Behind the Media w/ Dan Lothian

They call it the "Nerd Prom", but the White House Correspondents Dinner is always one of the hottest tickets in our nation's capital. Dan Lothian, the host of Behind the Media, has been to quite a few of them, hanging out with Ashley Judd and other entertainment and news celebrities. This week, the featured comedienne Michelle Wolf made fun of just about everyone in politics and media, but did she go too far? Lots of media people are upset with some of her material.  Dan and Jimmy Young talk about this on Behind the Media.​

Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia 

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper has been calling out President Donald Trump for...breaking promises? Former CNN correspondent Dan Lothian and NECN anchor Jimmy Young discuss the ramifications of a supposedly unbiased news personality making this kind of statement, how the lines have blurred when it comes to bias at network news stations, and how the Trump presidency has pushed that line.

Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia 

Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen was caught lying this week about the role he played in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. Dan Lothian & Jimmy Young discuss what would drive a reporter to lie about such a major story, and if its systemic of larger issues in Journalism. Don't miss this episode of Behind The Media.

Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia 

If feels like Big Brother is targeting journalists to track their every move. The Department of Homeland Security is seeking bids from companies to monitor what journalists of every language are saying and doing. Steam is coming out of the ears of veteran journalists Dan Lothian and Jimmy Young as they try to make sense of all this on this week’s episode of Behind The Media.

Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia

How did a Starbucks managers encounter with two African American men in Philadelphia become national news? Credit citizen journalists who captured compelling videos and uploaded them to Twitter and YouTube.   It's a new era, where stories that once happened away from the public eye are being brought into daylight. The result? Big headlines, a national conversation and policy changes.   On this episode of Behind the Media with Dan and Jimmy, the two veteran journalists turn up the heat on "public eyewitness news."   Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia

He's a big liar...pumping out fake news and cashing in with advertisers. His name is Christopher Blair and he is the master of fake news.

 -Why does he do it?

-Hard core democrats-liberal trying to undercut the far right

-Wants to expose bigotry etc.

-This is satire

-This just adds more mud in the already muddy waters of what is real and what isn't

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Boycott Fox. Boycott Laura Ingraham. Boycott Facebook. Advertising boycotts are in. They're kind of cool...but do they work? The internet continues to butt heads with Corporate America, but is either side gaining any ground towards their cause? Dan Lothian & Jimmy Young look at the recent internet protests, and try and figure out whether they work or are "just a very large band-aid". 

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"This is extremely dangerous to our democracy" One line that has entered the delivery of local news shows on stations owned by Sinclair Broadcasting all over the country. Dan Lothian & Jimmy Young have been talking about Sinclair media's practice of forcing their political agenda into local news casts all over the country since last September on Behind The Media. Now with Sinclair poised to make another acquisition of a major brand, Tribune Media, Sinclair could reach 3 of every 4 people in the US. The separation of editorial from commercial business is taking a dangerous turn. It's Media vs. the POTUS in a war of words & in this case video created by Deadspin.

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Jimmy Young's former NECN cohost Mikey Adams joins the show. Jimmy & Mikey reminisce about NECN & WEEI, and discuss how the media's portrayal of Marijuana has changed from when they broke into the industry to now. 

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Nick Gelso joins Jimmy Young to discuss the founding of CLNS Media, the Podcasting Industry, and the Boston Celtics.

Behind The Media is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and the CLNS Media Mobile App. You can follow the show on Twitter @LittleParkMedia using the hashtag #BehindTheMedia