News Brief - The Saudi Prince's U.S. Propaganda Tour Rolls On
In this patron-only News Brief, Nima and Adam discuss the media's white glove tr...
2018-04-04 15:29:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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Newsletter 4.3.18
Hi all! Here's this week's newsletter.
Quick production note: we will be off this week but we'll have a patron-only News Brief for all y'all tomorrow.
Thanks as always,
Adam, Flore...
2018-04-03 21:18:06 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 32: Attack of the PC College Kids!
We’ve heard this scare story a million times: A theater group at Wesleyan won’t perform The Vagina Monologues because it’s offensive to trans women! Oberlin is banning classes featu...
2018-03-28 16:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 3.27.18
Hi all! Thanks again for all your support. Here's this week's newsletter.
Nima, Florence, and Adam
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Ep. 31: Fake ISIS Plots and the Selling of Forever War
We’ve seen the headlines hundreds of times: "ISIS plot foiled," "ISIS in Brooklyn," "Woman Stopped At Airport on Way to Join ISIS." These stories strike fear into the hearts of Americans everywhere,...
2018-03-21 14:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 3.20.18
Hi all,
Here's this week's newsletter. Thank you as always!
Florence, Nima, and Adam
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News Brief: Yemen Update, Liberals Outraged Trump isn't Threatening North Korea with Nuclear Armageddon
In this patron-only News Brief, we catch up on the latest news in Yemen and the Korean peninsula.
Ep. 30: Liberal Media’s Myopic Military Worship
Fighting against the far right forces of the Republican Party and their auxiliary white supremacist media makes attempts to appropriate notions of nationalism into a liberal mold a compelling short cu...
2018-03-14 15:28:05 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 3.13.18
Hi all,
Hope the weather is warm where you are. Here is this week's newsletter, please enjoy!
-- Adam, Florence, and Nima
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Ep. 29: The Asymptotic ‘Two State Solution’ (Part II)
NOTE: If you haven't yet listened to last week's Part I of this episode, please do...
2018-03-07 16:03:25 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 3.6.18
Hi all,
This week's newsletter below. Thanks as always!
––Florence, Adam, and Nima
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Ep. 28: The Asymptotic 'Two State Solution' (Part I)
The idea that there exists an ongoing effort to achieve a “two-state solution” in Israel and Palestine - often referred to as The Middle East Peace Process™ - is uniformly taken for granted by A...
2018-02-28 16:23:41 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 2.27.18
Hi all!
Hope you enjoy this week's newsletter.
–– Nima, Florence, and Adam
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News Brief: How to Respond to Knee-Jerk Bigotry on Live TV
Citations Needed is off this week, but we do have a fascinating interview with Hoda Katebi on her now-infamous WGN television segment. In this News Brief, we explore what it means to "sound A...
2018-02-21 17:19:34 +0000 UTC View PostNewsletter 2.20.18
Hi all,
Here's this week's newsletter. Enjoy!
-- Florence, Nima, and Adam
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Ep. 27: How the Media Mainstreamed Racist Pseudoscience
If one were to approach New York Times-reading liberals circa 1990 and tell them about a crime-fighting policy that arbitrarily harassed black and Latino youths who had committed no crime and...
2018-02-14 17:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostCitations Needed Newsletter 2.13.18
Hi all,
Here's this week's newsletter. Enjoy and look out for tomorrow's episode with Josmar Trujillo on Stop and Frisk and Broken Windows––it's gonna be good!
Best,
Nima, Flor...
2018-02-13 23:21:47 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 26: The 'Welfare' Dog-Whistle
The term "welfare" is thrown around so casually in political speeches and media coverage we hardly notice it anymore. CNN reports that “GOP will tackle Medicare, Medicaid, welfare in 2018," while
Citations Needed Newsletter 02.06.18
Hi all,
Here is this week's newsletter. Enjoy!
- Florence, Adam, and Nima
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Ep. 25: The Banality of CIA-Curated Definitions of ‘Democracy’
Few words elicit such warm feelings as the term "Democracy." Wars are supposedly fought for it, foreign policies are built around it, protecting and advancing it is considered the United States' highe...
2018-01-31 17:34:21 +0000 UTC View PostCitations Needed Newsletter 1.30.18
Hi all, these are some of our favorite articles this week. Remember you can send anything you read and liked to our email at citationsneededcontact@gmail.com and we can add!
Take care,
-...
2018-01-30 19:24:12 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: Twitter Sends Creepy Email Calling 677K People Kremlin Dupes
In this Patron-only News Brief we breakdown the brain dead media narrative surrounding Twitter's government-compelled Russian influence email––have you lived in sin?
Ep. 24: Highlighting Alternative Media - The Moral Limits of Dunking on Thomas Friedman
Here at Citations Needed we enjoy nothing more than ragging on corporate media - indeed, it’s our primary job. But can constant snark and negativity breed cynicism? Recent feedback from som...
2018-01-24 17:19:25 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: Why the Media Should Stop Calling it a "Government Shutdown"
On this News Brief Adam and Nima discuss why it's not a "government shutdown" but a liberal government shutdown––or, more precisely, a backdoor rightwing coup.
Relevant article:
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2018-01-24 02:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostCitations Needed Newsletter 1.23.18
Hi all!
So we set out to do a newsletter last year but had issues maintaining quality so we ceased sending it... but now it’s back! It will go out every Tuesday and will contain, in addition...
2018-01-23 22:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 23: The Media's Grim Addiction to Perseverance Porn
We’ve all seen these feel good segments on the local news. The adorable and resourceful seven-year-old in California who's been recycling cans since he was three and now has $10,000 saved up for col...
2018-01-17 16:24:03 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 22: Trumpwashing -- How the Media Uses Trump to Launder Our Criminal Past
The unique threat and vileness of Donald Trump’s presidency can’t be overstated. Since he took office a year ago, he’s increased civilian deaths in Afghanistan by 50%, increased civilian deaths ...
2018-01-10 18:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostNews Brief: Pro-Bombing Iran Crowd Suddenly Cares About The Iranian People™
In this patron-only News Brief, Nima and Adam discuss the different genres of "do something" responses to the Iranian protests. The most popular of which, "Tear up the Iran Deal for freedom or somethi...
2018-01-05 15:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostEp. 21: Quantifying Negative Media Portrayals of People of Color
According to one 2014 study, 75% of white Ameri...
2018-01-03 15:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for a great year
A quick note of thanks to our patrons.
We’ve been humbled by the amount of enthusiasm and support we received this year. When we started the podcast in July we never would have guessed how r...
2018-01-01 01:37:58 +0000 UTC View Post