Citations Needed

Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson

Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.

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    Ep 234: TikTok, Gen Z's Move to Social Media and Elite Panic Over Unsanctioned News

    In this episode, we examine our political class' TikTok neurosis, how Gaza fueled its sell to US and Israeli military contractors, and the long history of elite panics around unsanctioned information flows. With guest Omar Zahzah.

    1 h 14 min

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    News Brief: ICE, Senate Dems' Counterinsurgency PR, and the Limits of Body Cam Liberalism

    In this News Brief, we detail the fundamental problems with Senate Democrats' cosmetic reforms, the strategy of letting outrage blow over and the conspicuous absence of any proposal that touches ICE's obscene budget.

    40 min

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    Ep 233: How US Media Naturalizes Capital Strikes and Helps the Rich Undermine Democracy

    In this episode, we examine how billionaires and corporations threatening capital strikes and capital flight to discipline populist politicians and movements is treated as normal, obvious, and healthy by US media.

    1 h 24 min

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    News Brief: As Dem Leadership Waffles—Labor, Organizers, Immigrants Fight Back in Minneapolis

    In this News Brief, we break down Dem leadership's fatuous "body cam" and "training" response to ICE brutality, and how organizers in the Twin Cities are not settling for cosmetic reform. With guest Janette Corcelius.

    43 min

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    News Brief: For Media Reporting on Iran, Trump Suddenly Morphs into Pro-Democracy Humanitarian

    In this News Brief, we discuss mainstream media coverage of ongoing protests across Iran and how nearly every major Western outlet has been uncritically framing any potential regime change plans by the US government—including Trump ordering a military attack on the country—as being motivated primarily, if not solely, by concern for the lives, safety and rights of demonstrators.

    25 min

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    News Brief: How Corporate Media Laid the Groundwork for a Rightwing Incitement Campaign in Minnesota

    In this News Brief, we detail how CBS, Fox, WSJ, and NYT promoted an essentialized, overblown narrative on the "Somali Minnesota fraud" story, teeing up a full blown rightwing incitement campaign against Minneapolis's immigrant communities.

    28 min

  7. 10. 12. 2025

    Ep 232: US Meddling, the Limits of 'Agency' Discourse and How Media Chooses Which 'Voices' To Center

    In this episode, we discuss the uses and misuses of liberal standpoint theory to promote US meddling, sanctions, and bombing. With guest Vincent Bevins.

    1 h 29 min

  8. 03. 12. 2025

    News Brief: BBC's Gaza Double Standard and Western Liberalism's Crisis of Legitimacy

    In this News Brief, we interview journalist Daniel Trilling and discuss his investigation into the BBC's systemic anti-Palestinian bias.

    45 min
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Citations Needed is a podcast about the intersection of media, PR, and power, hosted by Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson.

Informace

  • Autor
    Nima Shirazi and Adam Johnson
  • Aktivní
    2017 - 2026
  • Díly
    364
  • Hodnocení
    Explicitní
  • Copyright
    © Citations Needed
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