Ep. 759 - A strong word of caution about WHERE you get your news

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It's a big decision, TBH. Where you get your news is something that I really want you to think long and hard about. Who invests in that company? Who runs it? What is their public and private agenda? Who is their core audience?All of those questions have a HUGE impact on what stories they tell, how they tell them, and ultimately impacts what stories they completely ignore. Because right now I see ALL of the major news organizations almost completely ignoring some of the biggest issues going on in the world. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was about to say that today's episode is going to be a really short episode, but every
0:06.0	time I say that, it ends up going really long.
0:09.7	So I'm not going to say it's a short episode, but I think it will be.
0:14.6	I just have a simple question for you.
0:16.7	And it's an important question that you really have to ask yourself, I'm not even going
0:21.4	to answer it for you, but I just want you to be more thoughtful about this.
0:27.9	Where are you getting your news from?
0:31.3	Where are you getting it from?
0:33.2	Who owns that corporation?
0:35.4	Who invests in that corporation?
0:38.6	What agenda do they have?
0:40.4	Because all companies, all businesses, all news businesses have an agenda.
0:48.2	Who are they afraid to offend?
0:51.3	Who's agenda are they promoting?
0:53.2	Who are they loyal to?
0:55.6	The customer base are they trying to win over.
0:59.0	All of these questions are essential because there are so many important issues right now
1:06.4	that might not get covered by your favorite news organization based on all of those questions.
1:14.0	Let me unpack and explain it.
1:15.6	This is Sean King and you're listening to The Breakdown.
1:22.4	The Breakdown.
1:24.4	The Breakdown.
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