Blocked and Reported
A Podcast About Internet Nonsense
We found 10 episodes of Blocked and Reported with the tag “media”.
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The 1619 Project, Hunter Biden's Sweet Gig, And Facebook And Twitter's Panicky Incompetence
October 19th, 2020 | 49 mins 15 secs
censorship, facebook, free speech, media, nikole hannah-jones, the 1619 project, twitter
Katie and Jesse discuss the recent and not-so-recent controversy over The 1619 project, the reputational perils of getting in constant fights with idiots on Twitter, and the tangled story of Hunter Biden, a blind guy at a laptop-repair shop, and a controversial New York Post story. Along the way, Jesse engages in some shockingly casual anti-Ukrainianism.
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Welcome To Portland, Where [Indistinct But Horrific Coughs And Screams]
August 3rd, 2020 | 45 mins 18 secs
antifa, black lives matter, larping, media, portland
What's really going on in Portland? Have we reached a point where it's basically impossible to find credible, contextualized accounts of complicated situations like this one? Will the Wall of Moms be undone by jackbooted government thugs and/or its own alleged racism? As one of America's whitest cities speeds down the road to Crazyville, there's a lot to unpack
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Bye, Bye Bari And Adios, Andrew
July 20th, 2020 | 56 mins 12 secs
andrew sullivan, bari weiss, media, online outrage, online shaming
After Jesse reluctantly reveals some incredibly embarrassing and personal details about his love life in the opening segment, the hosts discuss last week's two big media stories: Bari Weiss's resignation from The New York Times and Andrew Sullivan's firing from New York Magazine. Is this a sign that these outlets are narrowing their windows of acceptable opinion? Was Weiss's treatment in her workplace genuinely unfair, or is she reacting with the same 'safetyism' she has so forcefully criticized? If Jesse and Katie were trapped on a desert island, who would eat who? These and other questions, answered.
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Everyone Is Getting Fired All At Once, Except For Us
June 11th, 2020 | 46 mins 43 secs
adam rapoport, alison roman, chrissy teigen, class, media, race, robin diangelo
Katie regales Jesse with a tale of anti-Herzogian graffiti, and the hosts take a few minutes to thank everyone for the ridiculous start the Patreon is off to. Then they discuss the massive upheavals going on in media, many of them involving people getting fired after instances of perceived discrimination. Is there a problem trying to adjudicate this stuff via Twitter? Also: Katie confronts Yashar Ali and Jesse (sorta) confronts Alison Roman. Plus, Robin DiAngelo comes up again, shockingly.
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Bari Weiss Is Right
June 8th, 2020 | 55 mins 18 secs
bari weiss, journalism, media, police reform, the new york times, tom cotton, twitter bullshit
Bari Weiss did some tweets about how there is a generational divide at The New York Times that is, in her view, hampering the paper's ability to publish quality commentary and journalism. In response, a sizable cohort of her colleagues LITERALLY devoured her (metaphorically, on Twitter). In their most frustrated episode yet, Katie and Jesse explain why Bari was fundamentally right, even if her framing was a little off.
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The Best Podcast Of All New York Times
June 5th, 2020 | 57 mins 47 secs
blm, gender dysphoria, gender identity, media, new york times, police reform, race, tom cotton
In today's episode, the hosts discuss an explosion of employee anger over The New York Times' decision to publish a column by Sen. Tom Cotton, and what it arguably reveals about the internal dynamics at some media companies at the moment. Then, they shift gears to a Times article about a nonbinary 7-year-old and, in the show's final, patrons-only segment, Katie tells Jesse about an Instagram controversy involving white liberals trying to show how much they care about racial injustice, but digging themselves into a deeper and deeper hole as a result
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Protests And Riots Everywhere, Media Insane, Things Bad, And So On And So Forth (BONUS EPISODE)
June 2nd, 2020 | 41 mins 43 secs
antiracism, criminal justice reform, george floyd, media, police reform, robin diangelo
There's so much going on that Katie and Jesse are back again, already. They discuss the protests and riots, the media's handling of some of the complexities of police reform, and the difference between meaningful and performative activism. Should they appoint themselves leaders of the nationwide movement for criminal justice reform? Hard to say. (CORRECTION: In this episode we wrongly state that Richard Nixon won the 1968 presidential race in a landslide. It was the 1972 race he won quite easily.)
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CPK (Central Park Karen), Racist Policing, And The Endless Battle Over Online Shaming
June 1st, 2020 | 48 mins 30 secs
amy cooper, christian cooper, media, nypd, online outrage, policing, race, racism, social media
Katie and Jesse discuss the Amy Cooper/Christian Cooper incident in Central Park. Is this different from other instances of online shaming? Do we lose something when, in trying to understand a complicated problem like police shootings and other abuses, we focus in on individuals rather than institutions and structures? Why all the focus on white women?
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Ronan Farrow, Jia Tolentino, And An International Network Of Powerful Lesbians
May 25th, 2020 | 57 mins 36 secs
alison roman, ben smith, gender-critical feminism, jia tolentino, media, ronan farrow, terfs, twitter bullshit, woody allen
Summing up a truly brutal week for media news involving journalists who are younger and more attractive and successful than they are, Jesse and Katie discuss Alison Roman (racist?), Ronan Farrow (bad fact-checker?), Jia Tolentino (parents human traffickers?), and gender-critical feminists (running a giant global conspiracy to oppress and control lesbians?). You will never ever again want to hear the term 'bluecheck.'
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Layoffs And Teigen And Roman And Kondo And Feel-Bad Liberalism And Patreon
May 18th, 2020 | 33 mins 57 secs
alison roman, chrissy teigen, diversity trainings, feel-bad liberalism, journalism, marie kondo, media, robin diangelo, the stranger
Katie leads off the show by discussing her layoff from The Stranger and reflecting on her mixed feelings about her time there. This sparks a broader commiseration about journalism being screwed. After Jesse reads Katie a super-thoughtful poem he wrote for her, the hosts tie up some loose ends about that whole Chrissy Teigen/Alison Roman/Marie Kondo thing. Jesse then unpacks a viral tweetstorm that screams "feel-bad liberalism." In the final segment, the hosts unveil the show's new Patreon page and ask listeners to empty their banks accounts to support Blocked and Reported. In other words, PLEASE SUPPORT US ON PATREON: PATREON.COM/BLOCKEDANDREPORTED .