Mr. Media Interviews By Bob Andelman

Today's Guest: Craig Pittman, author, The Scent of Scandal, Oh, Florida, journalist, Tampa Bay Times  Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above! Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of Phragmipedium experts whom I wouldn’t trust to guard the bougainvillea I’ve been growing in the backyard… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Craig Pittman’s beat at the Tampa Bay Times is covering Florida’s environment in all its politically skewed glory. Want to know how an oil spill could impact the Gulf of Mexico and the Sunshine State’s beaches? Pittman’s the guy to read. So it might seem like the intrigue over a single orchid’s origins and rightful ownership would be a little under his radar. But, investigative journalist that he is, Pittman smelled a good mystery lurking behind the lush tropical setting of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida. CRAIG PITTMAN audio excerpt: "By making this big, splashy discovery that would get some headlines, the (o