Air Date: 10–5-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- Ch. 1 - The state of American media consolidation
- Ch. 2 - The debate over free speech and the how the history of the right proves they have never been in favor of it.
- Ch. 3 - The Trump administrations latest aggressive anti-free speech moves, and the Jimmy Kimmel suspension
- Ch. 4 - A look at how independent media was absorbed in the early days of Putin’s regime, and the dire importance of not complying in advance
- Ch. 5 - A perspective on why the Trump administration will lose the war on free speech, and some other hopeful notes
- SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: Ezra Klein’s bizarre interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates
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REFERENCES:
You Think the Bari Weiss–CBS News Story Is Bad? No—It’s Much Worse. - The New Republic
The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News - The New York Times
We Have Seen the ‘Woke Right’ Before, and It Wasn’t Pretty Then, Either - The New York Times
Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel - The New York Times
We Can No Longer Tell Ourselves This Isn’t Really Happening - The New York Times
Is Trump’s Attack on the Media Following Putin’s Playbook? - The New Yorker
Trump is going to lose the war on free speech - New York Magazine
EXTRAS
Carsie Blanton “ God Bless the Grass” (by Malvina Reynolds)
**Carsie Blanton and ~450 other unarmed humanitarians from more than 40 countries have been abducted by Israeli forces from the Global Sumud Flotilla. Call your members of Congress: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/contact-officials/
BACKSTAGE
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines - The Ezra Klein Show (The New York Times)
TAKE ACTION:
No Kings National Day of Action - Oct. 18th
Free DC Project: FOR ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY - Tell Congress to stand down the federal escalation
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