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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 46

Bette Davis in a New York bar? Temperamental anchors? What? The latest greatest from Tom and Garry!

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 45

Tom and Garry talk about AI and its impact on the media, how it has changed what were their former jobs. Tom gets into an argument with with his cyber employee and somehow, politics sneaks in.

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 44

This episode Tom tells the story of how, as a freshman at Hofstra University he suddenly one day found himself having drinks with the President of the University who then told him the history of Hofstra. Garry talks about the time he confronted long forgotten presidential candidate Pat Buchanon.

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 43

This episode Garry and Tom talk about medical war stories and near misses with greater fame and fortune — and how they both ended up on the cutting room floor.

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 42

This episode Garry and Tom talk about what it’s like to work in the news business during the holidays and then, they share an actual Christmas miracle!

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 41

Welcome to show 41! We are marching forward at a prodigious rate, though to what end, I do not know. This week, Garry and Tom talk about bungles, bloopers, burps and giggles on the air. Tom talks about the time “Up to the Minute” tried to record the demolition of the Oklahoma City bomber building. We’ve got it all! Film at eleven!

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 40

Welcome to show 40! I think this will be ready for syndication anytime now. In this episode Tom and Garry talk about political polls, how all the news outlets rely on them and how they are almost always wrong. Film at eleven! Every major election, there are huge headlines everywhere — TV, newspaper, blogs, online and off — about the latest greatest polls. If there was ever a time when polls…

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MEDIA WAR STORIES - EPISODE 39

This episode we talk about consultants, consulting and the consequences of hiring them. We also talk about the Y2K scare and whether or not to air really violent images on TV news.The answer is — we don’t have an answer. Does anyone? Film at eleven! Until the way news is produced changes — hugely — there won’t be an answer. As long as news is considered “entertainment” and not public service,…

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