The Complicit Media (AE242 - Audio)

About this episode

Aaron Good interviews Robin Andersen about media coverage of Israel's actions in Gaza.

Aaron is joined by Robin Andersen, author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost, among others. American Exception followers on Patreon, regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access to the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast. Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey…

People in this episode

Host: Aaron Good

Guest: Robin Andersen

Topics covered

• media coverage
• Israel
• Gaza
• war
• politics
• humanitarian action

Keywords

• media
• Israel
• Gaza
• war coverage
• politics
• humanitarian action
• Robin Andersen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fordham University, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, ScheerPost, American Exception

Books & works: The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

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