Episode 19: The Pod Gets Into Its First Beef, Shitty Media Men List Developments, And Stop Lying About Your Online Enemies
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The gang celebrates July 4th by barely mentioning it. Instead, Jesse and Katie talk about Blocked and Reported's arguably FIRST EVER beef, which involves a very sensitive staffer at The New Republic. Then they relay two real corrections and one fake one from previous episodes, talk about the increasing possibility, in light of a new court decision, that at least one contributor to the Shitty Media Men list will be 'unmasked,' and discuss a thoughtful essay on what it feels like to be at the bottom of a Twitter pileon. Plus: Jesse finally addresses the rumors that have been haunting him about his relationship with certain New England horses.
Soundcloud: The offending clip from our segment on Online Validiy Discourse - https://soundcloud.com/josephine-livingstone/blocked-reported-clip
Blocked and Reported: Episode 5 - Katie And Jesse Decide Who Is Valid - https://barpodcast.fireside.fm/5
Snopes: Did Merriam-Webster Update Its Definition of ‘Racism’ To Say Only White People Are Racist? - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/merriam-webster-definition-racism/
The Volokh Conspiracy: “Shitty Media Men” List Libel Lawsuit Can Go Forward - https://reason.com/2020/07/02/shitty-media-men-list-libel-lawsuit-can-go-forward/
The Stranger: Anonymous UW Students Publish Rape Accusations Online. What Could Go Wrong? - https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/10/09/33615110/anonymous-uw-students-publish-rape-accusations-online-what-could-go-wrong
Quillette: How An Anonymous Accusation Derailed My Life - https://quillette.com/2018/09/25/how-an-anonymous-accusation-derailed-my-life/
Medium: Hi, I’m on the Shitty Media Men list, but maybe you already knew that - https://medium.com/@mike_tunison/hi-im-on-the-shitty-media-men-list-but-maybe-you-already-knew-that-f446aed1f93b
Medium: Katelyn Burns Fabricated Several Exchanges With Me That Never Occurred (archived version) - http://archive.is/UEsMj
(current version, without screenshot-proof for reasons explained at the top, here: https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/so-about-that-katelyn-burns-thread-58c736647bc9)
Medium: A (Hopefully) Final Update On This Katelyn Burns Thing (Updated) - https://medium.com/@jesse.singal/a-hopefully-final-update-on-this-katelyn-burns-thing-da17730e13aa
Singal-Minded: Nicole Cliffe Is A Poor Choice Of #MeToo Moral Guardian - https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/nicole-cliffe-is-a-poor-choice-of
The Critic: The eye of the storm: https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/july-august-2020/the-eye-of-the-storm/
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| 0:00.0 | Jettie, how's it going? |
| 0:04.8 | You know, Katie, despite the state of the world, it's going really well. |
| 0:09.6 | One thing that I've been so grateful for and surprised by is the fact that even though |
| 0:14.0 | you and I are a little bit controversial among some of our fellow progressives and leftists, |
| 0:19.2 | I thought there'd be like drama or vitriol when we started this podcast, but as far as |
| 0:23.7 | I can tell, there's basically been no drama of any sort. |
| 0:27.6 | No one's mad at us on Twitter and it's just sort of full sail ahead. |
| 0:31.3 | We're not going to get sucked into any of that bullshit. |
| 0:33.4 | We can just ignore it entirely because no one's even mad at us. |
| 0:36.0 | Would you agree with that? |
| 0:37.2 | It has been remarkable. |
| 0:38.7 | I thought there would be at least some stickers printed out by now. |
| 0:42.7 | Blocked and reported is transphobic. |
| 0:45.0 | Blocked and reported is Nazis. |
| 0:46.9 | Maybe a billboard outside my house. |
| 0:49.0 | But there's been very little chatter. |
| 0:50.7 | I guess we're right. |
| 0:52.4 | Is that what this comes down to? |
| 0:53.8 | Our haters seem to have disappeared. |
| 0:55.3 | You know, whatever it is, I think we can just rest assured there will be no drama. |
| 1:00.2 | Before I officially cap this off and we get to the episode, let me just check Twitter |
| 1:03.6 | really quick. |
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