Episode 40: The Civility Fetish
They're not lies, they're "falsehoods"; it's not racism, it's "racially charged comments"; it's not torture, it's "enhanced interrogation." For years, U.S. media has prioritized, above all else, norms...
13 Jun 201853min
Episode 39: From Cradle to Courtroom: How The Media Stacks the Deck Against "Defendants"
The United States, far and away, has the largest prison population in the world. It also has one of the greatest disparities in their prison population of ethnic minorities in the world. How does a co...
6 Jun 20181h 18min
Episode 38: The Media's Bogus Generation Obsession
"Baby Boomers are bloating the social safety net!" "GenXers are changing the nature of work!" "Millennials are killing the housing market!". The media endlessly feeds us stories about how one generati...
23 Mai 201844min
Episode 37: Black Lives Matter, Dreamers, and the Problem of 'The Perfect Victim'
"A pillar of the community"." A straight-A student who dreamed of becoming a doctor". "A loving father"."Here through no fault of their own". "She was hysterical and out of control." "He was no angel....
16 Mai 20181h 9min
Episode 36: Maplewashing — Looking Behind Canada's Progressive Veneer
For decades, Canada has been a go-to point of reference for American progressives as a country the United States can and should strive to be. And while there are many parts about Canadian society that...
9 Mai 20181h 10min
Episode 35: The Total Blackout of the Korean Left
When Americans read about the Korean "conflict" in the Western press, the articles are populated almost entirely with Serious Western Talking Heads, weapons contractor-funded think tank "fellows," and...
25 Apr 20181h 2min
Episode 34: What the Hell is Wrong with MSNBC?
MSNBC is by far the most influential mainstream media outlet on the American Left. It sets the tone and defines the boundary for what is acceptable discourse among American liberals. But major issues ...
18 Apr 201854min
Episode 33: Liberals' Obsession with the Phantom Reasonable Republican
The unlikely rise of Trump in the past three years has created a chasm in the Republican party: those who embrace the President's wild, unorthodox, nativist style and those who––with much posturing an...
11 Apr 201844min
