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Friday, December 5 2014

  • Blog to... Novel?: Five Internet Personalities Turned Fiction Writers (Besides Zoella) December 5, 2014

    Zoella's Girl Online is making a huge splash &ndash; are bloggers-cum-novelists always such a hit? (Nope.) (article)

  • Cameras, Conservatives, Con Men, and More December 5, 2014

    On police body cameras, the conservative reaction to events in Ferguson, and the con men who charm the media.&nbsp; (episode)

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    • Assessing the Evidence on Police Video Evidence December 5, 2014

      As the&nbsp;debate&nbsp;surrounding the effectiveness of&nbsp;police-worn body cameras grows, Bob Garfield looks at the concerns and evidence regarding the technology and its practical use.

    • Conservatives on Ferguson December 5, 2014

      Bob speaks with reporter David Weigel about how conservative media talk about the shooting death of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests in Ferguson.

    • The Con Artists Take the Media December 5, 2014

      On how&nbsp;con artists can seize the media's power to make names for themselves.

    • A Letter December 5, 2014

      Bob reads a very powerful letter from a listener.

    • Those Black Friday Numbers December 5, 2014

      Stories based on Black Friday consumer spending numbers are a holiday tradition.&nbsp;

    • Little Trolls December 5, 2014

      Alanah Pearce is a video game reviewer who gets harassed a lot online. But recently she learned something about her harassers that gave her a new way to deal with them.&nbsp;