The term “dehumanization” is all over the news these days, in all kinds of contexts. In some cases, it’s so overused or misused that it’s being stripped of its meaning. But what if the people crying “dehumanization” the most are the ones engaging in it the most? Today on They Stand Corrected, Josh shows how people on the left — and the media itself — regularly engage in a form of dehumanization: infantilization. 

But first, something new on the pro-terror radical from Columbia University. An analysis shows big news agencies are ignoring their own reporting — and misleading you. Josh interviews the man behind that analysis, which includes household name agencies.

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Sometimes the media is like the Tower of Babel. People aren’t speaking the same language. But in this case, they don’t realize it. They’re using the same words, but mean different things. Today, Josh explains how this problem has been rampant in the news lately, with three key words: transgenderism, feminism, and Zionism. Hear why an exchange between comedian Bill Burr and public radio host Terry Gross is so significant, a new twist on Lysistrata, and the misguided dictionary entry that rewards hate groups.

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To everyone suffering in the L.A. fires, thoughts with you. In this episode, Josh explains what he’s keeping an eye on, and how you can flag news reports — both good and bad — for the show to examine.

In this final episode before the (some of you will gulp here) presidential inauguration (deep breath), Josh has an optimistic message. While it’s difficult to see liars rewarded — whether they’re politicians, news organizations, or even terrorist groups — there’s reason for hope. Movements spark countermovements. Together, we can launch a countermovement for truth.

As part of this, Josh talks listeners through the untold story of Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, choosing to end fact checking. It’s very much a case of news organizations wanting “rules for thee but not for me.” 

Plus, what a popular band’s name change signified. And eloquent words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Two figures in recent news have a profound effect on the news industry: $15 million and $30 million. Today, Josh explains how these figures represent a central problem that keeps journalists in fear for their jobs — and too afraid to speak out about fact checking problems.

Also, two recent attacks highlighted confusion over what gets the “terrorism” label. And while news agencies were quick to point fingers at the government, they’re refusing to address a mess of their own making. Josh shares facts about global terrorism that you’ve most likely never heard: the massive number of Islamist attacks that have taken place in recent years, and the huge percentage of total attacks that they comprise, according to a recent count.

Plus, the winners — er, losers — of the Media Fail Awards! Listeners voted to pick the worst of 2024. Josh announces the results.

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Millions celebrate Christmas this week amid rising attacks and persecution by Islamist terrorists and repressive governments. Today, Josh shows how the mainstream media has been ignoring this plight — even as planned attacks against churches spread through Europe and the U.S. He also exposes how news agencies’ obsession with attacking Israel leads them to seek out Christians who support terrorists. And could the media make this the year they finally get something basic about Christmas right?

Plus, a crucial message to the media about Hanukkah. And Josh shares one of the most important lessons he learned about journalism when covering Kwanzaa. Both holidays start this week as well.

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Welcome back to the Media Fail Awards, (dis)honoring news agencies’ biggest blunders, lies and hypocritical disasters of the past year. Vote at mediafailawards.com. On today’s episode, Josh talks you through the nominees in the final two categories. You’ll hear why CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS are all up for worst overall fail by a broadcast news agency, while the AP, New York Times and Washington Post are in a three-way race for worst overall fail by a text-based news agency. Vote by December 27!  

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Welcome to the Media Fail Awards! We’re honoring — actually, dishonoring — news agencies’ biggest blunders, lies and hypocritical disasters of the past year. Vote at mediafailawards.com. Nominees include a fact check-free presidential debate; a so-called “fact check” that was actually a bonkers lie; the “newspaper of record” admitting it does not correct some falsehoods; a network condemning its own anchor for attempting to do journalism; another network’s lie-fest for a queen, and much more. Today, Josh starts talking you through the nominees and provides his best argument for why each should win its category. 

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Getting the media to focus on truth is a long term effort. But it can be done. One of the most important steps is to raise a generation of young people committed to getting the two ingredients: facts plus context. In today’s episode, Josh talks with journalism students about this and fields questions about how to lead the battle for truth when people have such different paradigms for viewing the world.

He also discusses his unique career path. Josh has always created his own jobs, turning small opportunities into big ones. People in all professions often like to ask him about this, and say it’s a whole new way of thinking about building a career.

