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Adam H. Johnson comes on the show today to discuss developments in media coverage of world events and historical events. Adam is a media analyst at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (http://FAIR.org) and is the co-host of the podcast Citations Needed (https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded).

Discussed in this episode:


The opening scene from the Newsroom TV series where the main character gives an American exceptionalism speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk

"Van Jones Starts To Cry As He React To Trump's Message Blaming The Left" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhE-fa-Xkk

An article by Evgeny Morozov discussing solutionism, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation and Morozov's book on solutionism To Solve Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism http://amzn.to/2i8CdNZ

Slavery by Another Name, the book http://amzn.to/2BDyoZp and the documentary http://amzn.to/2kgxkqa

This is a preview of a bonus premium episode. Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at patreon.com/champagnesharks. This will not only give you access to this current premium episode you’re previewing, but also all the back premium episodes you may have missed as well and all future bonus premium episodes. Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2.

Adam H. Johnson comes on the show today to discuss developments in media coverage of world events and historical events. Adam is a media analyst at Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (http://FAIR.org) and is the co-host of the podcast Citations Needed (https://soundcloud.com/citationsneeded).

Discussed in this episode:

The opening scene from the Newsroom TV series where the main character gives an American exceptionalism speech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTjMqda19wk

“Van Jones Starts To Cry As He React To Trump’s Message Blaming The Left” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmhE-fa-Xkk

An article by Evgeny Morozov discussing solutionism, https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation and Morozov’s book on solutionism To Solve Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism http://amzn.to/2i8CdNZ

Slavery by Another Name, the book http://amzn.to/2BDyoZp and the documentary http://amzn.to/2kgxkqa