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Climate Delay-ism and the Real Goals of the Book Banning Movement
An unprecedented deal on transitioning away from fossil fuels was struck at the United Nations’ COP 28 summit, but many scientists say the timeline i…
2 years, 9 months ago
Celebrating Norman Lear
Norman lear the veteran writer and producer behind such hit TV shows as All in the Family and The Jeffersons, died last week at the age of 101. Back …
2 years, 9 months ago
How Media Fueled a Shoplifting Panic, and an AI-Journalism Experiment Gone Wrong
This holiday season, media outlets across the country are raising the alarm about an apparent crisis in retail crime. On this week’s On the Media, ho…
2 years, 9 months ago
Happy One Year Anniversary Since George Santos Became a Thing!
This month marks the anniversary of when most of us first heard about George Santos and his ever-expanding list of lies from a New York Times report …
2 years, 9 months ago
Word Watch: “Genocide,” and Do We Have to Care About OpenAI?
After a seven-day ceasefire, fighting has resumed in Gaza. On this week’s On the Media, how the word “genocide” entered discussions of the Israel-Ham…
2 years, 9 months ago
Media Coverage of the Trump Movement is Missing Vital Context
In his Veteran’s day speech a couple of weeks ago former President Donald Trump said this about his political enemies;
TRUMP: the threat from outside…
2 years, 9 months ago
Is the New York Times a Tech Company Now?
This year has seen record layoffs in the media industry, with some digital news giants closing down altogether. On this week’s On the Media, hear how…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Hasan Minhaj Saga and Evolving Expectations of Truth in Comedy
In September, The New Yorker published an article by Clare Malone titled “Hasan Minhaj’s Emotional Truths,” fact-checking moments from the comedian’s…
2 years, 10 months ago
TikTok In the Crosshairs... Again. And Saying Goodbye to Jezebel
President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping just recently met face-to-face for the first time in a year. On this week’s On the Media, a look at why Chinese st…
2 years, 10 months ago
FTC chair Lina Khan is Kicking A** and Taking Names
As we've discussed on the show at length, most recently with Cory Doctorow in our series The Enshittification of Everything, Amazon has slowly been i…
2 years, 10 months ago