Itâs the Mediaâs âMean-Tooâ Moment. Stop Yelling and Go to Human Resources.
In public radio, there is either an epidemic of bullying or an epidemic of whining, depending on whom you ask.
Bob Garfield, left, and Brooke Gladstone of WNYCâs âOn The Mediaâ in 2005. WNYC fired him recently after a dispute.Credit.Richard Drew/Associated Press
May 23, 2021
For 20 years, the WNYC radio show âOn The Mediaâ has been the sort of place where the hostsâ on-air repartee makes it a fun listen, while their off-air screaming matches send producers diving for cover.
But times are changing.
During a meeting last June, a producer suggested that the show, which was hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield, do a segment on whether the mediaâs coverage of climate change had overlooked minorities. After an extended back and forth, Mr. Garfield got sick of his staff pushing back, dismissed the story with a barnyard epithet, and eventually yelled
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