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Listen: Shamed and Confused | On the Media

After a young Associated Press journalist lost her job last month following online attacks, On the Media considers how bad faith campaigns against the media have become an effective weapon for the far right. Plus, should we cancel the word “cancel”? One journalist argues, yes, and one academic says, no. Plus, the origins of “cancelled” in Black culture.

1. OTM reporter Micah Loewinger [@MicahLoewinger] on the A.P.’s firing of Emily Wilder, and how newsrooms can learn to respond to right-wing smears without firing valued journalists. Listen.

2. Michael Hobbes [@RottenInDenmark], co-host of You’re Wrong About, on the anecdotes that fuel “political correctness” and “cancel culture” panics. Listen.

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Source: Shamed and Confused | On the Media | WNYC Studios