News You Can't Use - Live May 30, 2025 (The North State Podcast)
My first talk on news criticism so be nice
This week on The North State... it was last week on The North State. I gave a talk detailing certain aspects of news media criticism, resources, history and decolonization. Hope you enjoy! RSS Feed here.
Description
I gave a small, intimate presentation to a reading group in western Massachusetts after coordinating with one of their organizers. Graciously, they allowed me to record, so now you get to hear it here. This talk is more of a general overview about perception of news, which resources are best to cultivate a critical news eye, a critical examination of two events covered by the news, an overview of how settler-colonialism seeps into news and a brief alternate history of progressive journalism.This episode's photo is the one I presented at the end of my talk, just edited with "The North State" on it.
Sources and Further Reading
"Independent media" funded by US government - Bluesky Post
Voice of America's prospects appear grim after appeals court order - NPR
Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the ‘great late’ Al Capone in politically-charged West Point address - The Independent
Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era - New York Times
How achievable is Trump’s Golden Dome plan? - The Independent
Manitobans, Indigenous leaders watching closely as King Charles set to deliver throne speech - CBC News
Assembly of First Nations, RCMP co-operated on response to mass protests in 2007 - Toronto Star
RoseAnne Archibald removed as National Chief at the AFN - rabble.ca
Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped - Associated Press
Red Skin, White Masks, Glen Coulthard (p. 22)
Voices of Revolt, Jean-Paul Marat, (p.59)
Ten Days That Shook the World, John Reed (preface, p. 15)
On Freedom of the Press, Karl Marx
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