Bob Garfield (b. ca. 1955) 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.[1] 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.
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 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. In 2009 he published a book about the collapse of the media landscape called The Chaos Scenario.
In 2004, On the Media won a Peabody Award for excellence.
In October, 2007 Garfield launched the ComcastMustDie.com WWW site to protest Comcast's customer service.[2]
References
- ^ "Bob Garfield". On the Media. http://www.onthemedia.org/about/bob.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
- ^ Donohue, Steve (2007-10-08). "Media Columnist Launches ComcastMustDie.com". Multichannel News. http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6488057.html?rssid=196. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
External links
- Advertising Age - Bob Garfield: The Blog
- On The Media - Meet The Staff
- In depth interview with Bob Garfield on truth in marketing
- http://www.comcastmustdie.com/
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