China's President Xi Jinping spoke positively about meeting President Biden.

The initial U.S. coverage had a somewhat different take.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Michael Loneser.

On this week's show, the usual calls for Tik-Tok

to be banned have increased since the start of the war

in the Middle East.

People take a hashtag comparison and decide that it's proof of this sinister plot

to turn American high schoolers against Israel.

Also, the long run of the subversively feminist website Jezebel has ended.

Founding editor Anna Holmes said that its crucial place in feminist lore wasn't a given at the start. I had mentioned the F word

feminism and one of my bosses cautioned me against it and so in that moment and I remember it very clearly I thought well I'll show him.

It's all coming up after this.

From W NYC New York this is on the media. I'm Michael Lohanger.

And I'm Brooke Gladstone.

Earlier this week, Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jin Ping came together for a long-awaited meeting in Northern California.

Some early coverage suggested that little was gained.

But according to who?

President Biden is touting what he's calling important progress in US-China relations.

We'll re-establish direct contact between our militaries,

and that China will help take steps to stop the flow of fentanyl into the US.

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