On the Media

On the Media

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  • Typical duration

    49 min

    per episode

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    57%

    finish an episode

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On the Media episodes

  • May 4, 2002

    The financial troubles of recent media mergers, and meet the man who was censor for Saturday Night Live.

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    53 min
  • May 11, 2002

    How has Hong-Kong being handed over to China changed it's media? That and a look at priests in the media this week on On the Media.

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    52 min
  • May 17, 2002

    Coverage of the Middle-East by the U.S. media catches flak at home, also: the journalistic ethics of Spiderman and Superman.

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    52 min
  • May 25, 2002

    The media onslaught involving President Bush's alleged prior knowledge, a look at the state of the free press in Zimbabwe, and the disappearance of instrumental rock.

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    52 min
  • June 1, 2002

    How overstatements easily gain acceptance in the media, the media's soft spot for the FBI, and a look at the portrayal of cops on TV and in the movies.

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    54 min
  • June 8, 2002

    How the ambiguities of the Koran are being used to further political agendas, and the public image of the CIA.

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    54 min
  • June 14, 2002

    Brooke is away, and that means that it's sports city this week on On the Media.

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    53 min
  • June 21, 2002

    Four reporters fined for talking to a jury after a case was closed, and a look at the history of advertising Cracker Jack. That's this week on On the Media.

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    54 min
  • June 28, 2002

    How the Arab press is reacting to President Bush's ideas for change in Middle East policy, and the kerfuffle being caused by a "hip" depiction of the Thai king.

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    54 min
  • July 5, 2002

    Newspapers take sides on capital punishment, PSAs reminding Americans to love freedom, and Bob Garfield trying to be the next big hit in country music.

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    54 min

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On the Media is a weekly show that uses the media as a lens to understand our world.  On the Media listeners say the show is an essential companion, helping them survive the firehose of media…

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