Bob Garfield

Last week, OTM aired three short excerpts from the first video of British ISIS hostage John Cantlie acting as a coerced news anchor in a grotesque ISIS news broadcast. 

Over a 17-year period, the city manager and other municipal officials bilked tax payers out of millions of dollars. Here's how the scheme went unnoticed for almost two decades.

Bob remembers the best story he got while working the crime beat for a small newspaper in Pennsylvania.

Two-thirds of audited daily papers do not assign a single reporter to cover the State House. 

How one reporter was in the right place at the right time to uncover the story of a lifetime.

Although the murders of journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley has been a major story for weeks, there are many journalist kidnappings that go unreported.

Which is why online advocacy groups are urging websites and people to post images of the dreaded loading symbol today to support net neutrality. 

Since 2009, NPR has seen five CEOs. The latest to take up the mantle is Jarl Mohn, a veteran of commercial and public radio. Bob talked with Mohn about his plans for NPR.

Native advertising, or ads that resemble editorial content, is now embraced by the vast majority of online publications. Bob talks with David J. Franklyn about the ethical implications.

Nude pictures of famous celebrities blanketed the internet this week. How did it happen? How can we keep our data safe?

Bob goes to the White House to find out how the role of the press corps is changing under this media savvy administration.

In DC, the new media landscape is shifting the power to influence from traditional media outlets to some unlikely players.

In Washington, the lines are increasingly blurring between politicians, lobbyists and the media. Bob meets with the man known as the "doorman to the revolving door."

Bob visits the iconic Palm Restaurant, where DC A-listers go to see and be seen, to meet his guide to all things Washington, Mark Leibovich,

Bob speaks with Grantland TV critic Andy Greenwald, and the creators of "Veep" and "House of Cards" about why Hollywood is shining a spotlight on DC.

Bob ends his DC journey on the red carpet of the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, where journalists rub elbows with the very people they cover.

Contrary to what the media suggests, Ebola is not coming to the U.S. Bob talks with Dr. Daniel Bausch about what the media keeps missing. 

Marine Biologist David Shiffman was enthralled by "Shark Week" almost from its start in 1988. Bob talks with Shiffman about how, lately, he's become a "Shark Week" critic on Twitter. 

A new Justice Department policy requires the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to videotape interrogations.  Jennifer Mnookin says the power of video can interfere with objectivity.

Bob goes to Hollywood to track down the future of television and locates it....in his laptop. A special report on streaming video, first aired in March of 2014.