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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Why the language of terrorism is so divisive. Also, how Fifty Shades of Grey introduced America to the kink community.
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.
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.
Whether to name the perpetrators of mass shootings, the myth of defensive gun ownership, and the "Ebola Doctor" Craig Spencer.
A video threat from ISIS to Japan, debunking conventional wisdom in Congress, and a newly published memoir from a Guantanamo Bay inmate.
A video threat from ISIS to Japan, debunking conventional wisdom in Congress, and a newly published memoir from a Guantanamo Bay inmate.
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.
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.
After the massacre at the French weekly _Charlie Hebdo, _a look at the symbolic weight of French satire and true freedom of speech.
After the massacre at the French weekly _Charlie Hebdo, _a look at the symbolic weight of French satire and true freedom of speech.
A special hour on the enthralling genre of true crime.
A special hour on the enthralling genre of true crime.
OTM looks at the great decline in beat reporting.
OTM looks at the great decline in beat reporting.
The ethics of publicly exposing private emails, the demise of Cat Fancy magazine, and a farewell to the Colbert Report.
The ethics of publicly exposing private emails, the demise of Cat Fancy magazine, and a farewell to the Colbert Report.
A special hour from Liberia, where Ebola figures into every issue, in ways both painful and profound. Brooke and OTM producer Meara Sharma shadow reporters at FrontPage Africa, the country's finest paper, to see how Liberia's story is reported by Liberians themselves.
A special hour from Liberia, where Ebola figures into every issue, in ways both painful and profound. Brooke and OTM producer Meara Sharma shadow reporters at FrontPage Africa, the country's finest paper, to see how Liberia's story is reported by Liberians themselves.
On police body cameras, the conservative reaction to events in Ferguson, and the con men who charm the media.