Episode 212: Gaza and the Political Utility of Selective Empathy
"Salvadoran Ties Bloodshed To a 'Culture of Violence'", reported The New York Times in 1981. "The violence in Lebanon is casual, random, and probably addicting," stated the Honolulu Star-Advertiser in...
20 Nov 20241h 15min
News Brief: Elite Media, Dems Blame 'Woke', 'Headwinds'––Everyone But Themselves––for Trump Win,"
In this pubic News Brief, we detail the usual scapegoats for party, pundit, and press failure to stem the tide of ascendant fascism.
13 Nov 202432min
Episode 211: Bari Weiss, The 'University' of Austin, and the Silicon Valley-Funded Faux-Iconoclast Media Industry
The PC Police Outlaw Make-Believe." "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web." "The Roots of Campus Hatred." "End DEI." These articles all have something in common: they were written by Bari W...
30 Okt 20241h 4min
Episode 210: Seller's Inflation and the Super Serious Economists Mocking "Greedflation" "Conspiracies"
"An inflation conspiracy theory is infecting the Democratic Party," The Washington Post frets. "'Greedflation' is a nonsense idea," The Economist insists. "Harris' plan to stop price gouging could cre...
16 Okt 20241h 18min
News Brief: Harris' Mid 2000s Neocon Re-Brand and Centrist Voters as Free Real Estate
In this News Brief, we discuss the Democratic nominee's overt embrace of conservative policy and politicians and the widespread, unchecked assumption that tracking right has zero electoral trade-offs.
9 Okt 202433min
Episode 209: Popularism and the "Poll-Driven" Democrat as Cover for Conservative Policy Preferences
"Calls for Transforming Police Run Into Realities of Governing in Minnesota," cautioned The New York Times in 2020. "Democrats Face Pressure on Crime From a New Front: Their Base," claimed the paper o...
2 Okt 20241h
Episode 208: How US Media Repackages Pro-Police Policies as "Reform"
"Citizens to Aid Police in New Program," reported the Los Angeles Times in 1975. "Community Policing: Law Enforcement Returns to Its Roots," declared the Chicago Tribune in 1994. "Obama Calls for Chan...
25 Sep 20241h 20min
News Brief: Media Incitement Against Haitian Migrants and JD Vance's Standpoint Theory for Bigoted Dopes
In this public News Brief, we examine rightwing media's shameful incitement campaign against Haitian migrants and J.D. Vance's smarmy, grating rhetorical tactic of blaming nameless "constituents" for ...
19 Sep 202418min
