The Edward Snowden Narrative, Privacy vs. Convenience, and More

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🗓️ 14 June 2013

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The media's turn from the value of Edward Snowden's leaks to the nature of his character, the evolving story of the PRISM program, and privacy in the age of the internet. On the Media is supported by listeners like you. Support OTM by donating today (https://pledge.wnyc.org/support/otm). Follow our show on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok and Facebook @onthemedia, and share your thoughts with us by emailing onthemedia@wnyc.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	It's very, very difficult to have a transparent debate about secret programs approved by a secret court
0:07.3	issuing secret court orders based on secret interpretations of the law. As details emerge about government
0:13.9	surveillance, we still know precious little about how much of our online data is collected. From
0:19.8	WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:22.3	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:23.4	And I'm Bob Garfield.
0:24.6	A former Fox News producer turned Fox News Moll
0:27.8	tells us why he was so eager to bite the hand that fed him.
0:31.9	I saw myself looking down the barrel of facing another election year
0:35.9	inside the walls at Fox, and I was like,
0:38.1	I can't do this. I'm going to jump out the window and splatter myself on 6th Avenue.
0:41.8	And the surprising connection between iconic Krooner Bing Crosby, Nazi Germany, and your laptop.
0:48.3	There's a direct link between all of the hard drives in the computers today, back to those
0:53.6	original tapes that came over from Germany.
0:56.4	All that and more.
0:57.6	Coming up.
0:59.7	Hi, podcast listeners.
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