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This week on On the Media, an examination of the NPR listener, and, a radioplay send-up public radio itself. (episode)
Show Summary: Unpacking "troop surge" and the N-word. Also, how the civil rights movement was covered, and a fond look at Christmas specials of yore. (episode)
Show summary: Atheists in the press, Pinochet's propaganda and Luddite spies. (episode)
Show summary: Bush cements his image as the decider. Plus, the popular image of spies... and penguins. (episode)
Show Summary: New York Times editor Bill Keller weighs in on "civil war" semantics. And, the subpoenas rain down on the Times' reporters. (episode)
Show Summary: Why Democratic leadership is good for journalism. And, Bob takes the temperature of press freedom in Turkey. (episode)
Show Summary: Is redeployment just a euphemism? Also, Lou Dobbs defends his method, and Al Jazeera English goes live... finally. (episode)
Rumsfeld's out, Pelosi's in. We survey reactions in the Arab press and the right-wing media. Also, should journalists vote? (episode)
How YouTube has the law on its side, why the media falls so hard for Borat, and John Kerry steps in it again. (episode)
Obama's week in the press, voting machines in the news, NBC's primetime changes. (episode)
Paul Waldman discusses with Brooke how Obama cannily established his personal and political identity with two early speeches that hark back to Reaganesque oratory.