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- Flood of Lies (10 min)
On The Media, WNYC, with Brooke Gladstone. Sept 1, 2017. One of the most widely misreported stories of Hurricane Katrina involved the deaths of 35 elderly residents of St. Rita’s nursing home in a suburb of New Orleans. The nursing home owners, Sal and Mabel Mangano, had decided not to evacuate prior to the storm, and they were charged with negligent homicide. James Cobb, their lawyer and author of Flood of Lies: The St. Rita's Nursing Home Tragedy, tells Brooke about how the Manganos became media scapegoats for the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
- Little Fires Everywhere
On The Media, June 11, 2021.
Trump may be out of office, but the GOP's campaign to limit voting rights, free speech, and reproductive rights is still in full-swing. Where do you focus your attention when there are little fires everywhere? Plus, a look at a chilling new look for America: the "authoritarian mullet" — culture war in the front, the destruction of democracy in the back, and how critical race theory became a right-wing bogeyman.
1. Jay Rosen [@jayrosen_nyu], professor of journalism at New York University and media critic for PressThink, on why journalists should still be in "emergency mode."
2. Jake Grumbach [@JakeMGrumbach], assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington, on how Republican state lawmakers reduce "democratic performance" when they take power.
3. Ryan P. Delaney [@rpatrickdelaney], education reporter for St. Louis Public Radio, on a Missouri school district's debate over Critical Race Theory, and Adam Harris [@AdamHSays], staff writer at The Atlantic, on how conservatives constructed the critical race theory boogeyman.
- The YouTube Governor
The YouTube Governor, Friday, January 23, 2015
"Governor Chris Christie is notorious for his confrontational style and pugnacious public persona, as cataloged in hundreds of YouTube videos, tweets, and Facebook posts. According to New Jersey Public Radio's Matt Katz, creator of WNYC's 'The Christie Tracker,' that's just how the Governor wants it. Katz details the calculated digital strategy used by Christie and his team to create the perfect political brand."
Contributors: Matt Katz