Summary: <p>New reports show that the Trump Department of Justice spied on reporters. But that’s just a small part of a much longer story, going back decades. This week, we examine when and why the government surveils journalists. And, following their first meeting this week, is there a headline beyond “Putin and Biden talked to each other?” Plus, on the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers, how the story’s biggest lessons were lost to time. </p> <p>1. Alexey Kovalev [<a href="https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev">@Alexey__Kovalev</a>], investigative editor at <a href="https://twitter.com/meduzaproject">Meduza</a>, on what Russian and American media got right and wrong about Putin and Biden's first meeting. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/was-biden-putin-meeting-anything-more-political-pageantry-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>2. Matt Apuzzo [<a href="https://twitter.com/mattapuzzo">@mattapuzzo</a>], New York Times reporter, on how the government seizes journalists’ records and chills speech under guise of protecting national security. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/doj-seizes-reporters-records-again-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>3. Kurt Andersen [<a href="https://twitter.com/KBAndersen">@KBAndersen</a>], host of <a href="http://www.wnycstudios.org/nixonatwar.org">Nixon At War</a><em>, </em>says<em> </em>Watergate might have been Nixon's downfall, but the Vietnam War was his real undoing. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/nixons-undoing-predated-watergate-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p>4. The late Les Gelb, the man who supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers, explains how the media misinterpreted the documents. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-press-missed-about-pentagon-papers-on-the-media">Listen</a>.</p> <p><em>Music:</em></p> <p><em>Tymperturbably Blue by Duke Ellington</em><em>Fergus River Roundelay by Gerry O’Beirne</em><em>Whispers of a Heavenly Death by John Zorn</em><em>Trance Dance by John Zorn</em><em>Middlesex Times by Michael Andrews</em><em>Tribute to America (Medley) by The O’Neill Brothers Group</em></p>
