29
Citations Needed: Episode 196: Benevolent Billionaire Despotism and US Media’s Softball Treatment of ‘Effective Altruism’
(citationsneeded.libsyn.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
29 points (96.8% liked)
podcasts
19826 readers
22 users here now
Podcast recommendations, episode discussions, and struggle sessions about which shows need to be cancelled.
Rest In Power, Michael Brooks.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Citations Needed honestly really helps me understand the importance of "media literacy". Not like understanding the nature of a narrative or anything like that, but more so being able to read and parse media narratives/message. Their critical eye on journalism has been a boon for me. I wouldn't have found FAIRwithout this podcast.
I mean honestly half of it is just academic writing/reading, media asserts tons of shit without proper citations or citations are [it came to me ~~in a dream~~ in a raytheon funded think tank].
Are houthi iranian-backed? who the fuck knows. Is genocide in gaza "war between israel and hamas"? hamas is paramilitary organization of a non-state actor, cause palestine is not even recognized as a state (although usa have rich history declaring wars without declaring them, or fighting abstract things). Is effective altruism effective or altruism - the answer to both is no, so what the fuck