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🗓️ 23 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Adnan Syed, the subject of the hit podcast Serial, left prison this week after serving two decades for a murder conviction. On this week’s On the Media, Brooke speaks to the friend whose call to the podcast producers started the chain of events that ended this week with Syed's release. Plus, how Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard was a made-for-Fox News event.

1. Philip Bump [@pbump], national correspondent The Washington Post, on the manipulative plan for 48 Venuzulean migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard. Listen.

2. Rabia Chaudry [@rabiasquared], attorney and friend of Adnan Syed, on Syed's recent release and what was left out of his story on Serial. Listen.

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0:00.0	An escalation in the political fight over immigration.
0:04.0	Dozens of apparent migrants landed by charter flight on a rocky island in the Atlantic
0:08.3	Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
0:10.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, on Brook Gladstone.
0:14.5	It turns out that the media stunt dreamed up by the Florida Governor and delivered to
0:19.0	Fox News on a silver platter is even more phony than at first glance.
0:23.8	These were not immigrants that were indiscentially legal if they were apparently people who were
0:27.4	seeking asylum. And not only that, but these people didn't come from Florida. They came from
0:31.2	Texas.
0:32.2	Plus, the case of Adnan Syed, documented in the hit podcast serial, arguably launched
0:37.9	a media industry. For Robby Acholatory, he was just a friend in need.
0:43.0	If not, who? Because his family just didn't have the capability to deal with us. And if
0:48.8	not me, he's going to die in person. It's all coming up after this.
1:03.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, on Brook Gladstone.
1:07.4	An escalation in the political fight over immigration. Dozens of apparent migrants landed by charter
1:12.7	flight on a rocky island in the Atlantic Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
1:15.8	On Tuesday, Venezuela and migrants flown to the small, wealthy vacation island Seud,
1:22.0	Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, for engaging in a duplicitous scheme to relocate them.
1:28.3	An attorney who's representing some of the migrants who landed in Martha's Vineyard
1:32.7	claimed that they were purposefully deceived.
1:35.9	The migrants were misled about where they were being taken and what would be provided
1:41.2	when they arrived. DeSantis has admitted to his involvement in the scheme, but has reiterated
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