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A group of brave people create a “peace startup” to build connections — and the mainstream media ignores them. This is the story of Sharaka, a group that should make everyone feel hopeful this holiday season. Today, Josh speaks with the director of this group building friendships between Israelis and people in Arab nations who have only heard lies about Jews and Israel.

Also, is there a new “axis of evil?” An Egyptian analyst provides insight that’s deeper, more insightful and more morally clear than anything that big news agencies are willing to share. (To hear from Bahraini athlete Fatema Alharbi, listen to the final section of Episode 30.)

And a note about Thanksgiving. These days, the media acknowledges that the myth is not the history. But what about the media’s role in spreading the myth for more than a century? Josh points to hypocrisy in the media acknowledging that myth while simultaneously spreading myths about indigeneity and colonization today.

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The media has been inundating you with alleged reasons for the election results. A lot of these reports conflict directly with each other, so it’s virtually impossible for news consumers to know which claims have any validity. Today, Josh shows you what’s factual and what’s just conjecture. For example, there’s no sign that voters focused on the economy or immigration gave Trump any kind of huge margin.

Josh also takes on a ludicrous op-ed in the New York Times that twists facts and figures in a desperate effort to blame Kamala’s loss on support for Israel. Plus, some listeners asked how much of a role the media itself played in this election. Josh looks into it and shares findings about lack of civic knowledge in America.

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It took major news outlets just minutes to begin pushing claims about how various demographic groups voted in the election. They created a mess of conflicting reports, any of which could easily turn out to be false. Today, Josh digs into this problem. He explores very different claims about how Black Americans voted, and explains how news agencies are even ignoring their own warnings. Also, why a myth about white women in the 2016 presidential election should have been a wakeup call.

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Josh has this brief, important message: Beware what you’re hearing about exit polls from the election. As people process the shock and trauma of an election loss, they look for explanations. The media jumps in to offer lots of explanations. That leads to conflicting reports and claims. For example, Josh shares three wildly different figures about how members of one demographic allegedly voted in the presidential race. 

He explains what he’s working on about the election coverage, and invites you to send in reports you want him to check.

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When the media make excuses for failing to get you the truth, they often blame the “news cycle.” It’s time to break that process. Today, Josh does so by focusing on a major issue filled with lies in the news: illegal immigration. Figures you’ve been hearing, and arguments about fentanyl and sex trafficking, are wrong. By failing to make this clear, the media is causing societal problems. 

Immigration-related reporting failures also tie in to a statement from an Oscar-winning propagandist and a so-called “human rights activist” on a public radio show. Josh shows why this made-for-the-media line makes no sense to anyone who learns facts about the Middle East. Plus, the BBC blew it so badly that it pulled a documentary off of its platforms. Josh explains.

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In this final episode before the election, a warning from Josh: Election Night coverage is largely designed to manipulate you. To take you on an emotional rollercoaster. He explains what you’d be better off doing during the first few hours, and why the early results sometimes suggest the opposite of what’s really happening.

But first, a fiasco as the billionaire owners of the L.A. Times and Washington Post block their editorial boards’ endorsements of Kamala Harris. Josh answers listeners’ questions and explains why this “matters big time, including for the fight against the forces of fascism on the right and on the far left.” He also shares what he’s hearing from the inside. And he discovers that at least one of these owners is apparently unaware of what his actual role is.

Plus, a bonus section! You’ll hear why. It’s something positive and hopeful that has nothing to do with the election: Meet Fatema Alharbi of Sharaka, a Bahraini athlete standing up to haters and building relationships with Israelis.

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We’re in the final weeks of the presidential race, which means millions of Americans are being subjected to a barrage of political messaging. Within all that messaging lies a huge story that the media is missing: In recent years, our politics, media, and culture have been overtaken by false victim narratives. 

Today, Josh explains how these come in very different forms on the right and far left, but can be equally dangerous and manipulative. Along the way, we’ll hear from Chris Rock and Dr. Phil.

Also, why Kamala Harris and her campaign seem to be sidestepping victim narratives. An expert weighs in on why this is a great move — and why Democrats in other races should draw a lesson from it. 

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It sounds like a farce. A hate monger writes a book in which he ignores the two central elements of truth: facts plus context. The media rolls out the red carpet for him, worshipping him. Finally one journalist challenges him — and that journalist gets in trouble with his own “news” network.

