Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 20 hours 54 minutes
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episode 20: Episode 20: Lotteryism, Part II - A Most Dangerous Game, How Sports Are Used to Fleece Public Trusts
Previously on , we discussed the notion of "Lotteryism," that is, the use of the media by large corporations to obscure solidarity in favor of morality tales of "making it." It's a scam to extract resources from local governments in hopes they...
Episode 19: Lotteryism Part I -- How a Compliant Press Fuels the Spectacle of 'Winning'
"Lotteryism" is the use of the media by large corporations to obscure solidarity in favor of morality tales of “making it”. It’s the atomization of parties of mutual interest by lording over them the promise of something greater than what they...
Episode 18: Fake News Panic and the Silencing of Dissident Media
In this episode, we dive into the Fake News hole with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, New York Times best selling author, and activist Chris Hedges. Since Hillary Clinton's surprise 2016 loss to Donald Trump, there have been thousands of articles,...
Episode 17: Whitewashing America's Role in Yemen
Over 15,000 civilians dead and almost a million reported cases of cholera. 17 million people unsure of where their next meal will come from, including 7 million on the brink of starvation. Nearly 3 million people internally displaced. Hunger, disease,...
News Brief: #J20 Trial Update and the Political Definitions of 'Violence'
In this News Brief Nima and Adam catch up with the latest from the trial, how the media shaped coverage early in favor of the state, and the racist roots of criminalizing protest. With guest Sam Adler-Bell. “It’s a Police State...
Episode 16: Editorial Boards––Protectors of Establishment Ideology
Editorial boards are the establishment voice from above, handing out decrees of moral and political import behind an anonymous byline. Major papers like The New York Times and The Washington Post have an Official Position and it's important that...
Episode 15: The Real Estate Page As Colonial Dispatch
Real Estate sections are mostly breezy, fun profiles of the super rich buying up houses and remodeling the ones they already own. Harmless escapist fun? Maybe. But how we write about real estate reveals casually racist and colonial attitudes that are...
Episode 14: The Iran Deal Protection Racket
We are told time and again from Republicans and nominal liberals alike that Iran desperately wants to acquire nuclear weapons, was "racing toward the bomb" before the implementation of the multilateral Iran Deal - officially known as the Joint...
Episode 13: The Always Stumbling US Empire
"Stumbling", "sliding", "drawn into" war––the media frequently assumes the US is bumbling its way around the world. The idea that the United States operates in “good faith” is taken for granted for most of the American press while war is...