Liberal Media Helped Destroy Gaza (w/ Adam Johnson)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership Adam Johnson is a media analyst and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed, whose work has appeared in The Nation, The Intercept, and other major outlets. He joined Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan Robinson to discuss his new book How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, an analysis of how U.S. corporate media covered Israel’s assault on Gaza. 🇵🇸 Buy Adam's new book: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/ 🇵🇸 Follow Adam on Twitter: https://x.com/adamjohnsonCHI 🇵🇸 Citations Needed: https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/ 0:00–5:51 Yes, it's a genocide 5:51–9:32 How liberal media failed 9:32–16:25 The myth of journalistic neutrality 16:25–21:40 The “Hamas-run” framing 21:40–28:03 How Hamas is portrayed as ISIS 28:03–34:22 Erasing historical context 34:22–37:46 Media double standards 37:46–47:05 Biden’s role and response 47:05–51:04 Whose voices are excluded 51:04–54:39 What happens to dissenting journalists 54:39–59:43 The Atlantic (ugh) 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/