This is a story of CBS, author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ false anti-Israel screed, pathetic news executives and a corporation that fails to stand up for journalism. It’s also a story of perhaps the biggest gaping hole in the news and information ecosystem: “Nonfiction” books may be filled with fiction, and the publishers take no responsibility. 

Also in this episode, Josh answers a listener’s question about Tim Walz and fact checks a claim about dads and household work.

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This week, Josh was invited to give a keynote address at a ceremony marking one year since the October 7 massacre by Hamas in Israel, the most evil terrorist attack of modern times. In this episode, we’re bringing you his speech.

Josh discusses the desperate need for people to learn the truth, which includes facts of that day and context of thousands of years of history. He explains the importance of people of all faiths and backgrounds taking part in the commemoration, and shares “the most beautiful, ethical, good versus evil thing you can do on this.”

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Hurricane Helene brought more of a dangerous tradition: “journalists” standing outside, getting blown and battered around. Are they gathering and providing crucial information? Actually, no. They’re not getting information that they couldn’t get safely from inside. You might think, if people are choosing to do this, what’s the harm? There is harm — not just in the immediate sense, but in a much bigger sense. The same false thinking about news that drives these kinds of stunts also leads to the other kinds of problems this show has explored, like giving open mics to liars and failing to fact check. Today, Josh explains.

Plus, an expert in the psychology of marketing on why the media might be missing the biggest story of the presidential election. Josh shows that news agencies aren’t even looking into it. And Josh corrects the New York Times’ claim about “facts.” 

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While the media fixates on one awful thing Trump and Vance are doing, it ignores lots of others. And that’s exactly how the Trump campaign wants it. Today, Josh explains the history of campaigns purposely fanning flames of controversy in the media so that their preferred issues dominate the news cycle.

Meanwhile, will that same gullibility lead the media to fall for anti-Israel protests scheduled on October 7, when they should be reporting on what happened in the most evil terrorist attack of modern times? Josh has a plan to push the media to avoid this, and you can help.

Plus, Trump is now claiming that if he loses, Jewish people will “have a lot to do” with it. Josh explains why this is so dangerous. He also wrote an op-ed about it for the biggest paper in a crucial swing state.

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Donald Trump and J.D. Vance are trying desperately to get the media to declare something — anything — involving Kamala Harris and Tim Walz a “scandal.” Today, Josh shows how transparent the effort is, with one of them even trying twice in a single televised interview. Will the media fall for it, as it did in 2016 with Hillary Clinton’s emails? Josh invites listeners to come up with an acronym for Trump’s scandals, which may need to be as long as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

Meanwhile, a scandal at the world’s largest broadcaster. A new study shows the extent of the BBC’s institutional, antisemitic bias against Israel. Josh speaks with the man who oversaw the research, which involved a massive amount of reporting and both human and A.I. analyses.

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Media pundits heaped praise on the moderators of the presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Why? Because amid Trump’s onslaught of lies, they offered a few brief moments of fact checking. Today, Josh explains that this proves the incredibly low bar for “journalism” at these spectacles — which are, as he has said before, “arson for truth.” Also, he highlights a moment in which a host said something false in the process of asking Kamala Harris a question.

Meanwhile, listeners have sent in lots of questions about the media’s failure to accurately describe the slaughter of hostages in Gaza, including a U.S. citizen. Josh shares something surprising: for a brief period, the language that upset people was actually accurate. But the critics are right too.

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When Tim Walz’s teenage son Gus teared up in pride over his father, right-wing talking heads bullied him. It brought a major issue into focus: battles over “masculinity.” The head of a top polling agency says it’s the only thing helping Trump keep the race close. Today, Josh shows that the media is caught between two superficial visions of masculinity, while ignoring reality. Through hard data, he shows that Trump is nothing like the overwhelming majority of today’s American men — and Tim Walz is.

Also, Josh shows that the media misuses the term “toxic masculinity,” and that people who support it are not only on the far right, but also the far left. He shares the sound of a Palestinian terrorist’s call to his father, who cries in pride over his son’s evil murder spree. 

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The media should choose which stories to tell based on what’s most important and relevant. But often inside newsrooms, those decisions are instead based on how it will make the news agencies themselves look. That’s why in recent days, a huge story was, relatively speaking, buried. It involves both major parties, the presidential candidates, and a Trump move that should make the “hypocrisy meter” explode. In this episode, Josh explains why.

Also, why Julian Assange should never get away with calling himself a “journalist” — and why it involves the heartbreaking death of a young man.

