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There are some stories that journalists can't seem to report without bringing down an avalanche of criticism. Certainly, coverage of gun control and abortion inspires heated debate, but nothing like the rage that invariably follows stories about Israel. From Jerusalem, reporter Rick Davis investigates the challenges faced by reporters in the disputed territories.
On The Media asks Rashid Khalidi, Director of the Center of International Studies and Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago and Gary Rosenblatt, Editor and Publisher of the Jewish Week, to respond to Rick Davis' report on covering the Middle East.
Bill O'Reilly hosts the number one rated show on prime time cable. The O’Reilly Factor, on Fox News, has been beating Larry King in the ratings, even though the pugnacious Fox News Network reaches far fewer homes. O’Reilly's book, also called "The O’Reilly Factor" has been a New York Times Bestseller for 18 weeks, including eight weeks atop the list. Mike Pesca reports on the part newsman, part showman, all man of the people: Bill O'Reilly.
Loyola University in Chicago is now offering a new service: the Ethics Advice Line. With a simple telephone call, a journalist struggling with an ethical dilemma can be helped in a hurry. But how would a journalist even know this service exists? On the Media offers our humble contribution to the advancement of ethics in journalism. The ethics hotline late-nite info-mercial.
You’ve heard him in dozens of movies, but you can’t quite place his name. That’s because he’s not an actor, he’s a sound effect, and among sound editors he’s legendary. On The Media’s David Serchuck reports.
Corporate anthems, like national anthems, are created to instill pride and loyalty in listeners, but corporate anthems are geared towards company staff, not citizens, and the objects of pride are not nations, but soft drinks and spark plugs. On the Media’s Rex Doane reports.
Bob and Brooke lead the On The Media chorus in the inaugural recital of the OTM Anthem, written and composed by On The Media’s Mike Pesca.
Highlights from Past ShowsThe media is frothing with every development in the Kobe Bryant story. It has all the elements of an American scandal - money, celebrity, sex…and race. Long before jury selection and the first utterance of defense, the media have begun to speculate on the role of race in the case. Bob talks with Leon Wynter, author of American Skin: Pop Culture, Big Business, and the End of White America, about whether the media can afford to play the race card with the prince of the NBA.
This week, President Bush defended the decision to classify 28 pages in the Congressional report on 9/11, despite requests from several members of Congress to release the deleted portion. This follows efforts in the past few weeks from Democrats in Congress to begin demanding more information from the notoriously secretive administration. Scott Armstrong is founder of the National Security Archive. He tells Brooke Congress should already have access to the information that was requested.
On the Media is funded by The Bydale Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Overbrook Foundation.
