Sunday, July 19, 1998

Government anti-drug ads: Who's really on drugs?
The federal government is spending billions on ads to keep kids off drugs, but are the networks the real winners? Are these ads any good? Can they work? With JOHN CARROLL, MEDIA CRITIC, WGBH, BOSTON and STEVE DNISTRIAN, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA.

Synergy: the direct line from articles to action figures?
Everything old is new again. With Tina Brown heading off to Miramax, synergy is the buzzword in the publishing world. But can a magazine dedicated to turning articles into movies produce good journalism and make money? DAVID ROSENTHAL, VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER of SIMON AND SCHUSTER, and MICHAEL SAGER, WRITER FOR ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, weigh in.

William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst, the first media mogul and father of yellow journalism once told a photographer, "You provide the pictures, I'll provide the war." He's the subject of a new biography. BEN PROCTER, PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY and AUTHOR of WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST: THE EARLY YEARS, joins Brian Lehrer.

Brooke Gladstone On the Media
NPR's Media reporter Brooke Gladstone and Brian take a look at Internet virginity, enduring media myths, and the selling of the film of JFK's assassination.

How TV correspondents get their job done
Peter Arnett defended his part in the CNN/Time Nerve Gas scandal by saying he only narrated the story and had done next to no reporting on it. This argument saved his job. Is this the way TV correspondents work? MARVIN KALB, DIRECTOR of HARVARD'S SHORENSTEIN CENTER ON PRESS, POLITICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY, APRIL OLIVER, FORMER PRODUCER of CNN'S NEWSTAND, and STEVE CAPUS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER for THE NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS are the guests.

Is Too Much Always Better Than Not Enough?
Watching TV has become an exercise in channel surfing on the same screen, with stock quotes, weather, headlines, and talking heads all on the same screen. Is the screen getting too crowded? Reporter Marianne McCune wonders if we can actually take it all in.

Technorealism
WIRED MAGAZINE's David Bennahum and ANDREW SHAPIRO, FELLOW of HARVARD'S BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET and SOCIETY, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR for THE NATION, on Technorealism. The warning cries of doom, and the prophets of the next age of human consciousness seem to be the only voices talking about technology these days. A realist perspective on technology.

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