Monday, January 24, 2005

On The Media 1/21/05

The whole hour of the show is great. A couple highlights:

Media Misbehavin'
The inauguration provided the media with a peg for evaluating the last four years of presidential rule, and for speculating on the four to come. We at OTM seized the opportunity to evaluate the media's performance over the course of Bush's first term. Brooke reflects on the highlights, and far more numerous lowlights, from voter disenfranchisement in 2000 to the lead up to war in Iraq and Campaign '04.

Analog in Winter
For many decades, reel-to-reel analog tape has defined the experience of recorded sound. It became the standard after World War II, but has gradually been overtaken by cheaper digital technology. And so this month, the last tape manufacturer, Quantegy, abruptly closed its doors and filed for bankruptcy. As far as anyone knows, it represents the end of a medium. Culture maven Rick Karr joins Bob to recount the slow demise of analog tape.

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