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Secure Connections
This week, after years of debate, the FCC voted to ...
This week, after years of debate, the FCC voted to treat the internet like a public utility. On the Media examines what the decision means for the data flowing through our devices. Also, as the situation in Libya continues to deteriorate, a look back at the people who helped end Muammar Qaddafi's rule in 2011.
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Safe Words
Why the language of terrorism is so divisive. Also, how ...
Why the language of terrorism is so divisive. Also, how Fifty Shades of Grey introduced America to the kink community.
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Whistleblowers, the Legacy of Lynching, and Vintage Jon Stewart
An exploration of the term “whistleblower”, from its origins as ...
An exploration of the term “whistleblower”, from its origins as a sports reference to its current status as a moral mantle. Plus, reframing the legacy Jim Crow-era lynchings. And a farewell to venerable media satirist Jon Stewart.
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Threat Assessment
The content of a new ISIS video shocks the world. ...
The content of a new ISIS video shocks the world. Also, vaccinating children stokes faux controversy, again, and a new documentary has the Church of Scientology on the offensive.
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Naming the Shooter, the Law of the Internet, and More
Whether to name the perpetrators of mass shootings, the myth ...
Whether to name the perpetrators of mass shootings, the myth of defensive gun ownership, and the "Ebola Doctor" Craig Spencer.
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Japanese Captives, the diary of a Guantanamo Bay inmate, and more
A video threat from ISIS to Japan, debunking conventional wisdom ...
A video threat from ISIS to Japan, debunking conventional wisdom in Congress, and a newly published memoir from a Guantanamo Bay inmate.
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Terror Reporting and Technological Paranoia
On the narratives we expect after a terrorist event, double ...
On the narratives we expect after a terrorist event, double standards for free speech in France, and the eerie technology of Black Mirror's not-so-distant future.
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The Attack on Charlie Hebdo, Reckoning with Free Speech, and More
After the massacre at the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, a ...
After the massacre at the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, a look at the symbolic weight of French satire and true freedom of speech.
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True Crime
A special hour on the enthralling genre of true crime.
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Deadbeats
OTM looks at the great decline in beat reporting.
