Beat the Press Audio Podcast
By Boston Media Productions
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Podcast Description
WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Hosted by Emily Rooney, with Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University, television commentator Callie Crossley, and Joe Sciacca of the Boston Herald.
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Feb. 17, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Deadly conditions and graphic images from citizen journalists complicate coverage of Syria; the media gives Joseph Kennedy III the royal treatment; is the media too focused on NBA star Jeremy Lin's ethnicity; and panel rants and raves. | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast Feb. 10, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: The media takes out its post-Super Bowl frustration on Tom Brady's wife, Gisele Bundchen; the media's up and down narrative on the Republican primary contest keeps it alive; why an upstate New York television station stopped airing images of twitching teenagers; and panel rants and raves. | 2/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast Feb. 3, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: The passing of Mayor Kevin White revives a 30-year-old political feud; Mitt Romney uses Tom Brokaw in a political ad; WCVB dials back an exclusive report about a missing Maine girl - and stands behind the story; and the rolls out the usual Super Bowl cliches. | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Jan. 27, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: the media credits the New England Patriots' win to the spirit of Myra Kraft; ABC News’ Diane Sawyer makes a meteorological faux pas; the media wrestles with Joe Paterno's legacy in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal; and panel rants and raves. | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Jan. 20, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Newt Gingrich lashes out at the media for asking about his ex-wife's claims of an "open marriage"; major websites - including Google and Wikipedia - go dark to protest online piracy legislation; WHDH viewers find themselves in the dark because of a DirecTV fee dispute; and panel rants and raves. | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Jan. 13, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Local TV stations air a political ad featuring graphic images; Mitt Romney pushes the aura of inevitability with help from the media; CBS revamps its early morning broadcast with CBS This Morning; and panel rants and raves. | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Jan. 6, 2012 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Should The Boston Globe share credit for its reporting on the priest sexual abuse scandal? Some media organizations think so; the Iowa Caucuses offer the media a chance to play with their toys; media mogul Rupert Murdoch gets duped by a faked Twitter account; and panel rants and raves. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Dec. 23, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. This week: The Beat the Press panel looks back at the biggest movements and shake-ups across the media landscape in 2011. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Dec. 16, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: A front-page Boston Globe story about a transgender twin raises several important issues for how journalists report on minors; is the public or the press bothered by Tim Tebow's displays of faith?; controversy over TLC's reality show, All-American Muslim; and panel rants and raves. | 12/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Dec. 9, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Major League Baseball implements a new dress code for sports reporters; the AP and The Oregonian consider new rules for how their staff use Twitter; and panel rants and raves. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Dec. 2, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Did Fox 25 go too far by revealing a Malden school teacher's porn star past?; why did ESPN withhold evidence of the Syracuse sex abuse scandal for years?; the media's complicated relationship with Congressman Barney Frank; and panel rants and raves. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Nov. 18, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: reporters covering the Occupy Wall Street movement say NYPD treated them like protesters; why was the national media slow to pick up the Penn State sex abuse scandal?; Chelsea Clinton lands an on-air gig at NBC News; and panel rants and raves. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Nov. 11, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: Presidential contender Rick Perry does damage control after a severe misstep this week; a local art show criticizes the media's coverage of urban violence; a compliment from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg goes to the Boston media's head; and panel rants and raves. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Nov. 4, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: A local feel-good story about a firefighter hero omits some key details; the media against Herman Cain over accusations of sexual harassment; NBC tries a mix of hard journalism and humor with Rock Center; and panel rants and raves. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beat the Press Audio Podcast: Oct. 28, 2011 | WGBH's Greater Boston presents Beat the Press - a look at media issues in Boston and beyond. Topics this week: GlobalPost publishes graphic images of Muammar Gaddafi's final moments; The Washington Post digs into the past of Florida Senator Marco Rubio; Jill Stein runs for president, but the media doesn't seem to care; and panel rants and raves. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
It does make sense.
This podcast deserves my satifaction for the news debatable conversations.
Very Informative
I used to watch "Greater Boston" after work, but I don't get home in time to do so anymore. It is nice to be able to listen to this podcast and get up-to-date on Boston's important issues, with varying viewpoints.
Like it but need to fix tech problem
All of the shows are incorrectly listed as January 1, 2010
Why so long to load latest show?
Why can't I download from itunes
6/17/11 episode says it can't connect from itunes
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