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On The Media Podcast by Bob Garfield

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LOLDavid, February 17, 2006
Reviewer: LOLDavid from Los Angeles, California

It's rare that the media ever reports about itself and how it affects the news it is covering. Why would the media ever need to question what it is doing? Thankfully for this type of coverage there's "On The Media". This podcast from New York Public Radio analyzes the way the media and journalists are shaping our world and forming the current events of today. Their critical analysis is not afraid to point out where journalists are being silenced or how media coverage is being used to manipulate the public. I consider this show crucial to ones understanding of current events and because it is critical of mainstream news outlets it is perfect for the new medium of podcasting.

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Graphic videos from Syria, covering the political horse race, and more


Fri, Feb 10, 2012

To Tweet or not to Tweet graphic videos out of Syria, the seduction of covering the political horse race, and virtual pacifism in video games.

An Austrian man who got Facebook to give him everything they had on him, a writer whose rapist friended her on Facebook, the value of a "Like."

Max Richter - Berlin by Overnight

Max Richter - Cascade NW by W

The strange tradition of Supreme Court Justices attending Presidential State of the Union Addresses, the future of warantless GPS tracking, and exploring the question of internet as a human right.

The amazing story of the Megaupload take down, Italy's National Order of Journalists, and a man searches in vain for data produced by his own heart. 

A look back at a hacker from 1903, a story about Mitt Romney's dog that won't go away, and Supreme Court Justices looking at naked statues. 

The benefit and burden of disclosing political ad buys online, new rules for internet gambling and using laugh tracks on TV.

Major media errors of 2011, predictions for the media in 2012 and comment sections online.

The Egyptian military's brutal turn on protesters, the usefulness of private versus public political polls and the process of developing apps for mobile devices.

A proposed ban on texting while driving, morning show payola, the state of the art of fact checking, the role of journalists at the end of the world, and the pop-culture myth of space madness.

The upside of debates, government seizure of domain names, a free speech loophole in Malaysia, and a Cambodian journalist spends 10 years as a one man truth and reconciliation commission.

Posting nude picture of others online for revenge, a former News of the World reporter exposes underhanded tabloid techniques, and the real threat of cyber warfare.

The failure of the Supercommittee, how our biases blind us to obvious economic truths, and a collection of our favorite stories about scandals.

The challenges faced by sports journalists covering the NBA lockout, a new attitude in the Middle East against regimes killing their own people and the story of a joke Facebook game that became more popular than its designer ever imagined.

The firing of Joe Paterno, the morally hazardous world of monetized hyperlinks, surveilling yourself so the FBI won't have to, and the media's preoccupation with dissociative identity disorder (AKA multiple personality disorder.)

The rise of SuperPacs, trying to take down the adult section of Backpage.com and a former WNYC freelancer discusses her dismissal after participating in Occupy Wall Street.

Another NPR controversy, covering the Iraq withdrawal and the latest in TV news.

The Occupy protests go global, the shifting meaning of the word "occupy," and Bob Garfield reports from South Africa on its state-run media, and the world of South African political satire.

The Tea Party attempts to vilify Occupy Wall Street, the Mormon church launches a PR campaign, swearing on TV as a comedic device, radical literature for children.

Paying attention to Occupy Wall Street, jumping the gun on reporting the Amanda Knox verdict, and a look back at Steve Jobs and Apple's iconic advertising.

The "Irvine 11" conviction, Rick Santorum's Google problem, and gaming as a real-life problem solving tool.

It's hack week! Discussing the meaning of the word "hacker," the broad use of an anti-hacking law, and the Internet's volunteer anti-hacker task force. Also, the resignation of Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar.

Reporters making predictions about the 2012 election, the advantage of late night legal advertisements and escaping wi-fi in a remote West Virginia town.

Ten years after 9/11, a look at the state of American civil liberties, growing up after the attack, and the evolution of 9/11 humor.

How the government handles information that's in the public domain but remains classified, the increasing frequency of scientific paper retractions, measuring the hype around hurricane Irene.

Misinformation in the fog of war, the past present and future of Libyan media, Teddy Roosevelt's reading habits, and musicians fight to regain copyrights.

The media's coverage of political gaffes, Amazon's foray into publishing, and when authorities restrict access to social media.

This week, we look into the monolithic impact Google has on our lives for better and for worse.

A special, live broadcast of On the Media. Brooke, Bob, Ethan Zuckerman and other guests on the question: will the internet deliver us or destroy us?

Fact checking the debt ceiling showdown, a journalist's analysis of the alleged Oslo gunman's manifesto, literally burying a story in China

Is the public - and the media - getting bored of the Murdoch News of the World scandal? Were they ever interested to begin with? Plus the history of pie throwing as political statement, the relative ease of hacking a cell phone, and the 100th birthday of Marshall McLuhan.

This week we explore the 'debt ceiling', internet self-regulation and tabloids - both now and in the 1970's.

On this week's show it's (nearly) all scandal - News of the World!, Casey Anthony!, the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and ... scandal magnet Lenny Dysktra.

An encore broadcast of our one-hour look at the history, the culture and the future of video games.  Whether you know it or not you're likely a gamer and games are creeping into nearly every aspect of life; an hour on how far video games have come and where they're going.

The rules of cyber war, how "conventional wisdom" comes to be, and remembering E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons. Guest hosted by Mike Pesca.

A hacker's insight into recent hacks; Libya's unrest becomes a civil war in the media; Brooke's journey through the echo chamber debate

A Texas massacre that wasn't, a visit to internet week and a new movie about the extremes of virtual life.

Rumors pervade the media, journalists caught in Pakistan information war and tattoo copyrights

This Author: Bob Garfield

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