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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 5h
Scoop: Podcaster Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation over his ICE ride-along videos calling protesters "terrorists." www.ms.now/news/benny-j...
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MAGA podcaster Benny Johnson sued for defamation over ICE ride-along videos calling protesters ‘terrorists’
Johnson accompanied top DHS officials last year to an ICE protest, where he pointed out “left-wing terrorists” for his millions of followers across social media.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22h
NEW: The Georgia State Election board is requesting Justice Department "intervention" ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The board sent request letters to Todd Blanche, Harmeet Dhillon, and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. Docs obtained by @lawfaremedia.org: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Formal Request for DOJ Intervention to Todd Blanche
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Has your kid ever told you about a new friend at school, only for you to later find out they’d been talking to an AI chatbot? OTM Producer Molly Rosen spoke with The New Yorker’s Jessica Winter about how Big Tech companies have infiltrated classrooms.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Run don’t walk to the @npr.org Embedded feed to listen to their latest series “Where Is Austin Tice?” The reporting is edge-of-your-seat, gripping and revelatory. Bravo to everyone involved in this project! Here’s episode one to get you started pca.st/episode/bffd...
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Where Is Austin Tice?
American journalist Austin Tice vanished in Syria 14 years ago. A secret lead suggests he may still be alive. This week we're sharing the first episode of Where Is Austin Tice? NPR's…
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mollyfication.bsky.social @mollyfication.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Cool event tomorrow in NYC with @mariakuznetsova.bsky.social and @storyevtime.bsky.social talking about their new book, How to Survive Authoritarianism. kvartirabooks.org/etn/book-pre...
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Book Presentation. How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian’s Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America – Kvartira Books
Join us at Kvartira Books for the presentation of How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America, with authors Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev. America is not th...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Banner: "CNN ALLOWED ENTRY TO WHITE HOUSE FOR FIRST TIME IN FIVE DAYS"
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is DHS defying court orders again? Six days before en banc DC Circuit hears argument on whether Judge Boasberg can finally investigate DHS/DOJ defiance of his order of 3/15/25, which sent 137 Venezuelans to CECOT with no due process?
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Scoop: The anonymous source behind a POLITICO story that the White House is now using to justify a ban on the outlet was none other than JD Vance himself. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/white-hous...
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is all a Dr. Seuss plot now www.404media.co/people-train...
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People Training OpenAI’s AI Fired for Using AI to Train the AI
OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with - @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about how easy it is to “poison” chat bots responses - @kakape.bsky.social about behavior science research that suggests chat bots are maybe more persuasive than humans. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Want to know if there's an election denier running for office in your state this November? Now you can, thanks to data from @statesunited.org and the incredible work of @regret.bsky.social Try out our interactive map here: www.wired.com/story/hundre...
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Melanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I wrote down my thoughts about the last several weeks of AI hell. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...
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Misleading Metaphors, Real Risks
What To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 11/09/2026
Sometimes, they run poetry in the paper.
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Sept. 11 and the Persistence of Memory (Gift Article)
Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.
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Andy Liddell @andyliddell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Excellent conversation on AI in the classroom on the midweek pod @onthemedia.bsky.social www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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How AI Chatbots are Infiltrating Classrooms | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The introduction of AI tools and chatbots in classrooms across the United States has prompted an outcry among concerned parents, teachers, and students. OTM producer and new parent Mo...
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I had a blast talking to Micah and we covered a whole lot. Listen now!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/09/2026
I cannot stress enough how bad the situation is for the people ICE expelled to Equatorial Guinea right now. Grateful to Ahmed Soliman for talking with me despite the retaliation against him every time he goes on the record. prospect.org/2026/09/09/s...
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‘Shoot Him!’: Police Threaten Third-Country Nationals Imprisoned in African Hotel - The American Prospect
‘I’m fighting for my life,’ said Ahmed Soliman after the latest in a string of abusive incidents in Equatorial Guinea, where ICE expelled him five months ago.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Boy I’m so glad we’re razing the institutional press so we can outsource knowledge production to easily-gamed syntax extruders controlled by three massive tech companies.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/07/2026
People familiar with the president’s scattered thinking say Trump wants an autism remedy to be part of his legacy and thinks scaling back childhood vaccinations is a way to secure that achievement.
