Articles in Media
Why Left Media Needs Your Support
The right-wing propaganda apparatus is absurdly well funded. Scrappy left outlets (like this one) are fighting hard to provide a counterpoint, but we need more resources.
NPR is Not Your Friend
National Public Radio began as a scrappy institution featuring the voices of average Americans. Today it’s a sterile, inoffensive corporate product that is produced, funded, and consumed by a narrow demographic of highly educated liberals.
On Experiencing Joe Rogan
The popular podcaster holds some ugly reactionary views and needs to do more research before he speaks. But his audience are people that leftists should want to persuade, and trying to stifle him will likely backfire. What we need is better, more trustworthy media.
The Urgent Need for Adversarial Journalism
All governments lie. When the U.S. government makes serious allegations about crimes by the Russian government, we have to demand proof.
The Holocaust and Cary Grant
On the pain and horror concealed beneath cheerful images.
The Real Problem With Jon Stewart
The Daily Show changed political comedy, but Stewart’s persistent non-partisanship has limited his ability to stay relevant.
How To Make Money By Getting Everyone To Hate You
British media personality Piers Morgan believes he will be “canceled” for his asinine opinions. In fact, there’s always an audience for this type of arsehole.
How To End Up Serving The Right
Journalists Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi are known for exposing the crimes of the police, the military, and Wall Street. But they also spout dangerous conservative hyperbole about The Left. What’s going on?
Why the Panic Over Trans Kids?
A recent wave of pseudoscholarship and pseudojournalism has encouraged people to fret about a Trans Trend that is supposedly luring vulnerable cisgender children into risky medical procedures.
‘Deaths of Despair’ and the Failure of Capitalism
When McKinsey praises your book, it’s a sign—and not a particularly good one.
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