Citations Needed

According to one 2014 study, 75% of white Americans don’t have any non-white friends. Put another way, white people’s pe... Read more

"The United States believes any Palestinian government must renounce violence,” a U.S. official told Ha'aretz. When it c... Read more

Episode 03: The Rise of Superpredator 2.  Episode 3 is about the media narrative surrounding the rise of so-called “gang... Read more

Russia, as we all know, has sinister “oligarchs” whereas in the United States, we are told, we have “philanthropists,” “... Read more

MSNBC is by far the most influential mainstream media outlet on the American Left. It sets the tone and defines the boun... Read more

Previously on Citations Needed, we discussed the notion of "Lotteryism," that is, the use of the media by large corporat... Read more

We're told the world is getting better all the time. In January, The New York Times' Nick Kristof explained "Why 2017 Wa... Read more

“Building a wall won't save America's crumbling middle class,” Elizabeth Warren tells us. “Sanders healthcare will raise... Read more

Since the mid-2000’s, a specific breed of liberalism has emerged broadly called “New Atheism”. While the movement is har... Read more

When Americans read about the Korean "conflict" in the Western press, the articles are populated almost entirely with Se... Read more

In Episode 06 we explore how the media both consciously and subconsciously works to smear black victims, protect the pol... Read more

The term "Western civilization" has long been a staple of the American Right, but with the recent resurgence of white na... Read more

On Episode 04 we talk about a recent New York Times article — and the broader media habit of painting the US as benevol... Read more

The idea that we’re “running out of money” and have to “tighten our belts" is a common trope in US media; the premise th... Read more

In recent years, television personality Mike Rowe has amassed a wildly popular following due to alleged working-class st... Read more

Nate Silver tell us Joe Biden’s inconsistent political beliefs are, in fact, a benefit. They’re “his calling card” and e... Read more

The media – local and national, print and TV – love puff pieces designed to make the police look good and generally impr... Read more

With recent primary election wins by candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, James Thompson, Julia Sala... Read more

Post-Cold War liberal chauvinism knew no better ideological conduit than the hit NBC series The West Wing. Foreign polic... Read more

We discuss the cynical use of "human rights" to advance US interests with guest Glenn Greenwald.  The conceit that the U... Read more