On the Media
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| Other names | OTM |
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| Genre | News (media analysis) |
| Running time | ca. 50 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WNYC |
| Syndicates | NPR, WNYC |
| Hosted by |
Brooke Gladstone Bob Garfield |
| Edited by | Brooke Gladstone |
| Produced by | Katya Rogers Sarah Abdurrahman |
| Executive producer(s) | Ellen Horn |
| Recording studio | New York City |
| Air dates | since 1995 |
| Audio format | Stereophonic |
| Opening theme | Ben Allison, composer |
| Website | www.onthemedia.org |
| Podcast | Podcast |
On the Media (OTM) is an hour-long weekly radio program, hosted by Bob Garfield and Brooke Gladstone, covering journalism, technology, and First Amendment issues. It is produced by WNYC in New York City. OTM is first broadcast on Friday evening over WNYC's FM service, and syndicated nationwide to over 300 other public radio outlets. The program is available by audio stream, MP3 download, and podcast. OTM also keeps a blog that features short articles about media-related topics as well as "Staff Picks" of noteworthy books, films, articles, videos or other media.
As defined by co-host Garfield, On the Media covers "…anything that reaches a large audience—either electronically or otherwise…. Plus, throw into that anything that covers First Amendment issues; anything that has to do with freedom of speech, privacy, is also in our portfolio." The show explores how the media are changing, and their effects on America and the world. Many stories are centered on events of the previous week and how they were covered in the news. These often consist of interviews with reporters about the dilemmas they face in covering controversial issues.
Stories regularly cover such subjects as the use of video news releases, net neutrality, digital broadcast flags, media consolidation, censorship, freedom of the press, the influence of 24-hour cable news television coverage, media oppression, and how the media are changing with technology.
The show also addresses questions about how the media is influenced or spun by politicians, corporations, and interest groups with the intent to shape public opinion. This includes an OTM feature that covers the media's use of terminologies that may engender biased points of view, and the use of hot-button issues and code words such as Michael Moore, torture, evangelical, and islamofascist.
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