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Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link
Trump is fixated on the false, long-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We're working on a video about this for the @onthemedia.bsky.social socials. If you're an author and you receive these types of scammy AI booking requests from "podcasts," please drop a comment. I'd like to screenshot it for the vid. Especially if you've gotten one from someone claiming to be me!
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I was very moved by my interview with @gillianbrockell.com about her extraordinary, heartbreaking reporting on ICE flights and third country removals. As an independent reporter she’s running circles around the big mainstream outlets
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Laura Clawson @lauraclawson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is an amazing interview.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/07/2026
I talked to On the Media’s @micahloewinger.bsky.social and their amazing producer Molly Schwartz Rosen, about my ICE flight reporting, third-country removals, and the professional pickle I am in. Starts at 34:00: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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The Red Scare, but Dumber | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This week, the State Department published a report accusing Cuba of being the “capital of 21st-century communism,” and of plotting an anti-American revolution. On this week’s On the M...
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
“ There were 78 ICE flights yesterday. Every single one of them was dangerous because the people were shackled.” – Independent journalist and former flight attendant @gillianbrockell.com on ICE’s brutal removal flights: on-the-media.visitlink.me/ndp8ea
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Brian Reed @brihreed.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Did you hear us on On The Media this week? So cool to be featured there.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 26/06/2026
An apparent win for Ukraine's independent press: an investigation by the outlet Babel into the "Skala" regiment has now forced the commander's suspension and a criminal inquiry. But the findings are grim: recruits beaten and at least 25 dead — Ukrainian soldiers abused by their own army.
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Командира "Скалы" отстранили от должности на время расследования
Командира 425-го ОШП "Скеля" подполковника Юрия Гаркавого 24 июня отстранили от исполнения обязанностей на время проверки.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Trying something a little different at Blood in the Machine this week, something that no one has ever attempted or thought of before: A podcast. The idea is to document the vital and widening resistance to big tech and AI, and give the mic to the voices behind it.
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The AI industry is pouring hundreds of millions into US elections
Plus: Fiery resistance to a nuclear AI data center and A24's Google debacle. Welcome to the first episode of BLOOD IN THE MACHINE: THE SHOW, with the great AI and crypto watchdog, Molly White.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Remember when Bane told one of his henchmen in a nosediving airplane, “they expect one of us in the wreckage brother,” while removing his connection to the parachute? Yeah, that guy is J.D. Vance, says @cheetah.bsky.social. on-the-media.visitlink.me/AwvgDs
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"The top decile spent roughly 3 times as much per child as the bottom quartile in the early 1980s but more than 13 times as much by 2024." osf.io/preprints/so...
Chart showing increasing spending on children by rich people
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: the US government intervened Monday on behalf of xAI in a lawsuit over its gas turbines, claiming that the company needs to run the turbines in order to power Grok, which is "vital" for national security lots of wild stuff in the filing:
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DOJ Lawyers Argue xAI Is ‘Vital’ for National Security in NAACP Lawsuit
In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI's polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to military operations—including the Iran War.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 16/06/2026
FBI Raids Offices Of Ohio Voter Registration Group That Fought GOP Redistricting Efforts Just once I'd like to see this administration engage in the slightest bit of… www.techdirt.com/2026/06/16/fbi-rai…
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FBI Raids Offices Of Ohio Voter Registration Group That Fought GOP Redistricting Efforts
Just once I'd like to see this administration engage in the slightest bit of subtlety. Just once. It would be a refreshing change from literally everything it has done during this current iteration. Sure, it's easier to prove actions are vindictive if they're transparently vindictive. On the other hand, too many courts and judges (which would be any number greater than "zero") still pretend the Trump administration is acting in good faith, even when the administration makes it blatantly clear that it isn't.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This week, Elon Musk took SpaceX public in the largest IPO in history. You'd have thought he'd have his hands full, but instead, the world’s first trillionaire spent his week making countless racist posts on X, some of which helped spark violent riots in the U.K.: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Very much enjoyed digging into Anthropic's road to the top of the AI startup mountain with @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @onthemedia.bsky.social, and how it shrewdly exploited its reputation as the 'ethical' AI company to win over investors, the media—and the pope.
