About this episode
Josh Levs discusses a new law in Georgia aimed at exposing foreign influence in education with guest Esther Panitch, while critiquing media coverage of related issues.
Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com . Celebrate and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member. A new bill of global importance has become a law. It could set a template for the entire country. Around the world, anti-democratic nations are watching this, because they know it’s a strike against one of their big goals: influencing the minds of American children. Today, Josh is joined by a woman who led the effort to expose foreign influence over what’s taught in U.S. schools. Inspired by proof of Qatar’s propaganda efforts, State Rep. Esther Panitch, a Georgia Democrat, spearheaded legislation to make her state the first to require a new kind of reporting. When she drew attention to the issue, the top Qatari officials in the United States went after her publicly — and then also went after another Jewish woman, saying they were doing “what people like you always do.”  Also, a new report is out, detailing horrific sexual violence carried out by Gazan terrorists. Even CNN took a break from parroting Hamas talking points to report on it. But the New York Times apparently turned down a…
People in this episode
Host: Josh Levs
Guest: Esther Panitch
Topics covered
- propaganda
- education
- foreign influence
- legislation
- media criticism
- sexual violence
- democracy
Keywords
- propaganda
- foreign influence
- education
- Georgia
- media
- sexual violence
- Qatar
- Nicholas Kristof
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Qatar, CNN, New York Times
Places: Georgia, Oregon
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