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#OnTheMedia from #WNYC digs into how media capture is shaping big outlets, then looks at what’s lost as foreign bureaus shut down while Israeli forces keep killing journalists in Gaza. It ends with the story of Brent Renaud, American reporter killed in Russia’s war on Ukraine. #Media #Journalism #Gaza #Ukraine #PressFreedom #CNN
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/the-ellisons-prepare-to-expand-their-media-empire#MediaCapture

The Ellisons Prepare to Expand Their Media Empire | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Media capture, media danger, and media power

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cs Dec 30

This On the Media episode from earlier this month examines AI’s infrastructural and epistemic risks. It explores how data centers strain energy systems, how deepfakes destabilize trust, and how “AI slop” reshapes information ecosystems. Situates AI within political and cultural contexts. #AI #DeepFakes #DataCenters #TechPolicy #OnTheMedia #ArtificialIntelligence #slop https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/deep-fakes-data-centers-and-ai-slop--are-we-cooked

Deep Fakes, Data Centers, and AI Slop — Are We Cooked? | On the Media | WNYC Studios

AI–everything everywhere all at once

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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕Dec 4

@timbray #OnTheMedia's classic 2006 episode, "Prime Number", addresses this point beautifully, mostly related to news and media, though #Wikipedia and #Wikipedians should take note.

OTM cites #CarlBialik, then writing for the WSJ (he's since worked at FiveThirtyEight and is now at Yelp ... per Wikipedia):

An interesting phenomenon of these numbers is that they'll often be cited to an agency or some government body, and then a study will pick it up, and then the press will repeat it from that study. And then once it appears in the press, public officials will repeat it again, and now it's become an official number.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/128722-prime-number/ (audio and transcript).

Prime Number | On the Media | WNYC

Numbers justify fear. 50,000 abducted children, for example, or 50,000 predators prowling for children online. That last figure appeared in a recent introduction for NBC’s “Dateline.” And last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales cited Dateline’s number. But where did it come from? So far as statistics go, it turns out that 50,000 is something of a Goldilocks number in the media – not too big and not too small, but for scaring the public - just right.

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Michael Rowe Dec 3

#OnTheMedia ‘s Mid-week podcast had a great set of stories about how Doge is not Dead. The oligarch’s media in the #US #USPol want you to believe it is, so they are spinning tons of stories about how Doge is Dead. The real story is they have worked their way into positions in a lot of government agencies, so they can destroy it from the inside, while monetizing your information.

IHC Nov 7

📰 O Observador publicou um excerto do livro "Histórias da PIDE", que foi apresentado ontem. Nesta história, José Pedro Castanheira relata a relação de Francisco Craveiro Lopes com a #PIDE, que o teve sob vigilância devido a uma relação extra-conjungal.

👉 https://observador.pt/especiais/uma-desonra-vergonhosa-mesquinha-e-inqualificavel-o-romance-de-craveiro-lopes-e-a-chantagem-da-pide/

#Histodons #MastoLivros #EstadoNovo #Salazar #PoliticalPolice #Ditadura #Dictatorship #HistóriaDePortugal #PortugueseHistory #CraveiroLopes #OnTheMedia #HistoryInThePublicSphere #HistóriaNaEsferaPública

"Uma desonra vergonhosa, mesquinha e inqualificável": o romance de Craveiro Lopes e a chantagem da PIDE

Antigo Presidente incómodo para o regime, fotografado com uma mulher casada, silenciado pouco tempo antes de morrer. Esta é uma das "Histórias da PIDE", novo livro do qual publicamos um excerto.

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IHC Oct 20

📰 O número 47 do jornal MAPA inclui uma entrevista de três páginas à equipa do projecto #FIREUSES — "Paisagens de Fogo", na qual falaram sobre mega-incêndios, o fogo como sujeito político, os eucaliptos, a gestão da paisagem em Portugal, entre outros temas.

Já nas bancas!

#Histodons #EnvironmentalHistory #RuralHistory #SocialHistory #OnTheMedia #History #Sociology #Wildfires #ForestFires #IncêndiosEmPortugal #FogosPT #FogosFlorestais #HistóriaAmbiental #HistóriaAgrária #HistóriaSocial

Dave Spector Oct 5

Another really great #onthemedia
on why we should stop giving #Trump more credit or power than he deserves by being “afraid” of him…

(Personally been saying this forever: stop using words like “terrifying” and keep using words like “illegal”)

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/jamelle-bouie-says-your-fear-of-trump-isnt-helping-plus-humphrey-bogarts-betrayal

Jamelle Bouie Says Your Fear of Trump Isn't Helping. Plus, Humphrey Bogart’s Betrayal. | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Jamelle Bouie doesn’t mince words; lessons from Casablanca.

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Chris Hardie Sep 20, 2025

Phew: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee-plus-librarians-under-siege #onthemedia

Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege | On the Media | WNYC Studios

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show has been pulled off the air following his comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer. On this week’s On the Media, how threats to free speech have escalated i...

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Chris Hardie Sep 20, 2025

I am unreasonably anxious about there not being a new episode of On The Media out on their website or podcast feed yet today. Wouldn’t blame them if they just gave up after this week, but still, fingers crossed. #onthemedia

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