Plus: media misses from the DNC. And a prominent journalist actually apologizes for getting something wrong!

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Since taking office, Trump has been on a blitzkrieg — a rapid, intense, chaotic effort to dismantle much of the government as we know it. He’s using endless lies to get away with it, and the media’s longtime failures are helping him. After years of letting lies go uncorrected, news agencies have left Americans with no clear sense of where to turn for truth.

Today, Josh digs into “DOGE” disasters, Trump’s treatment of Ukraine, and how his team and surrogates lie with impunity during what is supposed to be the ultimate example of political journalism. Also, a message to share with anyone you know who may be caught up in a cult of personality.

Plus, at the Oscars, an anti-Israel propaganda film wins a “documentary” award, and its creators use their speech to lie, exactly as Josh predicted. He sets the record straight.

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So much of the media has lost sight of what its role is in society: to provide truth. News organizations have even built operations around the opposite idea: letting anyone say anything. They’ve turned what should be journalism into open mic nights. 

Recently, Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC called out the media, and his message spoke to this problem. Today, Josh shows sneakier ways the media keep this up, and the false dichotomy that they use to try to justify it. (Hear Anderson Cooper spout this nonsense.) And Josh presents a three-word oath that journalists should use as a guide in making any and all decisions.

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When you look at many of the big problems in the world, you see that there are people working on solutions. That’s a major part of the positive side of the story of humanity. But in journalism, you generally wouldn’t know that. Most controversies are presented simply as two sides disagreeing. In fact there is now, pathetically, a term for the rare times that news organizations actually consider solutions as part of their coverage.

This issue plays out in all sorts of stories, including one in recent days involving gender in boxing and Olympic sports in general. Today, Josh shows how journalists miss the story when they ignore solutions.

Also, an entirely different way to look at the controversy surrounding the term “pregnant people.” Josh explains why, in certain contexts, he has been careful to use the term “Black” instead of “African-American,” and why the media need to think carefully about terms they use for any group.

Plus, employees inside one of the world’s leading news organizations come together to call out antisemitism. Josh shares the awful response from the head of the agency and what it says about any employer in any industry. There’s a basic rule that should be seen as part of Journalism 101 and Management 101. 

And the host of a cable news show addresses exactly what Josh has been talking about, and even calls out his own network.

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Perhaps the most frustrating kinds of lies in the media are the ones presented as part of a so-called “fact check.” In this episode, Josh digs into something that CNN got exactly wrong in discussing militaries in general, and Israel’s in particular. The network claimed that all military analysts except for one would agree on something false; Josh shows that even CNN’s own military analyst disputes that claim.

Plus, a whole different kind of reality check. Military expert Andrew Fox points out that some analysts often quoted in the news are examining the war in Gaza through the prism of the U.S.-led “war on terrorism,” which failed. He provides an understandable explanation of why he believes Israel is winning — and that its actions should be “taught in military colleges.”

Also, the actress and activist Debra Messing’s powerful message to the media, especially the Washington Post, following their biased coverage of the slaughter of a group of Israeli Druze children by Hezbollah.

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From now until the election, expect an unprecedented onslaught of daily reports about political polls — many of them designed to manipulate you. Fear, dread, hopelessness, and anger get you to click and “doomscroll.” 

Today, Josh explains why President Biden’s decision to drop out made sense, but the polls also don’t indicate what will happen in November. He shows how the Trump team wants to sow divisions among Democrats, and why polls could become a tool in that effort.

Also, a listener asks about polls showing Palestinians overwhelmingly support the October 7 terrorist massacres against Israelis. 

Plus: If you’re trying to get the truth out during an interview with a news agency that frequently lies about you or an entity that you represent, what do you do? Josh interviews a woman who faces that challenge frequently: the Israeli consul general to the Southeast.

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When conspiracy theories grow, there’s a crucial step that news organizations should take. They should run those theories past the myth of invincibility. Today, Josh explains how that applies to coverage of many of the biggest news stories of our time, from the current presidential race to terrorist attacks and more.

Plus, now that President Biden has dropped out of the presidential race, Josh explains what we should watch out for in the news, and the role that Americans desperately need the media to play. And he shows how news organizations allowed hypocrisy to go unchecked in coverage of the assassination attempt at a Trump rally, and left out crucial context.

