Broadcast of the human voice first took place more than 100 years ago. Other media and fancier appliances have come along in the meantime, and many are pretty cool. However, none has eclipsed radio for practicality, immediacy and overall ability to connect a mass audience with information, ideas and feelings. In spite of this, contemporary radio and radio history are all but ignored by most of the media. Thus, I Still Love Radio . . .
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Another On The Media, Another Week Without Michael Jackson Analysis
When I last week lamented the lack of Michael Jackson coverage on WNYC's On The Media, I said near the end of my posting, "I guess I have next week's episode to look forward to for what will likely be insightful analysis of the Jackson coverage." Wrong! This week, OTM featured pieces from the archive about longstanding media myths and how they propagate, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Rosa Parks and Kitty Genovese. It was great stuff, but not what I wanted to hear and nowhere near being topical at a time that cried out for topicality--and probably not something that would have happened were OTM a commercial production. I'm guessing the OTM folks were off for the Fourth of July holiday last week, but how long will the world have to wait for brilliant OTM treatment of the Michael Jackson coverage?
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