Copaganda / Alec Karakatsanis

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5 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Alec Karakatsanis returns to talk about his new book, “Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.” Alec founded the Civil Rights Corps, an organization that challenges systemic injustices in the U.S. legal system. "The Moment of Truth" with Jeff Dorchen follows the interview. Check out Alec's book here: https://thenewpress.org/books/copaganda/

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0:00.0	The President
0:03.0	Take it down to
0:06.0	The water
0:10.0	with the
0:11.0	water is with the
0:15.0	I let's get our power
0:17.0	and
0:18.0	the last
0:19.0	and you're there This is Making back!
0:21.6	This is Hell.
0:44.8	Live from the United States, where the law is far too often the crime.
0:51.3	This is hell in the new book that we are discussing next. A book that is coming out,
0:57.8	well, right now, as in today, a book that is by a returning guest. They start with a quote
1:03.0	from Malcolm X, stating plainly that if you're not careful, the newspapers will have you
1:09.7	hating the people who are being oppressed
1:11.8	and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.
1:16.4	Of course, Malcolm died in 1965, one of the most popular media for conveying in-depth daily news
1:23.1	was the newspaper.
1:25.1	But the same can easily be said of today.
1:28.3	He seems to be pointing out something that was likely as unnoticed in his day as it is in ours.
1:36.3	The only difference is, as media technology has developed and flourished, the oppressors
1:41.3	can now more easily inundate us with a message that changes
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