&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;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. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;1. &lt;span&gt;Alexey Kovalev [&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/Alexey__Kovalev"&gt;@Alexey__Kovalev&lt;/a&gt;], investigative editor at &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/meduzaproject"&gt;Meduza&lt;/a&gt;, on what Russian and American media got right and wrong about Putin and Biden's first meeting. &lt;a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/was-biden-putin-meeting-anything-more-political-pageantry-on-the-media"&gt;Listen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;2. Matt Apuzzo [&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/mattapuzzo"&gt;@mattapuzzo&lt;/a&gt;], New York Times reporter, on how the government seizes journalists’ records and chills speech under guise of protecting national security. &lt;a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/doj-seizes-reporters-records-again-on-the-media"&gt;Listen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;3. Kurt Andersen [&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/KBAndersen"&gt;@KBAndersen&lt;/a&gt;], host of &lt;a href="http://www.wnyc.org/nixonatwar.org"&gt;Nixon At War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;says&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Watergate might have been Nixon's downfall, but the Vietnam War was his real undoing. &lt;a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/nixons-undoing-predated-watergate-on-the-media"&gt;Listen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;4. The late Les Gelb, the man who supervised the team that compiled the Pentagon Papers, explains how the media misinterpreted the documents. &lt;a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-press-missed-about-pentagon-papers-on-the-media"&gt;Listen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

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