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The Industry Voice (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
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For over 40 years Don LaFontaine was the voice of the film preview. His sonorous, gravelly, ignore-me-at-your-peril delivery has become virtually synonymous with the movie trailer. LaFontaine died this week, we listen back to the world he created.
The Industry Voice (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
For over 40 years Don LaFontaine was the voice of the film preview. His sonorous, gravelly, ignore-me-at-your-peril delivery has become virtually synonymous with the movie trailer. LaFontaine died this week, so we listen back to the world he created.
Film School (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
Teachers are among our most complicated, hard working and important public servants. So why are portrayals of them on the big screen still so black and white? Mary Dalton has studied portrayals of teachers and tells us why Hollywood may show great potential but isn’t really applying itself.
Text Me (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
Each year college students and their parents face many hefty expenses, including the high cost of textbooks. Cal Tech economics professor R. Preston McAfee says college texts are not only too expensive but too general. That's why he's challenging the traditional economics of the textbook publishing industry with a free textbook of his own.
Reporting Left Behind (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
While teachers and students head back to class, lawmakers in Washington remain at an impasse regarding the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. The coverage of NCLB was gung-ho back in 2002 but has been negative for a long time since, and education blogger Alexander Russo says that hasn’t always been fair.
Crunching the Numbers (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
Nate Silver created a remarkably accurate computer system that projects stats for baseball players and teams. Now he's turned his attention to polling data for the presidential election with his website Five Thirty Eight. Silver explains how his site can out-perform the polling firms, whose data he relies on.
Margins of Error (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
During the presidential campaign, media hang on the results of nearly every poll. But David Moore, former senior editor for the Gallup Poll, says polls inaccurately portray a consensus on issues the public often knows little or nothing about.
Kiss Off (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
At the Republican National Convention this week, politicians and their spokespeople levied harsh criticisms at the elitist, " left-wing" media. The main complaint seemed to be reporters' insistence on asking questions about vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Will the media fall for it? Brooke and Bob weigh in.
September 5, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 05 September 2008)
Fri, Sep 5
Show Summary: McCain v Media; poor marks for coverage of No Child Left Behind; teachers on film
Summer of '68 (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
Amid coverage this week of the DNC were remembrances of another historic gathering of Democrats – 40 years ago in Chicago. Mark Kurlansky, author of “1968: The Year that Rocked the World,” remembers the prevailing narrative of the day.
Press Time (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
There's no shortage of contests that outsource the design process to the masses. But the website Cafe Press has become the open-source catalog for t-shirts, posters and a variety of merchandise stamped with designs thought up by the people. Cafe Press co-founder Fred Durham explains how the designs are a good indicator of where the national dialog is headed.
OTM Beshirted (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
After months of competition and weeks of Bob going shirtless the OTM T-shirt contest has finally concluded. Phil Mastman is our proud winner and he joins us to bask in the white-hot glory and explain his design.
Full of Gas (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
Energy independence should be a topic for wide-ranging discussion about science, economics and lifestyle. But David Fiderer, an energy banker and Huffington Post blogger, says reporters are allowing politicians to hijack the conversation, making it about left and right all the while leaving reality out of the picture.
Harry and Louise Part Deux (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
Remember Harry and Louise? They were really worried about the Clinton health care plan in 1993. They're worried again! But this time, for entirely new reasons. WNYC's Fred Mogul explains.
Hidden Persuaders (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
For years now, psychologists at universities across the country have been studying bias, and tests show that we're often unaware of our own hidden agenda. Professor Tony Greenwald describes the Implicit Association Test.
Those Who Came Before (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Wed, Sep 3
Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan and countless other black women fought at great risk to make their voices heard in our democracy. Princeton University African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell says Barack Obama would have been wise to acknowledge their words and their deeds.
The Best Most Fair Trusted Headquarters for Politics! (On The Media: Friday
Wed, Sep 3
Cable news covered and perhaps smothered the historic Democratic National Convention this week. Brooke emerged from the coverage with a bit of a headache.
Summer of '68 (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
Amid coverage this week of the DNC were remembrances of another historic gathering of Democrats – 40 years ago in Chicago. Mark Kurlansky, author of “1968: The Year that Rocked the World,” remembers the prevailing narrative of the day.
Press Time (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
There's no shortage of contests that outsource the design process to the masses. But the website Cafe Press has become the open-source catalog for t-shirts, posters and a variety of merchandise stamped with designs thought up by the people. Cafe Press co-founder Fred Durham explains how the designs are a good indicator of where the national dialog is headed.
OTM Beshirted (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
After months of competition and weeks of Bob going shirtless the OTM T-shirt contest has finally concluded. Phil Mastman is our proud winner and he joins us to bask in the white-hot glory and explain his design.
Full of Gas (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
Energy independence should be a topic for wide-ranging discussion about science, economics and lifestyle. But David Fiderer, an energy banker and Huffington Post blogger, says reporters are allowing politicians to hijack the conversation, making it about left and right all the while leaving reality out of the picture.
Harry and Louise Part Deux (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
Remember Harry and Louise? They were really worried about the Clinton health care plan in 1993. They're worried again! But this time, for entirely new reasons. WNYC's Fred Mogul explains.
Hidden Persuaders (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
For years now, psychologists at universities across the country have been studying bias, and tests show that we're often unaware of our own hidden agenda. Professor Tony Greenwald describes the Implicit Association Test.
Those Who Came Before (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
Fannie Lou Hamer, Shirley Chisholm, Barbara Jordan and countless other black women fought at great risk to make their voices heard in our democracy. Princeton University African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell says Barack Obama would have been wise to acknowledge their words and their deeds.
The Best Most Fair Trusted Headquarters for Politics! (On The Media: Friday
Fri, Aug 29
Cable news covered and perhaps smothered the historic Democratic National Convention this week. Brooke emerged from the coverage with a bit of a headache.
August 29, 2008 (On The Media: Friday, 29 August 2008)
Fri, Aug 29
Show Summary: Cable news talks about and over the DNC; The first couple of health care ads return to the small screen; What even you don't know about your racial bias
Dress to Repress (On The Media: Friday, 22 August 2008)
Mon, Aug 25
When Pervez Musharraf traded in his military uniform for a suit and tie, or Castro embraced an Addidas track suit, it was that rare moment when dictatorial politics and the sartorial sweep of history collide. OTM takes this idea one step too far with Project Runway: Strongman Edition.
Media Mogul (On The Media: Friday, 22 August 2008)
Mon, Aug 25
During his resignation speech, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf touted his country's flourishing independent media as one of his accomplishments. But although Musharraf initially expanded media freedoms, he tried to squelch them near the end of his rule. The Christian Science Monitor’s Shahan Mufti describes Musharraf’s mixed media legacy.
State of the Union (On The Media: Friday, 22 August 2008)
Mon, Aug 25
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is an American-educated Bush Administration protg. He has served as a compelling mouthpiece for his country in press coverage of the current conflict. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker and former Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post gives his analysis of the Russia/Georgia clash.
Micro Reporting (On The Media: Friday, 22 August 2008)
Mon, Aug 25
Some journalists have added Twitter as a reporting tool, both to gather and broadcast the news. Julio Ojeda Zapata, a technology columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, explains how non-stop twittering affects his reporting.
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