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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Alec Karakatsanis - Media Perpetuating Copaganda

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

“We’re constantly being told that there are all of these threats around us, but the threats that the media and the police and certain large corporations want us to be focused on are not the things that actually most determine our safety.” Civil Rights Corps founder and executive director Alec Karakatsanis discusses how liberal publications and politicians are shaping the narrative that supports police funding and “copaganda.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.6

Now.

0:04.6

Please welcome Alec Caricot-Fannis.

0:06.8

Thank you very much.

0:08.6

Thank you so much. Welcome to the show.

0:11.0

You have a really interesting story, Alec,

0:14.0

because you know, you worked as a public defender.

0:16.8

You've worked in the justice system for a long time.

0:18.8

You've part of many organizations that fight for people

0:21.2

who are incarcerated unjustly or in a way

0:23.6

where they can never find their way out of the system,

0:25.8

which is unjust in a different way.

0:28.0

But a lot of your notoriety has come from your Twitter threads

0:32.0

in how you break down the world,

0:33.9

the way we see policing in the country,

0:35.9

and the way even liberal organizations

0:37.9

find enough a part of the problem.

0:39.4

So let's start with that part.

0:41.5

You know, what made you decide to not be looking at Fox News,

0:45.1

not be looking at right-wing outlets,

0:47.9

but rather say, no, New York Times, LA Times,

0:50.8

Washington Post, you need to change the way

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