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Had a great time speaking with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and @vauhinivara.bsky.social about the current state of AI –– how Anthropic convinced the media that it's the industry's "ethical" leader, and how AI writing is creeping into journalism and literature: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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How Anthropic Became Holier Than Thou | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This week, Anthropic filed for an IPO following a valuation of nearly $1 trillion, which would make it one of the largest IPOs in history. On this week’s On the Media, the company’s m...
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"All the voices and sounds you will hear are real. They are presented as they were spoken, in the heat and confusion of a world in crisis." This kind of caveat was common as US networks adopted the taped actuality. We probably will hear some version of it again soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGp0...
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CBS Hear It Now: Edward R. Murrow (January 12th, 1951)
YouTube video by Kendrick Sims
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
📻 Show’s up! Featuring @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @vauhinivara.bsky.social, and David Garrett on-the-media.visitlink.me/mMfPo1
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 04/06/2026
NEW: @elisethomas.bsky.social reveals multiple links between Viory, a video news agency supplying national press agencies across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and Ruptly news agency - a branch of sanctioned Russian propaganda outlet Russia Today. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly - bellingcat
Bellingcat found mulitple links between the digital infrastructure of Viory and Ruptly news agency, a branch of Russia Today.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 02/06/2026
A huge point in favor of @bfishbfish.bsky.social's theory that Trump just don't know that many people anymore
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Now is a good time to remember that Meta has announced that it is laying off 10% of its workforce, including 2,000 people just today, while going in on a "AI will replace workers" strategy. www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Today is the last for meddlesome late-night talk-show host Stephen Colbert on CBS. In a quieter but no less devastating development, tomorrow is the last day that @cbsnews.com Radio will be heard on nearly 700 commercial radio stations nationwide. 1/
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thanks to @maryharris.bsky.social for a great interview about our FEMA reporting: slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Is FEMA Heading Towards Disaster?
One thing you’re hearing more and more—how we’re just too prepared for disaster.
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In the latest ep of American Emergency: how a library in Marshall, North Carolina came to the rescue of its community after Hurricane Helene. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 20/05/2026
OpenAI Announces Construction Of New Data Center On Top Of Sick Child
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WIRED @wired.com · 20/05/2026
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data. www.wired.com/story/data-b...
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Data Brokers’ and AI Firms’ Opt-Out Forms Are Built to Fail, Report Finds
A new study finds AI companies, defense firms, and dating apps are among 38 data collectors allegedly using manipulative design to confuse users while collecting their data.
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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Claude repeated false claims 15% of the time when asked about pro-Kremlin falsehoods, citing Russian state-affiliated media every time. This increase in citations suggests that, in recent months, Claude has become more vulnerable to disinfo campaigns. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/claudes-fo...
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Claude’s Foreign-Influence Problem
PLUS: Fabricated Quotes Cast Italian Leader as a Trump Archcritic
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This is really fun
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For 10 months, I’ve been working on a 4-part @onthemedia.bsky.social investigation into FEMA, one of America’s least favorite agencies: why MAGA nearly killed it and how we got here. The first episode just dropped. We’re super proud of it. Hope you’ll listen: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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A. Brad Schwartz @abradschwartz.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
ICYMI, I discussed this story (and shared some thoughts on how CBS is falling short of Edward R. Murrow’s example) this past week with @onthemedia.bsky.social 🗃️ www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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mollyfication.bsky.social @mollyfication.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
listen listen listen!
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
“I don’t think that that’s something that would have been said on TV so quickly in 2017,” @melmason.bsky.social said.
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Julia Barton @bartona104.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"The key to radio's future does not lie, as so many broadcasters seem to think, in doing more cheaply what television can do...Rather the key to radio's future lies in another direction: doing the things that television cannot do." File under: unheeded advice, 1952. www.nytimes.com/1952/06/01/a...
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REALISTIC APPROACH; Radio Should Do Things That Video Cannot (Published 1952)
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