Meanwhile, big news on another front has made early episodes of this show as timely and important as ever. Josh explains how an opinion from the International Court of Justice relates to media failures in coverage of Israel, particularly involving “occupation” and “international law.” And one of the nation’s best known newspapers actually pulled something because it was so blatantly offensive against Israel and the parents of a hostage.

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When big news happens, media organizations clamor for your attention — even if they don’t have any new, concrete information to share with you. This breeds mistakes, hypocrisy, and more. In this episode, Josh explains what he’s watching out for in the coverage of the shooting at a Trump event, described by authorities as an attempted assassination. 

Political violence operates against democracy. Inspired by his interview on a conservative radio show, Josh looked into the news media’s role in the fight for democracy, and discovered something:  The media’s effect on anti-democratic forces is different in America from what it is in Europe. 

In this episode, how TV news and apps are fueling anti-democratic efforts on both the right and the left. Also, how the media ignore the fact that Israel is one of the world’s oldest democracies, and that democracies are necessities for journalism. Plus, you’ll hear from Henry Kissinger and famed broadcaster Edward R. Murrow. 

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It took only hours for the biggest political story to become a media story too, as news agencies rushed to cover the New York Times’ call for Biden to leave the race. In this episode, Josh explains that the media often treats the Times’ editorial board like the “great and powerful” Oz. In reality, it’s a group of 14 people with opinions. He explains that the media should contextualize this and show that another editorial board, from the biggest paper in an actual swing state, argued the opposite.

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There’s an irony and media failure at the core of the national freakout over the recent presidential debate. The media’s fixation on President Biden’s demeanor is so much bigger than the focus on former President Trump’s long list of lies. It raises a question at the heart of American democracy this July 4th: Do we value truth?

In this episode, Josh dissects the media reactions and discusses a law being considered by another democratic government to ban lies by politicians. He explains that while the First Amendment protects all sorts of speech here, it actually is illegal for Americans to lie in numerous contexts — including to the federal government. Would it be such a stretch to say they can’t lie to us either?

Josh explains how this connects to U.S. war heroes, a guy being screamed at for what he was wearing in a store, and Superman.

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A listener asks Josh to fact check media coverage of Republicans’ attacks against Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan D.A. who successfully prosecuted Trump. It highlights a big issue: How the media’s lack of self-awareness severely damages our political scene. Today, how the media washes its hands of responsibility for creating a narrative.

Also, why the media needs a “hypocrisy meter” so that it points out when powerful people and entities are “engaging in a level of hypocrisy that is so obvious it can basically be seen from space.” Josh explores how allowing hypocrisy to go unchecked damages not only politics but also global conflicts. He shows how it applies to media coverage of the Middle East, including a “journalist” accused of having held Israeli hostages captive.

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From the way the mainstream media often describes it, you wouldn’t know Al Jazeera is a state-owned propaganda outlet of the Qatari government. And the problem isn’t just that the news organizations hide its identity. They go further, and praise it. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera praises and celebrates terrorists.

On this episode of They Stand Corrected, Josh exposes the hypocrisy of news organizations, particularly NPR, that complained about Twitter’s handling of state media labels while refusing to follow their own rules for Al Jazeera. Plus, someone from inside Al Jazeera who blew the whistle on how it shills for the Qatari government. And how the media’s obsession with adoring Al Jazeera has led news organizations to relatively downplay or even outright ignore the deaths of journalists in dangerous situations all over the world.

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In this brief dispatch from the road, where Josh has done five speaking events in recent days, he addresses a question many of you are asking: Why can’t the media distinguish good from evil? He provides proof that they do — but not consistently. There’s a big exception.

This helps explain disastrous reporting in recent days about the horrific slaughter of the Bibas children and their mother — a slaughter that Gazans cheered for with jubilation. And it explains a big mistake the media is making in appending alleged death tolls to reports about this family.

Also, what the cancellation of prominent host Joy Reid’s show on MSNBC could mean for the media and the battles against anti-democratic forces on both the right and the left.

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To mark the tenth episode, Josh answers your questions and shares your comments. First, a viral story that the media got wrong, embarrassing a man who was unfairly sent to jail. Then, the topic of your biggest question of all: casualty figures from Gaza. Josh explains that even after the number of women and children allegedly killed dropped dramatically, media are still trusting Hamas — and trying to cover up the drop.

