The Warfare of Messaging

In The Thick

Futuro Media

Society, News, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Politics, Culture

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio are joined by Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali, co-hosts of the Democracy-ish podcast. They talk about the latest in immigration news, including the continued enforcement of Title 42. They also unpack the mainstream media’s coverage of the white supremacist attack in Buffalo, and the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces. And, they reflect on the latest attacks on abortion rights in the lead up to the midterms.

This episode was mixed by Kieran Gannon.

ITT Staff Picks:

“For a segment of Christians, the battle over abortion is just one front in a wider war to make America Christian again — by any means necessary. They are not pro-life so much as pro-control,” write Samuel L. Perry and Philip S. Gorski in this piece for The Washington Post.
Much of the media coverage that followed Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing by Israeli forces showed a pattern of euphemisms, false equivalencies, and double standards, writes Jon Allsop for Columbia Journalism Review.
For The Intercept, reporter Jordan Smith unpacks the repercussions of Oklahoma’s new highly restrictive abortion ban, which is currently awaiting signature by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:32.9	Hey in the thick family, it's Julio, and before we get to today's show, we want to share this
0:37.4	devastating heartbreaking news from Texas about another mass shooting that happened on Tuesday
0:42.5	afternoon.
0:44.0	News is still developing, but according to Governor Greg Abbott, at least 14 children
0:48.9	and one adult were shot and killed by an 18-year-old gunman at an elementary school in
0:54.0	Valdé, Texas.
0:56.2	The suspect was also killed, it's heartbreaking to see this over and over again, but we're
1:01.6	sending so much love to everyone affected, and our hearts are with the Texas community
1:06.7	right now.
1:10.2	They believe that they are still in the 20th century where they're going to pour a glass
1:30.0	of scotch, go sit down in somebody's smoke-filled backroom, and have some white gentleman's handshake
1:36.6	on how the rest of the country is going to operate.
1:41.2	Bromfuturo, media, and PRx, it's in the thick of podcasts about politics, race, and culture.
1:45.6	I'm Mariano Hosa, and I'm Julio Ricardo Varela.
1:48.2	We have a special show, family with our all-stars from our cousin, our cousin podcast democracy-ish.
1:56.0	So joining us from the Liberated Territory of Brooklyn, New York is Danielle Moody, co-host
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