On the Media

Fame and Misfortune

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Text messages obtained by the January 6 commission revealed the panic of Fox News hosts — even as they downplayed the insurrection on camera. On this week’s On the Media, how to hold the news station accountable. Plus, an investigation of the celebrity profile – from the biting to the banal.

  1. Angelo Carusone [@GoAngelo], President and CEO of Media Matters, explains what the new January 6th revelations say about the state of Fox News. Listen.

  2. Anne Helen-Peterson [@annehelen], writer and journalist, on why the profile of Jeremy Strong in The New Yorker struck a chord. Listen.

  3. Bobby Finger [@bobbyfinger] and Lindsey Weber [@lindseyweber], co-hosts of the podcast "Who? Weekly," talk about the scrappy, B-list celebrities do for fame. Listen.

    4. Music:

    Il Casanova di Federico Fellini by Nina Rota
    Paperback Writer by Quartetto dell'Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
    The Art Of War by Richard Beddow
    Investigations by Kevin MacLeod
    Newsreel by Randy Newman
    Hard Times by Leftover Salmon

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