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January, 2006

January 6, 2006
Another year another leak investigation! And, the media criticism beat grows up, it’s OTM’s anniversary show.


January 13, 2006
Judge Samuel Alito in the hot seat, the ethics of memoir writing, and self-reporting as misreporting.


January 20, 2006
Was the press a little too bi-partisan when it described who pocketed a lobbyist’s money? Also, a media health-care huckster becomes a free-speech champion. Plus, farewell to one of history’s most effective ad campaigns, it was Absolut perfection.


January 27, 2006
Online anonymity is closer then ever and Hamas attempts an extreme makeover.

February, 2006

February 3, 2006
A recap of the Danish cartoon controversy, and Bob vies for the title of Funniest Reporter on the Planet.


February 10, 2006
OTM Goes to the Middle East!


February 17, 2006
Cheney in the crosshairs and the South wins the Civil War


February 24, 2006
A secret program to (re)make government secrets, and the inventor of Flash Mobs tells all.



March, 2006

March 3, 2006
Veterans running for Congress as Democrats, Oil's PR campaign, and theatrics in the WH briefing room.


March 10, 2006
AT&T's image problem, historical fiction on trial, and the battle between Olbermann and O'Reilly.


March 17, 2006
Censorship in China, the Knight Ridder newspapers deal, and the history of war reporting.


March 24, 2006
Dirty words, war crimes on TV, and Helen Thomas asks a question.


March 31, 2006
Judges under fire in the no-spin-zone, Immigration in the Spanish language media, Islam in the movies.

April, 2006

April 7, 2005
The Iraqi document dump, Fake News is Everywhere, Crossword Puzzlers' War of Words.


April 14, 2006
Iran and the U.S. play a game of chicken, static-free radio, plus the dirt on gossip.


April 21, 2006
The Scott McClellan era comes to a close, and the media that Chernobyl left in its wake.


April 28, 2006
Special Report: How a devastated New Orleans became a testing ground for new kinds of media.




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