please welcome brooke gladstone. [applause] >> thank you for coming tonight. i will like to start with your book. you talk about a number of media bias is. one of my favorites is the narrative bias. the media takes a story and a matter what it is, come up with a beginning, middle, and an end. we have just gone through an election in which there were thousands of just such recorded a events. i am wondering - do you think we miss a lot when presidential elections are treated primarily as a four year heavyweight battle to the death beginning literally the day after the last election as health? >> we miss some things. i am careful not to complete the condemn horse race covers. that is a big part of the story. the problem is what is being covered? 1 gets completely fixated and it unt for who said this. some of these are quite revealing. you have here 47% remark which anyone would argue -- your 47% in march which anyone could argue could be extremely revelatory. he said he did not mean it did after the election pretty much said the same thing. but it did tell us a l

. >> brook gladstone is the npr host of "on the media." she is the author of a new book on the history and influence of the media called, "the influencing machine." this is one hour, 20 minutes. >> our moderator tonight is the professor of media studies at fordham university, the author of four books on cultural programming, and he was the head of special projects for 50 years. he frequently moderates events around the city for the screen actors guild, and for us. ampa, bafta, and more. please welcome brian rose. next, we could not be more honored and delighted to have brooke gladstone here tonight. she is the managing editor and co-host of npr. she hosts "on the media." her new book is "the influencing machine." i just want to let you know we will be doing a signing of her book. the paperback has just come out. she has been at npr for many years. she covered the last turbulent years. i know all of you media groupies out there will agree there is something about brooke that just pulls you in. each week, even at 7:00 a.m. on saturday -- ira

please welcome two-time peabody award winner brooke gladstone. [applause]>> thank you, catherine. thank you, brooke, for coming tonight. i would like to start with your book. you talk about a number of media biases. one of favorites is the narrative bias. that the media takes a story, no matter what it is, they have to come up with a beginning, a middle, and an end. we have just gone through an election in which there were thousands of just such recorded events. i am wondering, do you think we have a lot when presidential elections are treated as a four- year heavyweight battle to the death? beginning the day after the less election is held -- last election is held. >> we miss something. i do not completely condemn horserace coverage. that is a big part of the story. the problem is, what isn't covered. one gets completely fixated on the gaffs. who said this, how did that have an impact, some of these are really quite revealing. even those, i cannot entirely condemn. you have your 47% remark, which anyone would argue could possibly be extremely revelatory. he said he did not mean it

please welcome two-time peabody award winner brooke gladstone.[applause] >> thank you, katherine, thank you for coming tonight. i would like to start with your book, "the influencing machine," and in this book, you talk about a number of media biases, and one of my favorite is the narrative bias. that is, that the media takes a story, and no matter what is it- what it is, has to have a beginning, a middle, and an end to it. we just have gone through an election in which there were thousands of just such recorded events, and i'm wondering, do you think we missed a lot when presidential elections are treated primarily as a four year heavy weight battle to the debt, beginning, literally, the day after the last election is held? >> we missed something. i mean, i'm careful not to completely condemn coverage because it is a part of the story. the problem is what is not covered? the problem is that one is completely fixed on gas, and who said that, and how did that have an impact? some are really revealing, and even those i cannot entirely condemn. you

now, sitting comfortably in my seat, i will say, from new york, i am brooke gladstone. if i was filling in, i would say -- [speaking in different voice] [speaking in regular voice] you see, that is much nicer. but it requires putting air over your soft palate, and that is way too much work for me. there is, you know, i studied acting in college, and i remember my first time on the radio, i went to the university of vermont, and there was a shakespeare festival there, and i was doing commercials for the festival, and i would lift my soft palate, and i would say -- [speaking in different voice] air-conditioned and sporting its new seats, the champlain festival offers its most comfortable season ever. [laughter] [speaking in regular voice] there is also the ending phase. let me see if we have got a final sentence here. >> probably not. try the first paragraph. >> [speaking in different voice] she has co-hosted what i think is one of the most indispensable programs on the air, called appropriately enough -- [speaking in regular voice] that kind of thing. [laughter] there is

please welcome a two-time peabody award winner, brooke gladstone. ou, catherine. and thank you, brooke, for coming tonight. i like your book. you talk about a number of media bias is in the book. one of my favorites is the narrative bias, that is the media takes a story and a matter what it is, has to come up with a beginning, a middle, and an end to it. we have just gone through an election in which there were thousands of just such recording events. i wonder, you think we miss a lot to win presidential elections are treated primarily as a a former art-year heavyweight battle -- a 4-year heavyweight battle beginning right after the last election is held? >> we miss something. i'm careful not to completely condemned it, because that is a big part of the story. the problem is, what is not covered? the problem is that one gets completely fixated on gaffes, who said this and how did that have an impact. some of these are quite revealing, even though i cannot entirely condemned, you have your 47% remark, which anyone would argue could possibly be extreme

next, we could not be more honored and delighted to have brooke gladstone here tonight. -- and co-host of npr. i just want to let you know we signing ofe doing a her book. she has been at npr for many years. she covered the last turbulent years. i know all of you media groupies out there will agree there is something about brook that just pulls you in. each week, even at 7:00 a.m. on saturday, "just like michael lewis, brooke can somehow take any subject and make it very interesting." please welcome brooke gladstone. [applause] >> thank you. i would like to start with your book. in this book, you talk about a number of media biases. one of my favorites is the narrative bias. the media takes a story and, the matter what it is, has to come up with a beginning, middle, and and. we have -- end. we have just gone through an election where there were thousands of just such events. do you think we miss a lot when presidential elections are treated as a beginning, literally, the day after the last election is held. >> i am careful not to completely condemn it, because that is a

now, sitting comfortably in my seat, i will say, from new york, i am brooke gladstone. if i was filling in, i would say -- [speaking in different voice] [speaking in regular voice] you see, that is much nicer. but it requires putting air over your soft palate, and that is way too much work for me. there is, you know, i studied acting in college, and i remember my first time on the radio, i went to the university of vermont, and there was a shakespeare festival there, and i was doing commercials for the festival, and i would lift my soft palate, and i would say -- [speaking in different voice] air-conditioned and sporting its new seats, the champlain festival offers its most comfortable season ever. [laughter] [speaking in regular voice] there is also the ending phase. let me see if we have got a final sentence here. >> probably not. try the first paragraph. >> [speaking in different voice] she has co-hosted what i think is one of the most indispensable programs on the air, called appropriately enough -- [speaking in regular voice] that kind of thing. [laughter] there is

now, sitting comfortably in my seat, i will say, from new york, i am brooke gladstone. if i was filling in, i would say -- [speaking in different voice] this is weekend edition. [speaking in regular voice] you see, that is much nicer. but it requires putting air over your soft palate, and that is way too much work for me. there is, you know, i studied acting in college, and i remember my first time on the radio, i went to the university of vermont, and there was a shakespeare festival there, and i was doing commercials for the festival, and i would lift my soft palate, and i would say -- [speaking in different voice] air-conditioned and sporting its new seats, the champlain festival offers its most comfortable season ever. [laughter] [speaking in regular voice] there is also the ending phase. let me see if we have got a final sentence here. >> probably not. try the first paragraph. >> [speaking in different voice] she has co-hosted what i think is one of the most indispensable programs on the air, called appropriately enough -- [speaking in regular voice] that kind of t