‘ON THE GROUND’ SHOW FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2026: Jon Jeter on Lies, Insanity and Spin in the News… Haile Gerima’s Opus on Ethiopian Resistance to Fascist Italy… Hearing the Rev. Graylan Hagler Speak… Plus Headlines

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of news and media with Jon Jeter, touching on various topics including political coverage and cultural resistance.

Lies, insanity and spin are becoming the norm in our daily news and information diet, where one shocking story quickly supplants another. To help us wade through the muck, we speak to our media critic Jon Jeter about coverage of Iran, Tucker Carlson, the BAFTA Awards fiasco and more. And in this new era of […]

People in this episode

Host: Esther Iverem

Guest: Jon Jeter

Topics covered

• media criticism
• news coverage
• Ethiopian resistance
• political commentary
• cultural analysis

Keywords

• news
• media
• politics
• Ethiopia
• Tucker Carlson
• BAFTA
• Iran
• Jon Jeter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tucker Carlson, BAFTA

Places: Iran

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