HeyJaredHard Pass
White House reporter Brian Karem (Salon) and two university journalism professors, Dr. Michael Mirer (UW-Milwaukee) and Dr. Mark Mederson (Texas State University), analyze whether news media are holding the White House accountable in their coverage.
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The Pentagon and the Polygraphs (opens the original)
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On this episode of Hard Pass, we’ll be looking at corporate media coverage of the latest round of polygraphs of high ranking officers and civilians that were ordered by the Department of Defense. We’ll also be looking at the latest tariff wars that have been ordered by Mr. Trump.
The Pentagon and the Polygraphs AUDIO (opens the original)
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On this episode of Hard Pass, we’ll be looking at corporate media coverage of the latest round of polygraphs of high ranking officers and civilians that were ordered by the Department of Defense. We’ll also be looking at the latest tariff wars that have been ordered by Mr. Trump.
Beef Boondoggle (opens the original)
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On this episode we talk about media coverage of Mr. Trump's decision to import beef from Argentina amid concerns about the quality of that meat. Texas cattle ranchers are certainly not happy about this choice. We also talk about the judicial back and forth associated with Trump's executive order on mail in ballots. All of this and more on this edition of Hard Pass.
Beef Boondoggle (opens the original)
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On this episode we talk about media coverage of Mr. Trump's decision to import beef from Argentina amid concerns about the quality of that meat. Texas cattle ranchers are certainly not happy about this choice. We also talk about the judicial back and forth associated with Trump's executive order on mail in ballots. All of this and more on this edition of Hard Pass.
Free Speech is AWOL (opens the original)
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In what appears to be another effort by this administration to control the narrative, three of the top managers at the military newspaper Stars and Stripes were dismissed. How is this story being framed in corporate media? And new information about the reasons why conditions were poor on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been discovered. Why is this new info not being widely reported? This is season two, episode 33 of Hard Pass.
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