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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March 10, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minAT&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. 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 17, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minCensorship in China, the Knight Ridder newspapers deal, and the history of war reporting. 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minDirty 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://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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minJudges 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. 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe Iraqi document dump, Fake News is Everywhere, Crossword Puzzlers' War of Words. 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minIran 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 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe 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 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minSpecial 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 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minColbert goes to Washington, Psychoanalysis and cinema, Health news gets a check-up 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minWatching the government watching us- and American pollsters sell negativity south of the border. 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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minGlobal 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 (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, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53min2008 presidential candidates and the media who love them, a look back at Hustler magazine and must-watch-television … for infants. 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 2, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minChaos in the TV business, early American propagandists, a supreme blow to whistleblowers 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 9, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minAl-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 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 16, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minHow 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. 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 23, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minCut 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. 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 30, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minPresident Bush’s speech outlining the administration’s shift in Middle East policy drew big headlines across the world this week. 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 7, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minThe Freedom of Information Act turns 40 and Mexican media grapple with a contested election. 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 14, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minMid 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 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 21, 2006
05/05/2011 Duration: 53minCovering 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 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.