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Author: QIP1 Added: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:25 -0800 Duration: 84Survival Under Atomic Attack is a 1951 Civil Defense film which focuses on what the average American can do to protect himself if caught out in the open or at home during a nuclear attack. Narrated by the magnificent journalist Edward R. Murrow, the ...

Dan breaks down the recent developments in the 2008 presidential race, and explains the downside of Barack Obama's soaring oratory. Also: Should the News Media be $quot;fair and balanced$quot;

Stories: 1) Oregon Plays Host to Butterfly Migration 2) Dayton Blaze Top Priority Fire in the Country 3) Dayton Fire Ignites Controversy

Ed Tracy interviews renowned author Joseph Persico about his career in writing and his many popular books, including Roosevelts Secret War, The Imperial Rockefeller, Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, and My American Journey, the biography of Colin Powell, which he cowrote. Originally aired 11/01/07.

Rare in-depth feature interview in New York on The Alcove with Mark Molaro with two of the creators of the extraordinary four-part PBS Frontline series "News War". The series takes a unique look at the crisis state of journalism in the U.S. and the world today. The Valerie Plame affair's new focus on the use of anonymous sources by the press is contrasted with the heroic journalistic era of Murrow, Cronkite and the Watergate era of Woodward and Bernstein. The series also looks at the rise of new media and the challenging new economics of the news business for threatened yet invaluable institutions like newspapers. This is a fascinating discussion about the making of the series and about the important issues it raises about the power, freedom and future of the press.

Media Nipple would like to remind its viewers that our mediated world is (was) not always saturated with visually corrupt content and morally bankrupt images. Examples of good broadcast media, past and present, can still be found if you look hard enough. We offer this video clip as a Sunday Bonus Video. Mason Dixon's notes: media literacy is perhaps the most important skill needed to maintain a perspective in contemporary culture. sunday bonus video from Media Nipple

NPR's Senior News analyst Daniel Schorr is going strong into his 9th decade. He has been covering news since the end of World War 2. He joined CBS in 1953, hired by Edward R. Murrow. Schorr has reported on the Marshall Plan, the creation of NATO, the Cold War, the McCarthy era, the Kennedy presidency, the Vietnam War, the Nixon years. Sometimes Schorr became the story. He ended up on President Nixon's enemies list and was threatened with jail for reporting on a suppressed House Intelligence Investigating Committee report in 1976. He joins us in our studios to talk about his work.

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As America intoned the mantra "Communism," fear became its religion and McCarthy its high priest. George Clooney's "Good Night, and Good Luck" investigates Edward R. Murrow's brave act of voicing dissent, at a time when dissent was seen as un-American. The film shows an America living in fear of Communism in the 1950's that is very much like an America living in fear of Terrorism today, and demonstrates why the media--then and now--rarely question controversial pundits and their pronouncements. The media are dependent on advertising revenue; advertisers want to reach the largest possible audience; audiences want to be entertained, not educated. For these very reasons, creatively funded films often voice stronger objections than other media dare to voice. While "Good Night, and Good Luck" is not a film noir per se, Clooney seems to recognize that noir themes and stylistics may be called upon when American cinema has a message to deliver--like the heavy hired to knock some sense into us. This podcast is brought to you by Clute and Edwards of www.noircast.net. To leave a comment on this episode, or make a donation to the podcast, please visit "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" at outofthepast.libsyn.com.