About this episode

James O'Brien discusses the media's reaction to the killing of Henry Nowak and interviews Jess Asato about her legal action regarding sexualized images on social media.

Reflecting on the reaction to the killing of Henry Nowak, James examines how parts of the media and public life seize on race, policing and grievance - and asks what they really want when they sideline the truth. Later, he also speaks to Labour MP Jess Asato about taking legal action over the sexualised images of her created and published on X using the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, and what that says about the toxic state of social media. This episode was recorded on the 4th of June. James O'Brien Daily is a Global production, available every week day on Global Player, or wherever you get your shows. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode.

People in this episode

Host: James O'Brien

Guest: Jess Asato

Topics covered

• media reaction
• race
• policing
• grievance
• social media
• legal action

Keywords

• Henry Nowak
• James O'Brien
• Jess Asato
• social media
• Grok
• legal action
• race
• policing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour

Products: Grok

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