About this episode
Josh Levs discusses the media's handling of left-wing violence and the misuse of anonymous sourcing in journalism.
Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com . Celebrate 100+ episodes and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member. The giant chasm between the media and reality has never been as clear as it is now, in the wake of a shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. News agencies have long ignored and downplayed left-wing violence. Instead of covering it, they’ve run cover for it and churned out content designed to radicalize people even further. Now, that hatred hit home. Today, Josh shares proof that left-wing violence is more popular than right-wing violence in America, especially among young people. Plus, former guest Mike Pesca points out something important about what the authorities did to the shooter at the gala — and the profound hypocrisy of the media not caring.  Josh also tackles another big media issue: anonymous sourcing. The Atlantic published a piece alleging that FBI Director Kash Patel is “MIA,” based entirely on unnamed people. Josh shows how the media has misused anonymous sourcing for so long that many people distrust them. He highlights particularly disastrous…
People in this episode
Host: Josh Levs
Guest: Mike Pesca
Topics covered
- media bias
- violence
- anonymity
- left-wing violence
- media trust
- shooting incident
Keywords
- media fails
- left-wing violence
- anonymity
- shooting
- media trust
- FBI Director
- anonymous sources
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Atlantic, CNN, FBI
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