas. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating ...
December 23, 2005
05 May 2011
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Why The New York Times held its fire, and the books we love to steal. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (...
December 16, 2005
05 May 2011
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TV technology experts hawking cool stuff on TV may be paid to pitch those items, also genetically modified food grabs headlines in the rest of the wor...
December 30, 2005
05 May 2011
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Aceh’s media rebuilds, one year after the tsunami, and the best journalistic error of 2005 On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support ...
January 6, 2006
05 May 2011
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Another year another leak investigation! And, the media criticism beat grows up, it’s OTM’s anniversary show. On the Media is supported by listene...
January 13, 2006
05 May 2011
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Judge Samuel Alito in the hot seat, the ethics of memoir writing, and self-reporting as misreporting. On the Media is supported by listeners like you....
January 20, 2006
05 May 2011
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Was the press a little too bi-partisan when it described who pocketed a lobbyist’s money? Also, a media health-care huckster becomes a free-speech c...
January 27, 2006
05 May 2011
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Online anonymity is closer then ever and Hamas attempts an extreme makeover. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating ...
February 10, 2006
05 May 2011
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OTM Goes to the Middle East! On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Fol...
February 3, 2006
05 May 2011
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A recap of the Danish cartoon controversy, and Bob vies for the title of Funniest Reporter on the Planet. On the Media is supported by listeners like ...
February 17, 2006
05 May 2011
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Cheney in the crosshairs and the South wins the Civil War On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pled...
February 24, 2006
05 May 2011
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A secret program to (re)make government secrets, and the inventor of Flash Mobs tells all. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OT...
March 3, 2006
05 May 2011
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Veterans running for Congress as Democrats, Oil's PR campaign, and theatrics in the WH briefing room. On the Media is supported by listeners like you....
March 10, 2006
05 May 2011
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AT&T's image problem, historical fiction on trial, and the battle between Olbermann and O'Reilly. On the Media is supported by listeners like you....
March 17, 2006
05 May 2011
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Censorship in China, the Knight Ridder newspapers deal, and the history of war reporting. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM...
March 24, 2006
05 May 2011
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Dirty words, war crimes on TV, and Helen Thomas asks a question. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https...
March 31, 2006
05 May 2011
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Judges under fire in the no-spin-zone, Immigration in the Spanish language media, Islam in the movies. On the Media is supported by listeners like you...
April 7, 2006
05 May 2011
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The Iraqi document dump, Fake News is Everywhere, Crossword Puzzlers' War of Words. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by do...
April 14, 2006
05 May 2011
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Iran and the U.S. play a game of chicken, static-free radio, plus the dirt on gossip. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by ...
April 21, 2006
05 May 2011
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The Scott McClellan era comes to a close, and the media that Chernobyl left in its wake. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM ...
April 28, 2006
05 May 2011
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Special Report: How a devastated New Orleans became a testing ground for new kinds of media. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support ...
May 5, 2006
05 May 2011
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Colbert goes to Washington, Psychoanalysis and cinema, Health news gets a check-up On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by don...
May 12, 2006
05 May 2011
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Watching the government watching us- and American pollsters sell negativity south of the border. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Supp...
May 19, 2006
05 May 2011
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Global warming as comedy, fair use is fair, more on phone tracking. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (ht...
May 26, 2006
05 May 2011
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2008 presidential candidates and the media who love them, a look back at Hustler magazine and must-watch-television … for infants. On the Media is s...
June 2, 2006
05 May 2011
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Chaos in the TV business, early American propagandists, a supreme blow to whistleblowers On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM ...
June 16, 2006
05 May 2011
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How the world covers the World Cup, every month is awareness month, 19,000 new sources for journalists On the Media is supported by listeners like you...
June 9, 2006
05 May 2011
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Al-Zarqawi as memento mori, and why baseball writers aren’t juiced about steroids. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by d...
June 23, 2006
05 May 2011
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Cut and Run wins the language debate, freedom in the Saudi Press, the poetry of Michael Gerson On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Suppor...
June 30, 2006
05 May 2011
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President Bush’s speech outlining the administration’s shift in Middle East policy drew big headlines across the world this week. On the Media is ...
July 7, 2006
05 May 2011
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The Freedom of Information Act turns 40 and Mexican media grapple with a contested election. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support ...
July 14, 2006
05 May 2011
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Mid East press round-up, TV sparks change in Pakistan, The ribald father of civil liberties. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support ...
July 21, 2006
05 May 2011
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Covering the Middle East, from NY to Jakarta. Stem cell mixed messages. Tabloid wars. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by ...
July 28, 2006
05 May 2011
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The psychology of the partisan news consumer, blackmailer journalists, and how to interview a celebrity. On the Media is supported by listeners like y...
August 4, 2006
05 May 2011
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Perilous times for a wartime president, porn, baseball announcers, the atomic bomb and bombshells. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Su...
August 11, 2006
05 May 2011
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What the Connecticut primary means about Internet organizing, and conspiracy theorizing from Mexico City to Ground Zero. On the Media is supported by ...
August 25, 2006
05 May 2011
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The loneliest Iranian correspondent, the child porn beat, poor marks for economic columnists. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support...
August 18, 2006
05 May 2011
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Writing the first draft of the Lebanon war, and getting the story out of – and into – Cuba. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Suppo...
September 1, 2006
05 May 2011
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Lonelygirl15 and her fans, Armitage enters the Plame investigation, NPR listeners profiled. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support O...
September 8, 2006
05 May 2011
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9/11 then and now, the convergence of content producers and content users, and Star Trek turns 40. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Su...
September 15, 2006
05 May 2011
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The politics of Bush’s non-political 9/11 speech, the outing of lonelygirl and Shalom TV On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OT...
September 22, 2006
05 May 2011
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Daniel Ellsberg on leaking, Michael Pollan on spinach, and Mark Warner on virtual campaigning. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Suppor...
September 29, 2006
05 May 2011
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Civil war in Iraq? Plus, Tokyo Rose. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/o...
October 6, 2006
05 May 2011
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How the Foley scandal went from rumor to news, and director Michael Apted on latest installment in the 7UP series. On the Media is supported by listen...
October 13, 2006
05 May 2011
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Falling down on fact checking the North Korea story, Learning from The Daily Show, Google eats YouTube, pop songs in the law. On the Media is supporte...
October 20, 2006
05 May 2011
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Iraqi pros turned reporters, getting stories out of Gitmo, Vietnamese spy reporter. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by do...
October 27, 2006
05 May 2011
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Obama's week in the press, voting machines in the news, NBC's primetime changes. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donat...