Then, a study that claims “the science is clear” — even though it isn’t. Josh explains the problems with that term, and why this report could make it harder for people to believe news about climate change and concussions among football players. You’ll hear from NFL icon Ronnie Lott.

And finally, do dads have worse heart health but also live longer lives? Josh breaks down a new study, just in time for Father’s Day.

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The first debate between President Biden and former president Trump is ostensibly going to take place June 27 — before Trump is sentenced on 34 counts. But even if the debate goes ahead, it’s crucial to know this: These events are a disaster for truth. Journalists serve as moderators even though journalism is precluded. Today, times when hosts have tried to fact check candidates during debates and why it doesn’t work. Josh explains how to fix this — and why news agencies should stop the pretense. Plus, he explains why these debates reflect a problem with the way we’re raising children in America.

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A terrorist on the FBI Most Wanted list is living freely as a popular celebrity in Jordan, which is refusing to extradite her despite an extradition treaty with the United States. Another of her American victims died last year. Also, most likely the fastest ever killing of a large number of Palestinians, including terrorists, was carried out by Jordan, not Israel. And the reason the West Bank has its name is that Jordan occupied it. All this, and so much more, was left out of a major news network’s disastrous “interview” with Queen Rania.

Today, in Part II of Josh’s breakdown of this hypocritical “liefest,” the ways that journalists too often deprive you of not only facts, but also context. Plus, why an expression of opinion can be a crucial jumping off point to explore both. And what Hillary Clinton got right on The View.

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When a listener asked Josh to look into Joy Reid’s interview with Queen Rania of Jordan on MSNBC, he discovered the “Shawshank Redemption” of fact checking. 

Today, in Part I of a two-parter, how this interview shows the ways that blatant lies and hypocrisy are so prevalent in mainstream media, particularly when it comes to anything involving Israel. Hear about slain U.S. soldiers, ignored Israeli rape victims, backward narratives, erasure of history, and how the queen is using her position to gaslight the world. Also, how governments really responded to the October 7 massacres, support for “honor killings” in Jordan, and the media’s efforts to fuel a “big lie” on the left. 

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A quick update episode while Josh prepares a big two-parter to begin next week. In this update, he shares exciting news about the podcast being in Newsweek thanks to a column inspired by a listener. 

Josh explains that while the media is looking for who, or what, to blame for the dangerous, violent protests on college campuses, they should “look in the freaking mirror.” The timing is especially important because the Pulitzer Prizes were announced, including for some news agencies whose profound journalistic failures are radicalizing people against the Jewish state. 

Also, the “double whammy” — how you are being mistreated in two ways when the media feeds you lies.

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Inside news organizations, there is widespread belief in a false, negative stereotype. It’s a myth strategically designed to skew their coverage against Israel and make them impervious to legitimate complaints of antisemitism. On this episode, Josh shows how the media pushes the “Jews cry wolf” myth, and two key tactics to watch out for.

We’ll learn how the media turns to the straw man fallacy, and tried to use it against Bill Maher in a question that “caved in on itself.” Also how the media could not have been any more wrong about Emma Watson. And a little wisdom from Jordan Peele.

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The media’s anti-Israel bias is fueling dangerous protests and exacerbating serious threats to America. And it’s getting worse, with news organizations frequently parroting terrorists’ talking points. Case in point: “death tolls” from Gaza. In this episode, Josh explains why those numbers can’t be trusted. Also, the relatively scant attention given to wars with incomparably bigger death tolls, including one that killed an estimated 600,000 people in just two years this decade. (And wait until you hear the estimated tolls from the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.) Plus, an important note about the heroism of Americans who fought for the Allied Forces in World War II.

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For decades, the media has broken a cardinal rule of journalism — and gotten a basic fact wrong. Today, the media’s false claims about Israel and “international law.” Josh sets the record straight, and shows why the media’s failure gave Trump a political victory that he didn’t earn. We’ll take a (very) quick tour through decades of U.S. presidents, from Carter on, to set the record straight about them as well.

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Virtually all major news agencies follow the same pattern. Attacks targeting civilians are “terrorism” everywhere — except in Israel. When it comes to the slaughter of Jews, the term “terror” is suddenly off the table. And when called out on this bias, news executives try to gaslight the world.

This problem goes far beyond semantics. It determines whether people even learn the basics of what happened at all. Today on They Stand Corrected, Josh shows why this bigoted rule helps Islamist terrorist groups mislead the world about Israel. Hear the proof!

