Cancel Culture, Part 1: Where It Came From

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In the first of two parts, the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explains the origins of cancel culture and why it’s a 2020 election story worth paying attention to. Guest: Jonah Engel Bromwich, who writes for the Styles section of The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: What does it mean to be canceled? It can take only one thing — and sometimes, nothing — for fans to dump a celebrity.Many figures in the public eye — including Kanye West and J.K. Rowling — have fretted about being, or claimed to have been, canceled. When an open letter published by Harper’s and signed by 153 prominent artists warned against an “intolerant climate” engulfing the culture, the reaction was swift.The prevalence of “call-out culture” is something former President Barack Obama has challenged.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
0:33.1	This is the daily.
0:35.4	Careful what you tweet because you don't know when it's going to come back to haunt you.
0:39.8	As the world moves even more online during the pandemic, greater attention and weight
0:45.8	is being given to the things that happen there.
0:48.4	We live at a time now where we have what we call cancel culture.
0:52.1	Especially when it comes to perceived wrongs.
0:55.4	If you do something wrong, you're supposed to be out of here and it could have been five
0:59.4	minutes ago or it could have been 20, 30 years ago.
1:02.0	That has led to a growing phenomenon of public collets that for some are a necessary way
1:08.2	of demanding accountability from public figures and those in power.
1:12.9	You know, it's a sort of testament to the power of a medium like Twitter that has really
1:16.9	democratized thought and opinion.
1:19.5	I mean, you know, Kelly and for others are mob attacks in which a specific point of view
1:25.0	is imposed on everyone, even those with little power through rising intolerance and public
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