Synopsis
The smartest, wittiest, most incisive media analysis show in the universe. The weekly one-hour podcast of NPRs On the Media is your guide to how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield examine threats to free speech and government transparency, criticize media coverage of the weeks big stories, examine new technology, and unravel hidden political narratives in the media. In an age of information overload, OTM helps you dig your way out. The Peabody Award winning show is produced by WNYC Radio.
Episodes
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![January 6, 2001]()
January 6, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe changing of the guard in the White House press corps. Ben Bradlee says the whiners in the briefing room should take a walk. And a day with reporter who walks the "bad luck" beat on the streets of New York. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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January 13, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThis week, we look forward to the future of music on the Internet and back to a day in radio September 21st, 1939. Also, the Elvis of cable news: bill O'Reilly. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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January 20, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe ascension of Texas, a look at the word Luddite, and a question: what exactly is IT? On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![January 27, 2001]()
January 27, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minWhy don't football and culture mix? That, new FCC rules regarding the blind, and more this week on On the Media. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![February 3, 2001]()
February 3, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 54minThis week on On the Media: the new face of CNN, China's campaign against Falun Gong, and Oedipus told through vanity plates. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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February 10, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minAl Gore takes a whack at teaching at J-School. And OTM talks sex. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![February 17, 2001]()
February 17, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThe issues faced in covering Israel. Lynn Cheney takes on Eminem. And Brooke visits with some online gamers. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![February 24, 2001]()
February 24, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThe February sweeps are almost over. Take a look at gays and blacks on television...are the portrayals fair, or merely fashionable? On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![March 3, 2001]()
March 3, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThis week, how DVD's are changing the way we watch movies. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![March 10, 2001]()
March 10, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minOn The Media goes to Anchor School. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![March 24, 2001]()
March 24, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 54minThe U.S. Senate passed a bill that would give cheap ad rates for pols.... On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![March 31, 2001]()
March 31, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 54minShould audiences be as concerned about foundation grants as they are about corporate money? On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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![April 7, 2001]()
April 7, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 58minCorporate anthems, Dan Rather's possible liberal bias and British electioneering.. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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April 14, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minWe look into the latest in reality TV…and the rise of the scary female game show host and Mr. Clippy… On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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April 21, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minJets, lies and video tape as OTM asks can we trust the State Department's version of events. Plus, nothingness. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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April 28, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThis week on On the Media: marketing prescription drugs, the first 100 days, and ESPN goes fishin'. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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May 5, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThis week On the Media focuses on the debate over whether or not to broadcast executions. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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May 12, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minA local Denver organization is petitioning the Federal Trade Commission to force Denver Area News Stations to drop the word “news” from their advertising and promotions. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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May 19, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe appeal of urban culture, the question of what is appropriate reporting when a child is on trial, and OTM takes a whack at making an Alcatel commercial. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
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May 26, 2001
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minJackass, Scandal in Gracie Manor, and "Vandal-Gate". A week of high-brow topics on On the Media. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org.
