Bob Garfield writes the "Ad Review" TV-commercial criticism feature in Advertising Age. He is also the co-host of the On The Media show on National Public Radio. Before that, he was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered. He is the advertising analyst for ABC News. He has also appeared on CBS News, CNBC, PBS, and the Financial News Network. Advertising Age is a magazine, chronicling trends in advertisement. ... On the Media is an hour-long weekly radio program produced by New York Public Radio WNYC. It is broadcast on Sunday morning in New York City, and syndicated nationwide on other public radio stations. ... NPR redirects here. ... All Things Considered, sometimes abbreviated ATC, is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. ... A CBS News Special Report ident card CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports. ... CNBC (until 1991 the Consumer News and Business Channel) is a group of cable and satellite television Business news channels from the U.S., owned and operated by NBC Universal, a joint venture of General Electric and Vivendi Universal. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...

He has been a columnist for USA Today and contributing editor for Civilization and the Washington Post Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. A collection of his work, titled Waking Up Screaming from the American Dream, was published by Scribner's & Son in 1997. A second book, And Now a Few Words from Me, appeared in 2003. Garfield co-wrote "Tag, You're It," a country song performed by Willie Nelson, and wrote an episode of the situation comedy Sweet Surrender. USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ... Cities are a major hallmark of human civilization. ... ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ... Playboy is an American adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Matthews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ... Scribner is a city located in Dodge County, Nebraska. ... Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American entertainer and songwriter, born and raised in Abbott, Texas. ...

In 2004 On the Media won a Peabody Award for excellence. On the Media is an hour-long weekly radio program produced by New York Public Radio WNYC. It is broadcast on Sunday morning in New York City, and syndicated nationwide on other public radio stations. ... The George Foster Peabody Awards, more commonly known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. ...

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• Garfield: the blog