The real life story behind the fictional "Live from Baghdad," analysing the portrayals of psychiatrists in the movies and more!
The Unsinkable Dr. Kissinger
The day before Thanksgiving, Henry Kissinger was appointed by President Bush to lead an investigation into possible intelligence failures leading up to the events of September 11th 2001. On the Media checks in with Scott Armstrong, Washington journalist and founder of the National Security Archive about media coverage, or lack ...
Grey Lady Hits a Grey Area
With 32 stories in three months about the Augusta National's exclusion of women, many have accused the New York Times of leading a personal crusade against the golf tournament. When the Times spiked two recent stories that disagreed with the editorial page on the matter those same critics asked whether ...
Back to Baghdad
This Sunday marks the deadline for Iraq to present a thorough accounting of its weapons of mass destruction programs. In a bit of TV serendipity, it's also the weekend HBO premiers a docu-drama about the last war in Iraq, called "Live from Baghdad." The film stars Michael Keaton as CNN ...
More Accurately
Filmmaker Michael Moore gained fame with the 1989 movie "Roger and Me," a look at the closing of the GM plants in Flint, Michigan. He was denied an academy award nomination for best documentary either because the film was too anti-establishment (his explanation) or, as it later came out, because ...
The Passing of a Legend
Roone Arledge, who died this week, has been dutifully eulogized as a giant of modern broadcasting, first with ABC Sports, then as president of ABC news. The creator of "Wide World of Sports," Monday Football" and the slow-motion replay made no less of a mark on TV news than on ...
Deliberating Frontline
The award-winning public television program Frontline is trying to go where no camera has gone before… into a room where a jury is deliberating a capital murder case. Bob speaks with Professor Gerald Treece of the South Texas College of Law in Houston who opposes cameras in the jury room ...
Screen Shrinks
This weekend, the sequel to the comedy, "Analyze This!" opens nationwide. It's called "Analyze That! and it continues the saga of a psychiatrist played by Billy Crystal, treating mob boss Robert DeNiro. Anyway, it got OTM's Sara Fishko to thinking…
Really At Large
OTM bids farewell to Producer-At-Large Mike Pesca
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An 11-year-old and his 3D printer
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Conservative Bloggers Vindicated, Advice for Leakers, and More
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Who’s gonna pay for this stuff?
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A Source for Sources
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Angelina Jolie's Secret Test Results
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AdBlock Plus: The Internet's Ad Gatekeeper?
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Brooke Gladstone + Cyndi Lauper
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Web Only Audio Extra - TV Cord Cutters
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The Totally Legal Subpoena
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A New Incentive for Cord Cutters
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