A View to Media

Series produced by Paul Levinson

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1-2 minute audio clips by a national/international commentator about media in the news

Brief audio clips from me - usually not more than a minute or two - on current stories about the media. These will often be political, always edgy, and always in the face of any organization or agency that seeks to limit or censor communication - such as the FCC. These commentaries will usually be daily - or more often as media events require. I'll throw in an occasional movie or television review (also not more than a minute or two).

I have been interviewed more than 500 times on radio and television in the United States, Canada, England, Italy and Australia including ABC's "NightLine", "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather", PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", "The O'Reilly Factor", "Scarborough Country", "Jesse Ventura's America", "The Big Story with John Gibson", ABC's "World News Now", "Daybreak", "Your World with Neil Cavuto", PBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, the History Channel, AP Radio, CBS Radio Network News, Bloomberg Radio, CNN Radio, NPR's "Talk of the Nation", "Morning Edition", "The Diane Rehm Show", "On the Media", "The Connection","On Point", "Public Interest (The Kojo Nnamdi Show)", "Odyssey", "Tech Nation", "New York and Company", and the BBC's "NewsNight" and "Thinking Allowed". I'm interviewed every Sunday at 7:15am on KNX 1070 all-news radio in Southern California, and have been quoted frequently in the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, New York Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Hollywood Reporter, Daily Variety, Billboard, Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Houston Chronicle, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Newark Star-Ledger, Orlando Sentinel, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Detroit News, Dallas Morning News, the Cape Cod Times, Associated Press, Reuters, UPI, Scripps-Howard, and dozens of other major newspapers, and magazines.

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Brief audio clips from me - usually not more than a minute or two - on current stories about the media. These will often be political, always edgy, and always in the face of any organization or agency that seeks to limit or censor communication - such as the FCC. These commentaries will usually be daily - or more often as media events require. I'll throw in an occasional movie or television review (also not more than a minute or two). I have been interviewed more than 500 times on radio and television in the United States, Canada, England, Italy and Australia including ABC's "NightLine", "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather", PBS' "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", "The O'Reilly Factor", "Scarborough Country", "Jesse Ventura's America", "The Big Story with John Gibson", ABC's "World News... Show full description


22 Pieces

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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
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Lost returned last night - with best episode since first season

  • Added: Feb 07, 2007
  • Length: 02:42
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Nobel Committee did much better than the Supreme Court re: Al Gore

  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
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Olbermann's thesis that 24 is a Bush admin tool shows ignorance of Coleridge

  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:55
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the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making

  • Added: Dec 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:29
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a 4-minute primer about intellectual property

  • Added: Dec 21, 2006
  • Length: 04:21
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advice from personal experience about how to get the last word

  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:48
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good for Borat - but what happened to The Wire and Battlestar Galactica

  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
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an award-winning author of 5 novels tells what it takes to sell one

  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
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a serial killer on the side of the angels

  • Added: Dec 14, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
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an award-winning author of 5 novels tells what it takes to write one

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
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(non-spoiler) review of complete 8-hour season of Sleeper Cell on Showtime: strong series, innovative pacing

  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:58
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some superb original elements, but not as good as the first three seasons

  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
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what really happens in the movie...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 01:06
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excellent, intelligent treatment of time-travel paradox

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:13
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'tis the network that's dying, not fine television

  • Added: Dec 03, 2006
  • Length: 01:56

  • Added: Nov 29, 2006
  • Length: 01:05
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we need accurate mirrors of inaccurate appraisals

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:09
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review of Casino Royale: good guns but no puns

  • Added: Nov 25, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
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there are limits beneath which public taste will not descend

  • Added: Nov 25, 2006
  • Length: 01:01