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Let The Dress just be. (article)
This week OTM examines what the Open Internet Order means for the data flowing through our devices. Also, a look back at the people who helped end Qaddafi's rule in Libya. (episode)
This week, net neutrality advocates celebrated the FCC's ruling that bans Internet service providers from giving faster connections to websites that pay for the privilege.
Net neutrality is a 21st century concern, but the policy debate that erupted between FCC chairs, business and citizens echoes an eerily similar fray— from 70 years ago.
GigaOm's Stacey Higginbotham on AT&T's new high speed internet "privacy fee" and how the media got it wrong.
As the situation in Libya continues to deteriorate, a look back at the people behind the Libyan uprising that toppled Muammar Qaddafi.
The owners of JebBushforPresident.com want to talk, but not about Jeb Bush. (article)
The price of your privacy is approximately one McChicken. And hey, did you know about the "Other" folder? (article)
Vicemo monitors Venmo transactions concerning all of life's illicit pleasures. (article)
Why the language of terrorism is so divisive. Also, how Fifty Shades of Grey introduced America to the kink community. (episode)
In the ongoing aftermath of the Chapel Hill shootings of three Muslim students, Bob canvasses a media climate come under great criticism.
The Guardian's David Shariatmadari chronicles the fraught history of the word "terrorism."
Journalist Rana Sweis on how American media coverage of the Chapel Hill shooting has sparked fierce debate in the Middle East.
Bob talks with Scott Shane of the New York Times about the criticism of President Obama's language when describing acts of violent extremism.
A new Southern Poverty Law Center study aims to get homegrown terrorism, and especially the threat of so-called lone wolf American terrorists, back on the agenda.
The commercial success of Fifty Shades of Grey has introduced America to BDSM and ignited an age-old debate in feminism. Brooke explores the many-shaded implications of mainstream kink.
Two weeks ago, TLDR did an episode called "Quiet, Wadhwa." And then we became the story. (article)
What do you do about content you don't like online? (article)
An exploration of the term “whistleblower”, from its origins as a sports reference to its current status as a moral mantle. Also, a farewell to venerable media satirist Jon Stewart. (episode)
Brooke explores the history of the word "whistleblower," from its sporting origins to pejorative to description of courage.
This week, 700 new victims were added to the tally of over 3,200 African-Americans lynched in the Jim Crow era South. Bryan Stevenson says we've got the legacy of lynching wrong, too.
The Wilmington Race Riots of 1898 were galvanized by racism in the local press. More than a century later, two newspapers apologized.
Bob imagines new futures for news with journalism professor Jeff Jarvis.
This week, Jon Stewart announced his plans to leave The Daily Show after 16 years. OTM revisits a conversation between Stewart and then guest host Brooke Gladstone from 1998.
Bob remembers David Carr, whose candor and insight into the digital media world made him a trusted voice to fellow journalists and readers alike.
That's a lot of emails -- and a lot of email addresses. (article)