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Punching Left - Joe Bernstein of Buzzfeed News on The Right Wing Media Machine that made Andy Ngo a Star. The Arts of Travel
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Joe Bernstein of Buzzfeed News was kind enough to come on and talk with us about his incredible Article, detailing Andy Ngo's assault by Antifa participants in Portland, and how the violence inflicted upon him, was the fuel the Right Wing needed to turn him into a Media star.
We discuss how the Left can do a better job in Media Strategy, a strategy that so far as seen far right figures like Andy Ngo and PraegerU far outstrip anything the Left has put out in terms of popularity
(though we have high hopes for Means TV!)
Violence is one of the most important concepts the Left needs to interrogate. It will be done to us when we oppose the State. It will be used against us as evidence of our moral failure when we stray from non-violent resistance. We receive no justice when we are harmed, and are prosecuted when we use violence to ask for justice.
Andy Ngo embodies all these contradictions. I think everyone in the left or liberal political position will learn quite a bit from this conversation.
For the article that spurred this interview (and Joe has several wonderful pieces on Right Wing Media) Please check out
On Andy Ngo:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa
On PraegerU:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/prager-university
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Joe Bernstein of Buzzfeed News was kind enough to come on and talk with us about his incredible Article, detailing Andy Ngo's assault by Antifa participants in Portland, and how the violence inflicted upon him, was the fuel the Right Wing needed to turn him into a Media star.
We discuss how the Left can do a better job in Media Strategy, a strategy that so far as seen far right figures like Andy Ngo and PraegerU far outstrip anything the Left has put out in terms of popularity
(though we have high hopes for Means TV!)
Violence is one of the most important concepts the Left needs to interrogate. It will be done to us when we oppose the State. It will be used against us as evidence of our moral failure when we stray from non-violent resistance. We receive no justice when we are harmed, and are prosecuted when we use violence to ask for justice.
Andy Ngo embodies all these contradictions. I think everyone in the left or liberal political position will learn quite a bit from this conversation.
For the article that spurred this interview (and Joe has several wonderful pieces on Right Wing Media) Please check out
On Andy Ngo:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/andy-ngo-portland-antifa
On PraegerU:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/prager-university
For more fascinating podcasts with figures from around the world, be sure to Like, Share or Subscribe to The Arts of Travel Podcast!
56 min