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Republican presidential candidates try to reassert control over the debate process, but they can’t quite agree on how. Plus: in praise of the “gotcha” question; some optimism on the newspaper …
Republican presidential candidates try to reassert control over the debate process, but they can’t quite agree on how. Plus: in praise of the “gotcha” question; some optimism on the newspaper …
Last Friday at the Wharton School in Philadelphia, Bob convened a day-long media future summit to figure out how to keep the lights on. For the lunchtime keynote speaker, Bob was joined by Alec …
The launch of a collaboration between On the Media and Nate Silver’s 538 to track the push and pull between polling, media coverage, and public interest in candidates. Plus: a look at the long …
On Monday the WHO classified high consumption of processed meats like bacon and sausage as a class one risk factor for colorectal cancer. But contrary to headlines, it’s NOT the same as smoking. …
A farewell to coverage of Joe Biden’s non-existent presidential campaign. Plus: clarifying the misleading language of drone warfare and what it says about policy; a new film examines Dan Rather’s …
The new musical, Allegiance, starring George Takei is in previews now and will open on Broadway early next month. The show is set during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and …
Playboy has announced it will soon stop publishing full nudes. We look at the history of men’s magazines and what it means that sex doesn’t sell in print for the magazine anymore. Plus: “who won the …
OTM digs into the Supreme Court, an institution as secretive as it is powerful — and how we understand it through the media. Plus: how regular people become poster children for thorny legal issues, …
This week’s show is all going to be all about the Supreme Court, and we were excited about a particular segment on transparency… until the Court made it totally obsolete on Monday. In the spirit of …
Searching for answers after a tragedy like the shooting at Umpqua Community College can be difficult. But some laws have made searching for even the most basic answers - such as how many …