E309. The Dangerous Truth About Media’s Favorite Radical - Dumpster Fire
About this episode
Bridget Phetasy and Mike Solana discuss the normalization of violent rhetoric in media, particularly focusing on Hasan Piker's controversial statements.
Hasan Piker sat down with the New York Times Opinion podcast — alongside Jia Tolentino and Nadja Spiegelman — and made the case that murdering a healthcare CEO is "social protest" and stealing is activism. Nobody pushed back. Bridget Phetasy and Mike Solana of Pirate Wires break down how assassination culture went from fringe rhetoric to the paper of record, what it means that the left has no "too far," and why the NYT mainstreaming a violent Marxist is the actual story. More Mike Solan...
People in this episode
Host: Bridget Phetasy
Guests: Hasan Piker, Jia Tolentino, Nadja Spiegelman, Mike Solana
Topics covered
- media criticism
- activism
- assassination culture
- leftist rhetoric
- New York Times
- social protest
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times, Pirate Wires
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