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A Modest Election Finance Reform Proposal (That Might Actually Work)
Friday, October 24, 2014
"Dark money," political donations that cannot be traced to any person or organization, is buying an avalanche of ads in states with big mid-term elections this year.
On The Media
Remembering Legendary Editor Ben Bradlee
Friday, October 24, 2014
Bob remembers the legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who died this Tuesday at age 93.
On The Media
Sanity on Ebola, Money and Midterms, & #GamerGate
Friday, October 24, 2014
A Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Infectious Disease Edition, "dark money" in midterm elections, and demystifying #GamerGate.
On The Media
Not In The Supreme Court's Backyard
Friday, October 17, 2014
Bob speaks with New York Times Supreme Court correspondent, Adam Liptak, about the Supreme Court's commitment to keeping protesters off its plaza.
On The Media
The Making of CitizenFour
Friday, October 17, 2014
Brooke speaks with New Yorker staff writer George Packer about profiling filmmaker Laura Poitras as she made the documentary CitizenFour, about Edward Snowden.
On The Media
Ferguson on the Map and in the Mind
Friday, October 17, 2014
In the months since Ferguson erupted in protest after Michael Brown's death, the town has become shorthand for myriad social ills. But what's been the impact on the community itself?
On The Media
"You Can Win with the Media"
Friday, October 17, 2014
A course being offered in St Louis aims to ease tensions between law enforcement and the press.
On The Media
Gary Webb and the CIA
Friday, October 03, 2014
In 1996, San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb published a series of articles that connected the CIA, the Contra rebels in Nicaragua, and the exploding crack trade in Los Angeles.
On The Media
Nothing But The Truth
Friday, October 03, 2014
The splintering image of the Secret Service, why rumors are more interesting than fact, and an atheist tome for kids.
On The Media
The Splintering Image of the Secret Service
Friday, October 03, 2014
In light of the revelations of major security lapses at the White House, Brooke examines the crumbling image of the Secret Service.
On The Media
Bad Reporting About Chris Christie
Friday, September 26, 2014
Last week, according to the media, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was exonerated on all, and then some, and finally none of the charges involving the Bridgegate scandal.
On The Media
The NSA Has An Advice Columnist
Friday, September 26, 2014
When employees of the NSA's Signals Intelligence Division need advice about workplace frustrations they can write 'Zelda.'
On The Media
Message Wars
Friday, September 26, 2014
A cartoon aimed to deter potential ISIS recruits, using prisoners to deliver propaganda, and correcting the Ebola numbers.
On The Media
Why CNN Decided Not to Air the John Cantlie Video
Friday, September 26, 2014
Last week, OTM aired three short excerpts from the first video of British ISIS hostage John Cantlie acting as a coerced news anchor in a grotesque ISIS news broadcast.
On The Media
Sticking to the Facts about the Ebola Outbreak
Friday, September 26, 2014
Headlines touting a worst-case scenario projected by the CDC diminish the tragic reality unfolding, and may be invoking racism at home, says Laura Seay, expert in African politics.
On The Media
Most Americans Fear ISIS
Friday, September 19, 2014
Americans across the political spectrum are supporting Obama's military campaign against ISIS. What explains this striking unanimity in public opinion?
On The Media
Empty Fears at the Southern Border
Friday, September 19, 2014
Homeland Security officials have declared that there is no evidence of ISIS terror cells at the Mexican border. That hasn't stopped the media and politicians from stoking fears.
On The Media
Not Reporting Journalist Kidnappings
Friday, September 05, 2014
Although the murders of journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley has been a major story for weeks, there are many journalist kidnappings that go unreported.
On The Media
Not Reporting Journalist Kidnappings
Friday, September 05, 2014
Although the murders of journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley has been a major story for weeks, there are many journalist kidnappings that go unreported.
On The Media
Media Kidnapping Blackouts, A Conversation With Carl Kasell, and More
Friday, September 05, 2014
Gruesome murders of American journalists by ISIS militants have raised serious questions about the way the media should cover these acts of terrorism.
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- Remembering Legendary Editor Ben Bradlee
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- Gary Webb and the CIA
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