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Episode 129 - Vaccine Apartheid: US Media's Uncritical Adoption of Racist "Intellectual Property" Dogma
"The COVID-19 vaccine is ripe for the blackmarket," warns an NBC News opinion piece. "Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gil…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 128 - The "Healing" Con: How Warm and Fuzzy Appeals for "Unity" Are Used to Protect Power
"Biden Calls For Hope And Healing In Speech," NPR reports. "Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for return to Sept. 11 unity," writes The Chicago Tri…
5 years, 2 months ago
News Brief: US Media Pathologically Incapable of Criticizing MAGA Mobs Without Evoking Racist Cliches About "Third World"
Following today's mob violence at the U.S. capitol building, we break down how, once again, American media would rather ignore homegrown currents of …
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 127: Democratic Leadership's Predictable Scapegoating of 'Defund the Police'
"Sen. Mark Warner said progressives' calls to 'defund the police' were in part to blame for Democratic losses in the House in a cycle when the party …
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 126: Obama-Era Media Failures We Shouldn't Rehash Under Biden (Part II)
This is the second installment of our scoldy, buzzkill, two-part episode on Obama-era media failures we should be on the look out for as the Biden ad…
5 years, 3 months ago
News Brief: The ICE and Pentagon-Bloating Vagueness of the "Climate Change is a National Security Issue" Mantra
In light of John Kerry's new "national security" climate role, we follow up on Episode 122 by reading policy papers published by John Kerry's think t…
5 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 125: Obama-Era Media Failures We Shouldn't Rehash Under Biden (Part I)
President-elect Joe Biden has promised what he calls a return to "decency" and "unity," and American media has broadly characterized his victory over…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 124: Mental Health During A Pandemic: How US Media Spins Societal Failures Into Personal Self-Help Journeys
A CNN headline from this past summer read: "Mental health during coronavirus: Tips for processing your feelings." Psychology Today gave us an article…
5 years, 4 months ago
News Brief: It's Not a "Fall From Grace", This Has Always Been Who Giuliani Was
In this News Brief, we talk with journalist Ashoka Jegroo about Giuliani's long history of racism, white liberal New Yorkers providing cover for his …
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 123: How Liberal Meta-Demands for "Investigations" and "Studies" Are Used to Silence Activists
"Joe Biden Calls For 'Immediate, Full And Transparent Investigation' Into Jacob Blake Shooting," Forbes reports. "Obama Fraud Task Force Takes on th…
5 years, 4 months ago