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Episode 31: Fake ISIS Plots and the Selling of Forever War
We've seen the headlines hundreds of times: "ISIS plot foiled", "ISIS in Brooklyn", "Woman Stopped At Airport on way to join ISIS". These stories st…
8 years ago
Episode 30: Liberal Media's Myopic Military Worship
Fighting against the far right forces of the Republican Party and their auxiliary white supremacist media makes attempts to appropriate notions of n…
8 years ago
Episode 29: The Asymptotic 'Two State Solution' (Part II)
The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a "two-state solution" in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace P…
8 years ago
Episode 28: The Asymptotic 'Two State Solution' (Part I)
The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a "two-state solution" in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace P…
8 years, 1 month ago
News Brief: How to Respond to Knee-Jerk Bigotry on Live TV
Citations Needed is off this week, but we do have a fascinating interview with Hoda Katebi on her now-infamous WGN television segment. In this News B…
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 27: How the Media Mainstreamed Racist Pseudoscience
If one were to approach New York Times-reading liberals circa 1990 and tell them about a crime-fighting policy that arbitrarily harassed black and…
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 26: The 'Welfare' Dog-Whistle
The term "welfare" is thrown around so casually in political speeches and media coverage we hardly notice it anymore. CNN reports that "GOP will tack…
8 years, 1 month ago
Episode 25: The Banality of CIA-Curated Definitions of 'Democracy'
Few words elicit such warm feelings as the term "Democracy." Wars are supposedly fought for it, foreign policies are built around it, protecting and …
8 years, 2 months ago
Episode 24: Highlighting Alternative Media - The Moral Limits of Dunking on Thomas Friedman
Here at Citations Needed we enjoy nothing more than ragging on corporate media - indeed, it's our primary job. But can constant snark and negativity …
8 years, 2 months ago
News Brief: Why the Media Should Stop Calling it a "Government Shutdown"
It's not a "government shutdown", it's a liberal government shutdown––or, more precisely, a backdoor rightwing coup. Our words should reflect that.
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8 years, 2 months ago