Original Air Date 2/17/2017
Today we look at the state of the corporate-controlled media in the age of Trump, how you can navigate those murky waters, and what we can do to make it better.
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Show NotesCh. 1: Diversify your news - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 11-24-16
Ch. 2: Spicer vs. the Interns - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17
Ch. 3: Is Donald Trump good for journalism? - The Inquiry - Air Date 2-13-17
Ch. 4: Keep Going Back to Substance and the Truth - On the Media - Air Date 1-27-17
Ch. 5: Is 'Biased News' More Destructive Than Fake News? - @theyoungturks - Air Date: 12-23-16
Ch. 6: Ned Beatty's NETWORK speech-by Paddy Chayefsky
Activism:
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EDUCATE YOURSELF
NYT’s False Choice for Democrats: Move to the Right or Divide by Race (FAIR)
Jessica Gonzalez on FCC Chair Ajit Pai (FAIR's CounterSpin)
Scrutiny for Supreme Court Pick Fails to Focus on Rights of Disabled (FAIR)
ACTION ALERT: WaPo’s Post Live Series Is a Love Letter to Corporate Conflicts of Interest (FAIR)
Trump’s Inauguration and the Legitimacy Fetish (FAIR)
Daily Kos Founder Gleefully Celebrates Coal Miners Losing Health Insurance (FAIR)
Written by BOTL Communications Director, Amanda Hoffman
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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Bonus Edition: Absurdity on top of absurdity
#1550 Red States, Where Democracy Goes to Die and Terrible Legislation is Born
#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
Bonus Sample #266 AI may destroy society and capitalism will help
#1548 The War on Woke Pits the GOP Against Their Usual Allies in Big Business
#1547 Shaping the Future of the Internet
#1546 Exist, Resist, Indigenize, Decolonize: A story of colonialism, cultural renaissance and modernity
#1466 The Faustian Bargain of Technological Advancement and Societal Degradation (Repost)
Bonus Sample #265 The Laughter to Darkness Ratio
#1545 Agents of Chaos: The New Congress
#1544 Block History Month: The Campaign to Erase Uncomfortable Truths About Black History
#1543 Capitalism doesn't live up to the hype
#1542 Despair and violence in Israel's illiberal and exclusionary "democracy"
Bonus Sample #264 How To Talk About The Super Bowl
#1541 Tear down paradise and put up a dystopian police state (Cop City)
#1540 The Grift of Life (Scam Culture™ and the Economy it has built)
Bonus Sample #263 Capitalism Culture and System Failure
#1539 Stolen Children is Stolen History, Heritage, and Culture (Indian Child Welfare Act)
#1538 Authoritarian Coup Attempts Around the World
#1461 Neoliberalism is Hanging on for Dear Life in Changing Times (Repost)
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