40. The Lies They Tell: Mass Media's Complicity in the Age of Disinformation

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Intersectionality Matters with Kimberlé Crenshaw

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🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Over the last year, the Right has ignited a widespread disinformation campaign around Critical Race Theory -- and mainstream media is fueling the fire. Mentions of CRT in the news grew exponentially this past year, with journalists often framing the conversation around education censorship as an equal debate between supporters and opponents of anti-equality legislation. And despite CRT’s well-documented history of emerging in 1989 with a clear and fixed definition, the media have decided to play in the Right’s disinformation campaign by allowing a distortion of the concept’s meaning in exchange for views. On this episode, Kimberlé meets with veteran journalist Soledad O’Brien to unpack mass media’s decision to legitimize faux debate, outline the consequences of this debate on racial justice and democracy, and chart a path forward for journalists who aspire to do better. With: SOLEDAD O'BRIEN - CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions; Anchor and Producer, The Hearst Television political magazine program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien” Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks) Produced and edited by Julia Sharpe-Levine Co-produced by Ashley Julien Supported provided by Destiny Spruill, Rebecca Scheckman, and the African American Policy Forum Music by Blue Dot Sessions Follow us at @intersectionalitymatters, @IMKC_podcast

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0:00.0	The 2024 presidential election was marked by soaring highs and crushing lows. Black women, 91% of whom turned out for VP Harris, once again proved to be the most engaged, progressive, and resilient voting bloc.
0:16.0	In an election campaign where rampant sexism and racism was directed not only at Harris,
0:22.1	but at black women more broadly, the misogy noir we just witnessed is already being written
0:27.0	out of the analysis of what actually happened.
0:30.0	There seems to be a widening gap between what black women experienced and what the
0:34.1	pundit and political classes choose to talk about.
0:37.3	So join host Kimberly Crenshaw for a virtual under the blacklight conversation on December 3rd at 7 p.m. Eastern.
0:45.7	Black women advocates, activists, and analysts will offer their side of the story about the election
0:50.9	and highlight the risks to our democracy if we continue to erase black women
0:56.2	and their experiences. Register for free at Bitley slash Election 24 Road Ahead. That's Bitley
1:04.5	slash Election 24 Road Ahead. I'm Kimberly Crenshaw, and this is Intersectionality Matters, the podcast that brings
1:15.8	intersectionality to life by exploring the hidden dimensions of today's most pressing issues,
1:21.7	from, say, her name and COVID, to the war on civil rights and the global rise of fascism.
1:28.2	This idea Travelyog lifts up the work of leading activists, artists, and scholars, and helps
1:34.3	listeners understand politics, the law, social movements, and even their own lives in deeper,
1:41.4	more nuanced ways.
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1:54.7	competitors a real run for their money. Three of the stores' owners and managers, Thomas
2:00.5	Moss, Calvin McDowell and Will Stewart,
2:03.6	worked hard providing a good living for their families.
2:08.2	Now, this shouldn't be an unusual story
2:11.2	in the land of supposedly self-made men,
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