Hey! A Message to Media Normalizing the Alt-Right

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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🗓️ 8 December 2016

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Seth has some strong words for the media bending over backwards to normalize the "alt-right" movement. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	When it comes to celebrity feuds, the stakes couldn't be higher, because if you lose,
0:04.3	you'll wind up as the number one trending topic on Twitter or worse in court.
0:08.4	I'm Matt Bellasai, and I'm Sydney Battle, and we're the host of Wonder's new podcast,
0:12.8	Disantel, where in each episode we look at one of pop cultures' most iconic celebrity
0:17.4	feuds.
0:18.4	The first season is packed with some messy pop culture drama, like the conflict between
0:22.4	Black China and the Kardashians, and now you'll get the whole story.
0:26.3	Listen to Disantel on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	I'm Sydney Battle, and I'm Matt Bellasai, and we're the host of Wonder's new podcast, Disantel,
0:36.6	where in each episode we unpack when a pop culture's most iconic celebrity feuds,
0:42.2	and what our obsession with them says about us.
0:45.2	Listen to Disantel on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:49.8	From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this selection from late night with
0:58.4	Seth Meyers, airing weeknights at 12.35, 11.35 Central on NBC right after the Tonight Show.
1:08.2	Since the election of Donald Trump and the ascension of his right-hand man, Steve Manett,
1:12.8	there have been fears about the rise of white supremacy, yet the media seems to be bending
1:18.0	over backward to normalize the so-called alt-right movement.
1:21.3	Take this recent headline from CNN.com, hipster or hate-monger,
1:25.6	the trendy young face of Austria as far right.
1:28.5	This brings us to a segment we call, hey!
1:35.2	Hey, media!
1:37.5	But what are you doing? How do you confuse hipsters with Nazis?
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