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On the Media

Obama and the Press, a Wikileaks movie, and Brooke Talks with an iPhone.

On the Media

WNYC Studios

Newspaper, Radio, Newspapers, News, Journalism, Amendment, Society & Culture, Advertising, Brooke_gladstone, History, Transparency, Magazine, Media, Politics, Studios, Wnyc, Npr, Technology, Micah_loewinger, Tv

4.6 • 9.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2013

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0

Each administration has been more closed and news managing than the one previously.

0:05.5

This one is more so than Bush. Bush was more so than his predecessor, etc.

0:09.5

A dark assessment of Obama's promise of transparency.

0:13.6

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:17.6

And I'm Bob Garfield.

0:19.0

First, the headlines, then the documentary, and now the feature film about Wikileaks and Julian Assange. A former WikiLeaker says that Assange truly believed he was exempt from his own rules.

0:31.6

No, you can't question me. You can't demand evidence from me because do you not know how difficult it is to be me?

0:38.2

And even though the Siri function on your iPhone seems a bit dim-witted right now,

0:43.0

who knows which she'll be capable of in just a few years?

0:46.3

We know you think you want coffee, but if you're willing to walk three more blocks,

0:49.5

there's this piece of art in the museum that's like nothing you've ever seen before,

0:53.2

and it's transcendental,

0:54.3

and it will make you weep.

0:55.4

All that and more after this.

0:59.8

Hi, podcast listeners.

1:01.3

This is a free service of WNYC Radio.

1:03.9

Go to Onthemedia.org to find out where On the Media is playing in your area,

1:07.6

and to support your local public radio station.

1:10.0

You can support this podcast by making a donation at WNYC.org.

1:15.7

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

1:19.2

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

1:20.4

And I'm Bob Garfield.

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