Bob Garfield appears in the following:
The Press Corps Makes Its Case
Friday, January 20, 2017
The president of the White House Correspondents' Association defends the importance of his institution.
Obama's Last-Minute Surveillance Changes
Friday, January 20, 2017
What new NSA rules mean for surveillance under President Trump.
Rebecca Solnit on Hope, Lies, and Making Change
Friday, January 13, 2017
The writer is impatient with despair, not only because it paralyzes action, but because the lessons of history teach us that change happens in unexpected and often non-linear ways.
How Not to Feed the Beast
Friday, January 13, 2017
Trump lies; the media cover it; Trump lies again...you get the picture. How to cover the president-elect without falling into a trap.
"I'm John Cantlie"
Friday, January 06, 2017
What a prisoner of ISIS can teach us about the challenges confronting intrepid chroniclers of war.
Held Hostage
Friday, January 06, 2017
The world's tangled policy on captives means some live to tell the tale, and others don't.
A Wish List for Obama
Friday, December 23, 2016
With less than four weeks left of the Obama administration, we ask experts what the President should do about Guantanamo, surveillance, dark money, and other important problems.
Billionaires, Libel, & the Future of Journalism
Friday, December 09, 2016
Donald Trump has threatened to "open up" our libel laws. But billionaires have already been using existing libel laws to suppress speech that they find unfavorable.
Rolling Stone, UVA, and the Corrections Dilemma
Friday, December 09, 2016
The jury in the Rolling Stone/UVA case found fault with the magazine for posting a disclaimer instead of taking the story down. RS says such disclaimers are the industry's standard.
Understanding #Pizzagate
Friday, December 09, 2016
A bizarre conspiracy theory has been making its way from reddit and YouTube to the mainstream media.
Democracy Debrief: The Media
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Fake News and a Trump presidency provide new challenges for journalism.
No, This Isn't Just Like 1968 (Or Any Other Year)
Friday, November 25, 2016
This year, many have looked to history to explain current political events. Historian Rick Perlstein says that they're getting it all wrong.
The Radical Historian Rewriting Ukraine's Past
Friday, November 25, 2016
With the help of new "de-communization" laws, the head of Ukraine's Institute of National Memory is doing everything he can to erase certain chapters in Ukraine's past.
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON LISTENING
Friday, November 25, 2016
The origins of the ubiquitous, insufferable, all-purpose "Keep Calm and Carry On" slogan.
An Anatomy of the Alt-Right
Friday, November 18, 2016
With racist ideologies gaining a foothold in the White House, a deep look at the political and media influence of the so-called "alt-right."
The Election's Fake News Problem
Friday, November 18, 2016
An analysis this week found that fake news stories generated more engagement on Facebook than real news stories before the election. So what's the lesson, and what can Facebook do?
What This White Separatist Expects From the Trump Administration
Friday, November 18, 2016
Jared Taylor has said that Donald Trump has given "white interests" a "voice." So what does he want?
The Trump Time Capsule is Ready to Open
Friday, November 11, 2016
The Atlantic's James Fallows has been recording all of Donald Trump's most unusual and unprecedented moments. He talks about how looking back helps us look forward.
That's Not What the GDP Means
Friday, November 11, 2016
Speaking of taking numbers and data too seriously in this election...
