206: Hamasterisk*, with Adam Johnson

About this episode

Matt and Daniel discuss media narratives and the implications of language in journalism with guest Adam Johnson.

Matt and Daniel are joined by Citations Needed co-host and author of the new book “How To Sell A Genocide,” Adam Johnson. They cover the consent factory being run by American cable news, use of the word “terrorist” by journalists to describe a population being terrorized, and every fedora’d Jewish child’s best friend: Abraham Lincoln. Please donate to Pal Humanity: https://palhumanity.com/ New Bad Hasbara Merch: https://estoymerchandise.com/collections/bad-hasbara-podcast Subscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbara How To Sell A Genocide: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/ Citations Needed: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/ See Francesca Fiorentini and Matt Lieb May 21 in Pasadena: https://events.leapevents.com/event/new-world-disorder-05-21-26-8-pm What’s The Spin playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50JoIqCvlxL3QSNj2BsdUR What’s The Spin Album List: https://bit.ly/whatsthespinlist Skad Skasbarska playlist: http://bit.ly/skadskasbarska Subscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify https://spoti.fi/3HgpxDm Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/4kizajt Substack https://substack.com/@badhasbara Support this…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Lieb, Daniel

Guest: Adam Johnson

Topics covered

• media criticism
• journalism
• politics
• terrorism
• history
• cable news

Keywords

• media
• terrorism
• journalism
• Abraham Lincoln
• cable news
• politics
• genocide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Citations Needed, Pal Humanity, Bad Hasbara, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Substack

Books & works: How To Sell A Genocide

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