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Episode #1: The Intro & 4 tips to Navigate the News
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Welcome to the inaugural episode of our new podcast! Our first episode focuses on four tips for consuming media:
1) Don’t look for absolute truth in the news, for it’s just the first draft of history.
2) Consider all sources critically -- including the top newspapers.
3) Follow the money, and you’ll see who pays to influence media narratives.
4) Let go of binary thinking. Liberal v. conservative is a 20th-century construct, and will increasingly become obsolete.
We give you a lot of examples in this episode! Here’s further reading for them:
Gulf of Tonkin Incident:
https://fair.org/media-beat-column/30-year-anniversary-tonkin-gulf-lie-launched-vietnam-war/
https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/declassified-documents/gulf-of-tonkin/
NY Times’ Apology for Iraq War Coverage:
https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/world/from-the-editors-the-times-and-iraq.html
Extreme Consolidation of Media Ownership:
https://www.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/021815/worlds-top-ten-media-companies-dis-cmcsa-fox.aspx
On Paying for Media Access and Influence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/conservative-courts-leonard-leo/
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