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When the media mislead people in ways that downplay or justify terrorists’ atrocities, the world is in danger. Coverage of the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel, and the war in Gaza since, have made that clear. So Josh is kicking off They Stand Corrected by exposing the rules in news organizations that require anti-Israel bias. Skeptical? Listen and you’ll hear the proof!

Today, how the media gets “occupation” wrong. Learn why calling Gaza and the West Bank “the occupied territories” is bigoted nonsense, and why the media refuses to call occupied territories all over the world “occupied territories.” Plus, a document from the Palestinian Authority that lists the Israeli occupation as having ended in 1994; a top news website for kids that describes Guam as occupied; and how Islamist terrorist groups including Hezbollah are actually pro-occupation.

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What happens when big news agencies discuss people’s growing distrust of the media? These conversations instantly turn to politics, missing a larger point. Today, Josh explains the paradigm shift of removing the political lens and looking at what everyone needs from the news.

Plus, did a healthcare giant use massively faulty AI to make potentially life-or-death decisions about claims? And with a new study indicating plentiful food supplies were generally sent into Gaza, Josh shows the media’s failure to cast a light on who was definitely being starved there: hostages held by Hamas.

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As we enter an even worse era of misinformation and “alternative facts,” we desperately need news media to be trustworthy sources of truth. But all too often, news organizations report what liars — and even terrorists — say without telling you what’s true. They give these folks “open mics.” They fail to fact check.

Who holds the media to account? Now, there’s a podcast for that. Welcome to They Stand Corrected, from award-winning journalist Josh Levs. He spent 20 years in the media, first at NPR and then at CNN, where he became lead on air fact checker. He also wrote a book busting myths about modern families, to rave reviews, and has spoken everywhere from the U.N. to Congress, Oxford, Google and more. Now, from outside bureaucratic media, he sees more clearly than ever what prevents the media from providing the whole truth. 

Each episode focuses on something big that the media is getting wrong, why it keeps happening, and what we can all do about it. In a newsletter accompanying each episode, Josh provides links, proof, and a safe space to submit questions, comments and reports you want fact checked — all without having to deal with haters and spammers! He might even answer your questions on the show. Plus, your chance to tell Josh what he got wrong, for segments called “I Stand Corrected.” 

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Trump said something, and the media spent the next several days proving that they’ve learned nothing. They left out crucial context for how Trump operates. Today, Josh shows how Trump’s remarks about Gaza sparked media panic. Also, how journalists misrepresented Sen. John Fetterman. 

It gets far worse. By denying reality, the media is setting the stage for more devastating wars in the future. History proves this. Talk of post-war efforts must cover what the media refuses to acknowledge: the desperate need for deradicalization and denazification in Gaza. It’s the educational and ideological part of reconstruction efforts. Josh talks us through the U.S. Civil War, World War I, World War II, and Nazi roots of modern Islamist terrorists. 

Plus, hear from JFK, a 1994 celebration in Germany, and a U.S. government video from the end of World War II with eerie resonance today. 

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People who work in hiring and deal with employment issues have reached out to Josh, telling him that the media is blowing it on what Trump has been doing. So today, Josh sets the record straight, explaining what has changed and what crucial rights against discrimination remain untouched. He also shares his own experience with a legal case that put him on the front page of the New York Times.

Meanwhile, the media is missing a big related story: Trump’s moves on gender put him up against his own Supreme Court pick — someone he called the very best judge in the country. Josh explains.

Plus, the Washington Post gets sneaky, using an article about a movie to lie and rewrite history about the Munich massacre. 

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Is there anyone you can think of in the media — any prominent figure in big national media — who calls out hatred equally, whether it’s coming from the right or the left? Josh went looking and did find someone, but not in America. You’ll hear from him. 

In this episode, Josh digs into the fury over Elon Musk’s gesture that might have been a Nazi salute. He shows the justifiable anger, but also the hypocrisy of people who assail Musk while ignoring the constant drumbeat of Nazi salutes in “pro-Palestinian” rallies of the far left. And while people disagree over what Musk meant, Josh shows there’s something concrete that he should be judged for.

Plus, the people who have been virtually forgotten in the cease fire deal between Israel and Hamas terrorists. Josh explains why one of these hits home for him. And is the media blowing it on coverage of Trump’s executive orders? 

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