Bonus Sample #307 Uncertain and Powerless

Air Date: 06-09-24
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss:
- how focusing on the "politics" of an event trivializes the impact that event has on real people
- the detrimental effects combining the daily news grind and the prioritization of profits forces has on news coverage
- how keeping news coverage light and ignoring the effects of neoliberalism leaves desperate people vulnerable to fascism
- the way history is repeating itself when it comes to news media not treating a demagogue's rhetoric as the emergency it is
- the difference between symbolic beliefs vs factual beliefs

REFERENCES:
Why Americans Hate the Media

The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump

Don’t Believe What They’re Telling You About Misinformation

 

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