I'm Brooke Gladstone, and this week's on the media, a look back at the news and views of 2022.

January and February of 2022 were the fourth and fifth deadliest months of the pandemic to date.

The message was, this is not just Ukraine's fight, Ukraine is fighting for the values of freedom and democracy.

Somebody has to lose an election. It's been that way all through history.

She had people parked outside of her house with guns, threatening her life, threatening the life of the people who worked in the library.

Musk first suspended the account that tweeted the whereabouts of his jet and then the account of nine journalists who reported on it.

Anti-Semitism has been a defining feature of Western culture for at least 2,000 years.

And if this feels like a moment that's new or shocking, it shouldn't.

Democrats will say guns, Republicans will say mental health and nothing will change.

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone.

Listeners to our radio show know that we presented each week in three segments.

And as we reach the years end, we sometimes look back on the big stories by arranging them by theme.

Obviously three themes.

Reviewing 2022, we're calling the first one, everything is war.

We've often commented on the overuse of the word.

This administration declares unconditional war on poverty.

Our new attorney general will be directed to launch a war against organized crime in this country.

There is a religious war going on in this country.

The war on drugs will be hard one, neighborhood by neighborhood.

Our war on terror begins without cata.

But it does not end there.

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