Episode 93: It's Crazy We Have To Do A Debunking Episode About The Jacob Blake Shooting In December 2021 And Yet Here We Are
Blocked and Reported
Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
After a brief discussion of Katie’s new hobby, Jesse tells Katie the truth about the Jacob Blake shooting. Then the cohosts critique the very specific (and very narrow) brand of “moral clarity” employed by the journalists who continue to bungle the story to this day. If you’re a paying subscriber, you can comment on this article here. (Correction: Remarkably, Jesse made a fleeting reference to “the Blake killing” at 1:08:49 in the version of this episode we released early to our premium subscribers. That’s now been snipped out. Thank you to the listener who flagged the error.)
Show notes/Links:
Video of the shooting:
The Kenosha DA’s report: https://www.kenoshacounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/11827/Report-on-the-Officer-Involved-Shooting-of-Jacob-Blake
The Noble Wray report: https://www.kenoshacounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/11830/Use-of-Force-Expert-Noble-Wray-Independent-Evaluation-and-Report
Feds say no charges: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-officials-close-review-officer-involved-shooting-jacob-blake
Freeze-frame of key moment from video:
Info on Prof. Keith Taylor: https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/faculty/keith-taylor
Original “moral clarity” column: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html
“Shot in front of his kids”: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jacob+blake%22+%22in+front+of+his+kids%22&sxsrf=AOaemvJsyGnLfxa4a4AsUBwJCQ4Q_OLLCw:1638560306185&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjKt_jnsMj0AhUIlIkEHV5wAvUQ_AUoA3oECAEQBQ&biw=1707&bih=837&dpr=1.13
Times on decision not to charge: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/us/jacob-blake-kenosha-rusten-sheskey.html
Washington Post on same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/05/kenosha-police-charges-jacob-blake/
AP: https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-pleads-not-guilty-cf6228f55a4f2a5fdd66978e5523a912
CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/us/jacob-blake-police-shooting-kenosha-emergency/index.html
Study showing liberals severely overestimate how common police shootings of unarmed black men are: https://www.skeptic.com/research-center/reports/Research-Report-CUPES-007.pdf
Searches showing how little media love Noble Wray got:
Jesse’s new thing: https://www.callin.com/show/singal-minded-conversations-IIrXnblInM
More info on Callin: https://www.callin.com
Image: KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 05: National Guard troops stand watch as demonstrators protest outside of the Kenosha County Courthouse following the announcement by District Attorney Michael Graveley that no charges would be filed against Police Officer Rusten Sheskey in the shooting of Jacob Blake on January 05, 2021 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Sheskey shot Blake seven times in the back while responding to a domestic dispute, which led to several days of rioting and unrest in the city. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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| 0:00.0 | I have a question for you. |
| 0:05.9 | Go for it. |
| 0:06.9 | So I know from Twitter that you are taking piano lessons and here's my question. |
| 0:12.6 | Is it solo lessons like you and a teacher or is it what I hope it is, which is a class |
| 0:18.1 | of first graders and then you towering over them? |
| 0:22.0 | Have you seen the documentary Billy Madison? |
| 0:24.1 | I have, yeah. |
| 0:25.1 | Yeah, it's basically that. |
| 0:27.1 | I've had a very nice local teacher who would actually come to my place and we are progressing |
| 0:33.6 | into some introductory blues work. |
| 0:35.8 | I've got the blues, Katie. |
| 0:37.2 | Have you mastered the entertainer? |
| 0:38.8 | No, I definitely could not play even a really dumb down version of that yet. |
| 0:42.8 | It's like, before I started the lessons, I bought, I didn't know what book to buy and |
| 0:46.8 | I still bought one for kids. |
| 0:48.8 | So like every song was titled like, the forgetful rabbit. |
| 0:54.4 | The mischievous buddy. |
| 0:57.6 | Are you going to incorporate some of your piano skills into your rap career? |
| 1:00.8 | Definitely. |
| 1:01.8 | There's definitely that. |
| 1:02.8 | My dream situation would be like two years from now, I'm good enough to do something |
| 1:08.1 | we could somehow incorporate into the show, but it's definitely going to take at least |
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