SOLVED! FROM THE ARCHIVES - "Of Horse Races and Men: The Result of Decades of Media Atrophy (aka: Uncertain and Powerless"
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Re-Air Date: 01–26-26
Original Air Date: 06-09-24
Unless you were a member in June of 2024, this episode of SOLVED! will be brand new to you! If you were a member back then, THANK YOU and this one is worth a re-listen. We're slowing down production for a little bit to reorganize our production processes, so enjoy this episode from our archives (and before YouTube) where Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
- How the media focus on the "politics" of an event trivializes the impact that event has on real people
- The detrimental effects combining the daily news grind and the prioritization of profits forces has on news coverage
- How keeping news coverage light and ignoring the effects of neoliberalism leaves desperate people vulnerable to fascism
- The way history is repeating itself when it comes to news media not treating a demagogue's rhetoric as the emergency it is
- The difference between symbolic beliefs vs factual beliefs
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REFERENCES:
Why Americans Hate the Media - The Atlantic (1996)
The Media Still Doesn't Grasp the Danger of Trump - The Intercept
Don't Believe What They're Telling You About Misinformation - The New Yorker
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