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Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

Update: 2023-11-034
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Israel began a ground operation in Gaza as a conflict that’s already left thousands dead continues to escalate. On this week’s On the Media, reflections on the unique difficulty of covering this war. Plus, six years after explosive allegations against Harvey Weinstein helped launch a movement, how MeToo lives on in the media.


1. David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, on striving to balance perceptions and narratives, and the challenges posed to a reporter covering the Israel-Hamas war. Listen.


2. Vickie Wang [@VickieDeTaiwan] is an interpreter, writer, and stand-up comic, on how one television show sparked a movement in Taiwan. Listen.


3. Yomi Adegoke [@yomiadegoke], columnist for The Guardian and British Vogue, on the powerful intersection of #MeToo and the internet. Listen.


 


Music:


Frail as a Breeze - Erik Friedlander
Whispers of a Heavenly Death - John Zorn
Fallen Leaves - Marcos Ciscar
I Am - India Arie 
Boy Moves the Sun - Michael Andrews
Quizas Quizas Quizas - Ramon Sole


 


 

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kps3

first part was OK, second half about self-victimizing overprivilaged politicians = trash

Nov 5th
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Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

Warring Narratives in the Israel-Gaza Conflict and a New #MeToo Movement

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