“Choose the product best suited for baby,” Nestlé urged in a 1970s baby formula ad. “What size is your carbon footprint?” wondered oil giant BP in 2003. “Texting, music listening put distracted pedestrians at risk,” USA Today announced in 2012.
These headlines and...
2024-07-03 15:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Citations Needed News Brief, we are joined by author and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss labor's response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the history of union support for (and opposition to) U.S.-led war and imperialism, and his upcoming book—now available for pre-order—2024-06-19 15:21:43 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Citations Needed Live Show, recorded virtually on May 23, 2024, Adam and Nima discuss recent coverage of the campus protests over the ongoing genocide in Gaza, from the media's habit of pathologizing Zoomers to Biden's condescending implication they're just a foaming hate mob.
We we...
2024-06-12 15:59:51 +0000 UTC View Post
"Susan Rice examines U.S. foreign policy strategy with The Post's David Ignatius," read the title of a 2016 Washington Post Live conversation. "Key player in war on climate change? The Pentagon," CNN insisted in 2020. "Democrats Need To Learn How To Get Excited About the Center-Left...
2024-06-05 19:33:08 +0000 UTC View Post
“David Plouffe's advice for 2020,” Axios shared in 2019. “James Carville: 'Stupid wokeness' is a national problem for Democrats,” CNN reported in 2021. “Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary under President Obama, discusses the debt ceiling deal and the latest job numbers,”...
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2024-05-24 02:02:31 +0000 UTC View PostJoin us tonight, Thursday, May 23rd, at 10 pm ET / 9 pm CT for a YouTube livestream! We'll be joined by @itslaylas and @jbenmenachem to discuss coverage of ...
2024-05-23 20:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostIn lieu of a regularly scheduled episode this week, tomorrow, Thursday, May 23rd, we'll be hosting a livestream show at 10pmET / 9pmCT! We'll joined by @itslaylas and 2024-05-22 17:54:40 +0000 UTC View Post
“Here's why creating single-payer health care in America is so hard,” explained Harold Pollack in Vox in 2016. “The benefits of climate action…are diffuse and hard to pin down,” shrugged a Foreign Affairs article in 2020. “A nuanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” present...
2024-05-15 16:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we breakdown the White House's latest attempt to arm and fund Israeli war crimes while looking like helpless. bumbling humanitarians.
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In this public News Brief, we discuss Establishment reaction to pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, from liberal handwringing to police crackdowns to therapy-speak.
2024-04-27 17:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post
“Sen. Chuck Schumer warns drug dealers are pushing rainbow fentanyl to children,” CBS News cries. “'It's very challenging': Inside the fentanyl fight at the border,” ABC News reports. “The hard-drug decriminalization disaster,” New York Times columnist Bret Stephens l...
2024-03-27 14:24:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"Ex-officer Amber Guyger testifies in wrong-apartment murder trial: 'I was scared to death,'" a " story reported in 2019. "Starbucks Files Complaints with Labor Board, Accuses Union Organizers of Bullying and Harassment," reported Food & Wine Magazine in April 2022. "Labour ...
2024-03-20 15:21:48 +0000 UTC View Post
“Teachers Unions: Still a Huge Obstacle to Reform.” “Countering Iran’s Menacing Persian Gulf Navy.” “Open Everything: The time to end pandemic restrictions is now.” “The Good Republicans’ Last Stand”
Each of these headlines comes from the same magazine: The Atlantic<...
2024-03-13 15:04:54 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Citations Needed News Brief, we are joined by Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center to discuss the upcoming Johnson v. Grants Pass case, which will be heard by the Supreme Court of the Unit...
2024-03-06 14:54:11 +0000 UTC View Post
On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on January 30, we discuss the social media phenomenon of the #GRINDSET Guys, the Elite Performers, the Sigma Males. They are cult personalities - no, no, influencers - who urge their followers to be solipsistic, jingoistic rise-and-grinders.
A...
2024-02-28 15:20:16 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we are joined by friend of the show, Maximillian Alvarez of The Real News Network, to discuss Democrats' pathetic, myopic, and nihilistic attempt to play the Racist Reverse Uno Card on Congressional Republicans.
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2024-02-21 15:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
"Viet Cong Use Children as Human Shields," the Associated Press alleged in 1967. "'Civilian casualty?' That's a gray area," Alan Dershowitz argued in The Los Angeles Times in 2006. "We can’t ignore the truth that Hamas uses human shields," Jason Willick wrote in The Washington Post...
2024-02-07 16:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post
"Join Wall Street. Save the world," The Washington Post urged in 2013. "How to Know Your Donations Are Doing the Most Good," The New York Times proclaimed in 2015. "I give 10 percent of my income to charity. You should, too," Vox advised last November.
Each of these he...
Join us TONIGHT at 8:30pm ET for a live show Beg-A-Thon with guest Hussein Kesvani, as we break down the most ridiculous and toxic rise-and-grind guys on social media, from David Goggins to Andy Elliott to Ed Mylett. We will be giving away merch, dunking on intense grifter assholes, and having a ...
2024-01-30 22:48:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this public News Brief, we react to the media spin around the ICJ's genocide ruling against Israel and how framing by the NYTimes and BBC seeks to uphold the logic of the so called "war" creating said genocide.
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"Make sense of the day’s news and ideas," urges The Morning, a daily New York Times newsletter. "Get smarter, faster on news and information that matters to you," Axios assures its readership. "This is how the news should sound," The New York Times again declares, via its podcast The Daily.
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Get shredded! Get a hot trad wife! Close the Baxter Account! Join us Jan 30 at 8:30pm ET for a live show beg-a-thon with guest Hussein Kesvani, as we break down the most ridiculous and toxic rise-and-grind guys on social media, from David Goggins to Andy Elliott to Ed Mylett. We will be giving aw...
2024-01-24 15:20:49 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year, everyone! In this News Brief, we are joined by Adam's co-author of two recent studies—one of print and one of cable news—detailing US's media's double standards when covering the 'Gaza conflict.'
Thank you for your ongoing support of Citations Needed. We wouldn't be able...
2024-01-17 19:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, "5 Ways US Media Helps Put a 'Humanitarian' Spin on Gaza Ethnic Cleansing," we discuss how mass expulsion routes became "humanitarian corridors," internment camps became "safe zones" and ethnic cleansing became "voluntary resettlement."
“Aging population to hit U.S. economy like a 'ton of bricks',” Reuters reported in 2021. “Aging Is The Real Population Bomb,” the International Monetary Fund cautioned earlier this year. “How an aging population poses challenges for U.S. economy, workforce and ...
2023-12-06 17:04:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this News Brief, we detail how American media focusing entirely on discrete "counter attacks" and adopting cool military-speak play-by-play ignores the much bigger and important reality of forcible population transfers and overt plans to remove Palestinians from Palestine.
2023-11-21 03:24:10 +0000 UTC View Post