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On the Media
@onthemedia
A weekly radio show on all things media produced and distributed by @WNYCstudios
Feb 12, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
1/9 THREAD: Last week’s show was dedicated to mitigating the type of harm caused by clips like this:

2/9 We wondered: does Fox News need to be neutralized? Or maybe radically ostracized? And if, in a democratic society in which free speech is foundational, is that an outcome we really want?
Mar 18, 2020 • 12 tweets • 9 min read
Turns out that this radio show/podcast of ours has a deep back catalogue of episodes that could double as lessons for remote classes! We’ve got history segments, social studies segments, even some material for English lit... So, teachers & parents: gather ‘round for a *thread* Our 5-part series on poverty examines and debunks myths about self-sufficiency and virtue. Is America a land of opportunity? How do we understand will power and work ethic? Ben Franklin shows up. Great for history and civics classes. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/p…
Dec 3, 2019 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
As congressional hearings resume today, a look back at some of our coverage of the history and process of impeachment: @ZephyrTeachout on the anti-corruption provisions built into the US’s founding — and why preventing corruption was so important to our framers. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/s…
May 1, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Here's a #MayDay photo from 1912 in Union Square, NY
"The workers fight the wars, the bosses reap the profits." You may have also heard that May 1st is "Loyalty Day" -- that comes about after World War II, specifically as a way to "counter any attempts to revive radical May Day demonstrations" according to @DHavertyStacke
But patriotism was a part of #MayDay from the very beginning...
Apr 29, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
We’re thinking about the Poway synagogue shooting and wanted share a few segments that have helped us understand white supremacy and violence in the past… 1/ Following the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, we asked @BostonJoan how the press can report on white supremacy without spreading the ideology... 2/ wnycstudios.org/story/press-fi…
Apr 8, 2019 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: TONS of history to learn in this conversation with @dimmerwahr about the history of US empire. Here’s a little taste: 1/
wnycstudios.org/story/on-the-m… Up until the Spanish-American War in 1898, America...wasn’t called America. It was the United States; it was Columbia. But once the country acquired major swaths of overseas territory, it needed a new name to fit its new status. 2/