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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May 13, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minLast year, it was revealed that a number of prominent newspapers were exaggerating their circulation numbers to boost advertising revenue. 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 20, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minGlobalization. Can individual nations control the information flow in a wired world? Or, should a global community govern the net? 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 30, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: London tabloids get tough on Iran, how earlier presidential primaries affect press coverage, and newspaper hoaxes through the ages. 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 27, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minWhen is it okay to show graphic war photos? 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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June 3, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThe brave new world of open source programming: why it pays to give it away. Also, regional broadcasting worked in the Arab world, but failed in Africa. Can Latin America pull it off? 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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June 10, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThe Los Angeles Times re-imagines the editorial so now you too can be the voice of the paper. Plus, what zombie movies tell us about our inner selves. 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 23, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: The Iraq war on YouTube, "genocide" reconsidered, and McDonalds tries to clear its name. 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 16, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: Politics at Justice, payola and internet radio, and Bill Gates speaks. 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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June 24, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minTwo journalistic sinners who took different paths to reportorial redemption. Plus, observing the twists and turns in the political dance of Rupert Murdoch and Hillary Clinton. 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 9, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: Locking out reporters at Gitmo, the (not so) final verdict on Libby, and Captain America is no more. 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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July 1, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minTwo journalistic sinners who took different paths to reportorial redemption. 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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July 8, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minA wrangle over confidential sources ends with one reporter in jail. Was it worth it? Plus, OTM critiques three major newspapers' takes on the issue of class. 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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July 15, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minsigns of Achill: the Cleveland Plain Dealer decides not to print a story because of the Valerie Plame case. 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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July 22, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe language of the Supreme Court and more! 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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August 5, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minWe dust off a 60-year old case of wartime censorship. Also a quick history of American media since the revolution. 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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July 29, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minWhy the Bush administration has given the "war on terror" a new name. Plus, media dispatches from Africa, Haiti and Ukraine. 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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August 12, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minThe FCC wanted advice on broadcast indecency, so it put a Christian crusader on the payroll. Plus, The Daily Show's endless search for chumps 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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August 26, 2005
05/05/2011 Duration: 52minNew efforts by Google to take over the world! Plus, famous authors who auction their characters’ names, for charity. And, a fresh take on the old museum audio guide 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 2, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 50minShow Summary: Looking for the real Louis Farrakhan, and the wounded soldiers hidden in plain view. 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 23, 2007
05/05/2011 Duration: 51minShow Summary: Evangelicals in the press, the satellite radio monopoly deal, and the myth of the longest campaign ever. 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.