A podcast on the media, power, PR and the history of bullshit. Hosted by @WideAsleepNima @adamjohnsonchi
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In this Patreon-only News Brief, we break down the popular media trope that Democrats are "divided" over Israel when, in reality, its now a 80-20 issue in favor of Palestine, and—to the extent there are divisions—it's between voters and party leadership.
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Hi, all! We'll be taking a short spring break and returning later this month.
In the meantime, in case you missed them, check out some of our recent releases, like this News Brief about the Writers Against the War on Gaza's campaign to boycott the NYT: soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Or Episode 238: "The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing "Sleeper Cell" Media Construction," in which we dissect the "sleeper cell" trope that has consumed post-9/11 US news media and pop culture despite the fact that there's no evidence to support it. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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And finally, this News Brief, "'Peak TV,' Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor," in which we interview authors @mmmbanksy and Kate Fortmueller about the state of Hollywood labor in the streaming era. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this News Brief, "The Call to Boycott—and Delegitimize—the NYTimes," we talk with Chris Mills Rodrigo from @wawog_now about their campaign to boycott the NYT and remove the "paper of record" from its pedestal of alleged neutrality and editorial rigor. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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With the great @BayoumiMoustafa!
In Ep 238, "The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing 'Sleeper Cell' Media Construction," we detail our media obsession with so-called "sleeper cells," a trope that has consumed post-9/11 US but suffers from one major problem: there's no evidence it exists. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In Ep 238, "The Fictional, Racist, Paranoia-Sowing 'Sleeper Cell' Media Construction," we detail our media obsession with so-called "sleeper cells," a trope that has consumed post-9/11 US but suffers from one major problem: there's no evidence it exists. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this discussion between @WideAsleepNima & @adamjohnsonCHI at The Word is Change Bookstore in Brooklyn NY from May 7, we go over key findings that can be found in Adam's new book, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media's Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza
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Great episode and we don’t talk about capital strikes nearly enough
In Ep 233, "How US Media Naturalizes Capital Strikes and Helps the Rich Undermine Democracy," we examine how billionaires and corporations threatening capital strikes to discipline populist politicians is treated as normal, obvious, and healthy by US media
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Had a blast talking to @mmmbanksy and Kate Fortmueller for this one!
In this News Brief, "'Peak TV,' Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor," we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller about how the dream of fame, 100 years on, is still used to concentrate power and drive down wages. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this News Brief, "'Peak TV,' Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor," we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller about how the dream of fame, 100 years on, is still used to concentrate power and drive down wages. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Apr 23
In case you missed this yesterday!
In this News Brief, we talk w/ @ajbauer about his new book, "Making the Liberal Media," and the corporate and ideological forces that shaped the popular idea mainstream media was crawling with fifth columnist agitators hostile to the values of Real America soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this News Brief, we talk w/ @ajbauer about his new book, "Making the Liberal Media," and the corporate and ideological forces that shaped the popular idea mainstream media was crawling with fifth columnist agitators hostile to the values of Real America soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Listen to the latest episode of @CitationsPod on “radicalization” and “reeducation” instead of reading Ezra Klein’s apologia for Liberal Zionism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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One thing that struck me about this is “trauma” is mentioned four times but never about Palestinians, not after a horrific genocide in Gaza or programs and violent ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. This dehumanizes Palestinians.
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In Ep 237, "How Selective, Patronizing 'Deradicalization' Discourse Pathologizes Anti-Colonial Struggle," we break down the history of US media reducing recalcitrant populations' grievances to "radicalism" in urgent need of re-education
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In Ep 236, "Manufactured Austerity and the Media Assisted 'Public-Private Partnership' Rip-Off," we discuss how privatization was rebranded 'Public-Private Partnerships' and unleashed decades of raiding of the public coffers by Wall St.
with Donald Cohen. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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In this News Brief, “As American Troops Hide in Civilian Hotels, US Media Ignores Pentagon's Use of ‘Human Shields’,” we examine CNN, NYT’s blatant ‘human shields’ double standard as reports emerge of US troops hiding from Iran in civilian infrastructure.
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In this News Brief, we discuss a recent poll showing 70% of Americans are fundamentally wrong about Iran's "nuclear program"—including 1 in 4 who think they currently possesses a nuke, and detail how decades of sleazy media innuendo and lies got us here. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Another great and important ep
In Ep 235, "'Shadow Fleets,' Sanctions and Western Media's International Law-ification of Arbitrary US Dictates," we explore how unilateral US sanctions against Enemy States are given the halo of international legal legitimacy by print and cable news. soundcloud.com/citationsneed…
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Such an excellent episode of @CitationsPod on what IS sanctions really mean and media complicity with US regimes in presenting them as international law. A must listen.
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