Episode 44: RussiaGate, Year 3 - Using the Nonstop Specter of Russia to Tarnish Black Activists
For over two years, the U.S. government has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election - interference broadly considered to be in favor of candidate Donald Trump. As a result, a biza...
18 Jul 201851min
Episode 43: RussiaGate Year 3 -- How Liberals' Martial Posture Harms the Left
For over two years, the U.S. government has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election - interference broadly considered to be in favor of candidate Donald Trump. As a result, a biza...
11 Jul 201849min
Episode 42: 'Populism' - The Media's Favorite Catch-All Smear for the Left
With the rise of Trump, Sanders, Corbyn and Brexit, hundreds of pundits, reporters, and talking heads have been warning about the problems of "populism" and its alleged attack on democracy over the pa...
27 Jun 20181h
Episode 41: The Moral Poverty of Capitalist Healthcare Framing
Healthcare marketplaces," "private insurers competing for your business" "insurance subsidies," For years, Democrats bet big on framing the healthcare debate using technocratic, capitalist terms––they...
20 Jun 201858min
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
