Bunker USA: How white supremacists use hate to manipulate the media

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

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🗓️ 19 August 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In August 2017, deadly violence broke out between white supremacists and counter protestors in Charlottesville, Virginia. The White supremacists claimed they were there to protest the removal of a confederate monument. But was there more to it? Was this actually a carefully orchestrated media event created by the alt right to gain more attention from the press? Aniko Bodroghkozy is professor of media studies at the university of Virginia and author of Making #Charlottesville. She was also there and joins Chris Jones in The Bunker. “The alt right was using many of the same tactics that the civil rights movement perfected in the 60s.” – Aniko Bodroghkozy. “I saw a contingent of neo-Nazis march right past my Synagogue… that’s a memory I will never get out of my head.” – Aniko Bodroghkozy. “The alt right really came to Charlottesville, not to protest the taking down of a statue, but to create a violent confrontation.” – Aniko Bodroghkozy. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Chris Jones. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:21.0	out by a white supremacist rally called
1:23.4	United Right shocked the world as images spread of baton-wielding armor-carrying
1:29.4	racist groups. There was some of the very worst at the rally, hundreds of thugs, all brought together
1:35.2	because of the planned removal of a Confederate monument.
1:39.8	Or was it more than that?
1:41.6	Was this a carefully planned movement to gain a mass of media
1:44.8	attention that might sympathise with their cause? My guest today is Aniko Bodrokozzi,
1:50.8	professor of media studies at the University of Virginia, an author of making
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