The Problem with the Media

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Between Tucker Carlson doing an entire prime time segment on the brown M&M's shoes, to The New York Times printing deceptive clickbait titles and op-eds from known liars because they think it’ll sell, to major corporations systematically buying up and dismantling our entire media structure in the shadows, something has clearly gone wrong with media in America. This episode takes a look at how our media got off track, what we should be looking out for, and why we should be demanding better laws, stronger repercussions and more personal accountability. We need to be thoughtful about what we’re reading and watching and seeing because the way we’re going now is completely unsustainable. Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward! All my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! Apostrophe: http://www.Apostrophe.com/politicsgirl BluBlox: http://www.BluBlox.com/politicsgirl Wondrium: http://www.Wondrium.com/politicsgirl The PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment. Thanks to Julia Lee Stander for additional research. SOURCES: https://civilrightscorps.org https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831?i=1000548189194 https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-the-fourth-estate-3368058 https://www.amazon.com/How-Fascism-Works-Politics-Them/dp/0525511830 https://medium.com/chompsky/how-to-fix-the-media-919c3a969f1 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/09/whats-really-wrong-mainstream-media https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/21/media-journalism-future-527294 https://bettermarketing.pub/whats-wrong-with-the-media-and-how-we-can-fix-it-3383a28288a0 Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601 The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447 Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Remember when the Olympics were every four years?
0:02.4	Now it feels like we just finished one pandemic
0:04.4	Olympics and we're on to the second.
0:06.1	Has time stopped?
0:07.6	What happened?
0:08.6	Did they just put the skateboarders on the snow?
0:10.7	What year is it?
0:11.9	Fuck!
0:12.6	COVID-D.
0:23.9	Hello!
0:24.6	And welcome to the Politics Girl Podcast.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Lee McGowan.
0:27.8	Let's get into it.
0:29.2	I've been thinking a lot about our media lately.
0:31.8	From Tucker Carlson doing an entire primetime segment
0:34.3	on the Brown Eminem shoes,
0:36.0	to the New York Times printing deceptive clickbait titles
0:38.9	and op-eds from known liars because they think it'll sell,
0:41.9	to major corporations systematically buying up
0:44.8	and dismantling the entire media structure in the shadows,
0:48.2	something has clearly gone wrong.
0:50.7	This idea of journalism is the final check on power,
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