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2024-12-02 15:05:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 212: Gaza and the Political Utility of Selective Empathy

"Salvadoran Ties Bloodshed To a 'Culture of Violence'", reported The New York Times in 1981. "The violence in Lebanon is casual, random, and probably addicting," stated the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in 1985. "Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims," wrote long-ti...

News Brief: Elite Media, Dems Blame 'Woke', 'Headwinds'—Everyone But Themselves— for Trump Win

In this public News Brief, we detail the usual scapegoats for party, pundit, and press failure to stem the tide of ascendant fascism.

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Episode 211: Bari Weiss, The 'University' of Austin, and the Silicon Valley-Funded Faux-Iconoclast Media Industry

Before we get to today's episode, here's a little reminder that we'll be doing an Election Night livestream here on Patreon next Tuesday evening, Nov. 5, at 10:30 PM ET.

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Episode 210: Seller's Inflation and the Super Serious Economists Mocking "Greedflation" "Conspiracies"

"An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party," The Washington Post frets. "'Greedflation' is a nonsense idea," The Economist insists. "Harris' plan to stop price gouging could create more problems than it solves," CNN warns.

Over the last few...

News Brief: Harris' Mid 2000s Neocon Re-Brand and Centrist Voters as Free Real Estate

In this public News Brief, we discuss the Democratic nominee's overt embrace of conservative policy and politicians and the widespread, unchecked assumption that tracking right has zero electoral trade-offs.

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Episode 209: Popularism and the "Poll-Driven Democrat" as Cover for Conservative Policy Preferences

"Calls for Transforming Police Run Into Realities of Governing in Minnesota," cautioned The New York Times in 2020. "Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base," claimed the paper of record again, in 2022. "How Biden’s recent actions on imm...

News Brief: CNN's Failed Smear Campaign Against Rep. Rashida Tlaib w/ Prem Thakker

In this Patreon-only News Brief, we detail last week's manufactured controversy targeting Congress' lone Palestinian-American, and what it says about US media's editorial standards when attacking those challenging NatSec orthodoxy.

We are joined by Prem Thakker of Zeteo News.

Episode 208: How US Media Repackages Pro-Police Policies as "Reform"

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News Brief: Media Incitement Against Haitian Migrants and JD Vance's Standpoint Theory for Bigoted Dopes

In this public News Brief, we examine rightwing media's shameful incitement campaign against Haitian migrants and J.D. Vance's smarmy, grating rhetorical tactic of blaming nameless "constituents" for his stoking a hate mob.

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2024-09-09 14:32:25 +0000 UTC View Post

News Brief: NYT Launders US Govt Claim Iranian Crisis Actors Infiltrating Gaza Protesters

In this Patron-only News Brief, we examine recent "foreign disinformation" disclosures by the US government and sort out what's true, what's lacking context, and what's outright libelous.

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In 1 hour and 30 mins we will be discussing DNC protests, Gaza emergency doctors pleading with Harris to break from Biden, and the campaign PR and vibing their way past unrest over the ongoing genocide.

2024-08-21 17:30:37 +0000 UTC View Post

4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Gaza Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus

In this News Brief, we recap the ready-made talking points used to smear DNC Gaza protests, detail why they don't add up, and discuss how the best way to avoid the appearance of party infighting is for Vice President Harris and Democrats to Simply Do The Right Thing.

This News Brief is base...

Episode 207: US-Backed Killing of Journalists in Gaza and the Limits of "Freedom of the Press" Sloganeering

"Western World Observes Press Freedom Day," gloated the United Press International newswire back in 1961. "Trump v. CNN: lawsuit becomes test case on press freedom," declared The Guardian in November 2018. "The 10 Best and Worst Countries for Press Freedom," says US News and World report in 2022....

News Brief: A Quantitative Analysis of US Media's Fentanyl Panic and How It Kills

On this News Brief, we're joined again by public health journalist Zach Siegel to discuss his new report, Fentanyl Exposure: Myths, Misconceptions, and the Media, and how ongoing police propaganda harms real...

News Brief: Substance vs Vibes in VP Kamala Harris' Gaza PR Reboot

In this public News Brief we analyze the new Democratic nominee's "shift in tone" and whether more sophisticated Empathy-Speak and continued appeals to bogus "ceasefire negotiations" signifies a meaningful break from Biden.

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2024-08-02 12:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 206: How the Gambling Industry Swallowed Sports Media Whole

"Legalize and Regulate Sports Betting," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wrote in The New York Times in 2014. "NFL Betting Promos & Bonuses | Top NFL Betting Sites & Offers for Week 9 NFL Odds & More," USA Today offered readers in 2023. "Bookmakers break down N...

Live Show: Paris, Power and Olympic Class War

We're just two days away from the Opening Ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. For months, the city of Paris has been “preparing” for this year’s event by ramping up policing, evicting homeless people from the encampments they’ve been living in, and even banning food dis...

News Brief: Media Baselessly Pins Trump Shooting on Vague 'Heated Rhetoric,' Precious Dems Stop Campaigning

In this public News Brief, we discuss the phony pearl-clutching over "heated" anti-Trump messaging and Team Biden's attempt to run out the clock before the DNC.

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🥇 LIVESTREAM TONIGHT, 10 PM ET: Paris, Power & Olympic Class War

Remember, folks, we're going live on YouTube at 10 PM ET tonight with friend of the show Jules Boykoff to discuss the Olympics, the media and the relentless commercialization, police crackdowns, and class warfare th...

Livestream Tomorrow, 7/16, at 10 PM ET!

TOMORROW, 7/16, at 10 PM ET! Join us as we stream live on YouTube with Jules Boykoff, author of What Are The Olympics For? and professor of political science at Pacific University, to talk media...

News Brief: Centrist on Centrist Soft Media Coup Shakes up Democratic Nomination

In this Patron-only News Brief, Nima and Adam discuss the sustained, somewhat bizarre anti-Biden turn in the media and what it says about a venal, broken Democratic party leadership.

Episode 205: The Great Neoliberal Burden Shift (Part II) - How Corporate America Offset Liability Onto Its Workers

"How Railroaders Are Killed; Train Crews Grow Careless," read a 1906 syndicated article. "There is a kind of personality who is accident-prone," reported the Kansas City Star in 1944. Amazon's safety programs are "designed to keep its nearly one million warehouse workers worldwide f...