Welcome to citations needed, a podcast on the media, power, PR, and the history of

bullshit. I'm Nemus Shirazzi. I'm Adam Johnson. Welcome to our live stream tonight. Thank you so much for joining us

tonight. Adam will be discussing the so-called crisis on America's campuses as our beloved media continues to

depict the very rational very organized anti-genocide protests around the country

whether it's in New York City, Columbia University or

NYU or Cuny or across the country, UCLA and elsewhere, this idea that the

media is depicting this so-called crisis really is like a social contagion

right spreading throughout sooner or hate mobs across these bastions of

liberal academia. Woe is me what are we possibly going to do obviously the last thing we're going to do

is actually listen to the students no to the protesters and maybe you know consider

not continuing to support genocide no not an option.

an option.

Yes, thank you so much for joining us.

I'm really excited to talk to people who have actually involved in the organizing itself

rather than sort of pontificating.

By the way, intermittently throughout this you'll hear my seven-week-old baby cry in the background.

Oh, don't give that spoiler.

It's so much more exciting.

Well, it just happened.

That's why I was letting you know that it wasn't the television or anything like that.

It is a real human.

So it's just having to talk to people who've actually done organizing or actually sort of

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