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Opinion

When The Watchdogs Wear Tuxedos, Politicians Rest Easy

Media, politicians and celebrities mingled at the White House Correspondents Dinner — but Bob Garfield of On the Media stayed outside looking in. He says the WHCD is odd and ethically questionable.

When The Watchdogs Wear Tuxedos, Politicians Rest Easy

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Friday

Europe

Royal Baby Craze Reaches New Heights In U.K.

What's all the Royal baby fuss about in England? We talk to indifferent and cynical Brits about the hubbub and take a look at the goings-on surrounding the maternity.

Royal Baby Craze Reaches New Heights In U.K.

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Thursday

On The Media: Apple's Advertising Genius

A pedestrian passes a wall covered with Apple iPod advertisements July 14, 2005 in San Francisco.

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Opinion

Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

On The Media: Apple's Advertising Genius

Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple, died Wednesday at the age of 56. Jobs was a visionary who led the company through the invention of the iPod, iPhone and ipad. But Bob Garfield, co-host of WNYC's On The Media thinks he was something else as well: a liberator, and a brilliant advertiser.

Friday

Analysis

An Impending Period of Transitional Chaos for Media

Network television audiences are down as cable, the Internet and a host of other new technologies emerge; and marketers are shifting their dollars accordingly. The media world faces an interim of chaos before a new order is determined. The co-host of On the Media delivers his take.

An Impending Period of Transitional Chaos for Media

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Friday

All Things Considered

The Bud-Miller Beer TV Ad Wars

NPR's Michele Norris talks with NPR's Bob Garfield, columnist for Advertising Age and host of NPR's On the Media, about the advertising wars between Budweiser and Miller "light" beers. Garfield says the low-carb dieting trend has given Anheuser-Busch, the brewer of Budweiser, an opportunity to compete locally with Miller, now one of the world's biggest international beer companies.

The Bud-Miller Beer TV Ad Wars

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Friday

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Thursday

All Things Considered

Listener Letters

Thursday is the day that ATC reads from listener responses. Among the topics: displeasure with Bob Garfield's piece about the Washington, D.C., primary; a child's view of space; and coverage of a deadly attack by a mountain lion. Send letters to: atc@npr.org.

Listener Letters

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Friday

All Things Considered

Primary Objective: Tell a Tale of the Campaign Trail

The early presidential season lets the media swarm over New Hampshire and Iowa, where no cliché is too threadbare, no observation too obvious to be presented as news. But what about the year's first ballot battle, in Washington, D.C.? Bob Garfield of On the Media searches for the primo primary story.

Primary Objective: Tell a Tale of the Campaign Trail

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Friday

All Things Considered

Stock Market Reporting

Bob Garfield, host of NPR's On the Media, explores the origin and accuracy of the media's explanations of stock market moves. NPR and other media outlets often use terms to describe these moves -- profit taking, war jitters, economic optimism -- but there seems little to them.

Stock Market Reporting

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Thursday

All Things Considered

Dole, Clinton to Revive Debates

Former President Bill Clinton and his rival from the 1996 election, former Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS), agree to revive the Point-Counterpoint segment on CBS's 60 Minutes. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Bob Garfield, host of NPR's On the Media, about Clinton's and Dole's desires to raise the level of political discourse on television.

Dole, Clinton to Revive Debates

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