Rape coverage after Steubenville, the false promise of the personal finance industry and more.

On the Media

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🗓️ 22 March 2013

⏱️ 53 minutes

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0:00.0	These two young men that had such promising futures literally watched as they believe their life fell apart.
0:09.0	Coverage of the Steubenville verdict this week revealed a culture still deeply conflicted about rape.
0:15.0	From WNYC in New York, this is On the Media. I'm Bob Garfield.
0:20.0	We know personal finance pundits like Jim Kramer
0:22.8	aren't gods, but how ungodlike are they actually? When people look at his record, the best
0:29.9	thing you could actually do is the second he says to buy something is to immediately short it or
0:35.7	bet against it. Plus, in precedent-setting legal cases, lawyers hand-pick poster child plaintiffs.
0:42.8	Do lazy journalists get suckered by a simplistic storyline?
0:46.2	Maybe sometimes we don't question or dig deep enough when the plaintiff is sympathetic.
0:53.1	That and more.
0:54.2	Coming up.
0:59.7	Hi, podcast listeners.
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1:33.3	Brooke Gladstone is away this week. I'm Bob Garfield.
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