"It's about protecting women's sports which, by the way, I hate more than anything in the world."
Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d agoWhat sort of delusional BS is this??? www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...
Micah Loewinger
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Sonicscrewdriv4@sonicscrewdriv4.bsky.social · 2d ago
You have to listen to Brooke’s interview with @doctorow.pluralistic.net on the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social. This is one of our best episodes in a while. Come for the incisive AI analysis. Stay for the heart and humor!
F@#$ the AI Overlords | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The race to build the most advanced artificial intelligence continues to dominate the headlines. On this week’s On the Media, who does this new technology actually serve? Plus, how ev...
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To say I’m a fan of @onthemedia.bsky.social is a gross understatement. But even I heard this week’s episode and thought, “Ohmygawd, this show is unmatched.” Thank you for the amazing interview with @doctorow.pluralistic.net, @brookegladstone.bsky.social and team. pca.st/episode/caf8...
F@#$ the AI Overlords
The race to build the most advanced artificial intelligence continues to dominate the headlines. On this week’s On the Media, who does this new technology actually serve? Plus, how even critical…
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Widow’s Bay is a tv show season that could’ve been a movie. Reading the rave reviews confuses me. It’s a fun premise padded with unsatisfying filler. It’s also deeply rizzless. For a show about a creepy island, so little effort was put toward building atmosphere or sense of place. Boring score too!
Did you get a suspicious email from us asking you for money to be a guest on our show? @micahloewinger.bsky.social breaks down why legitimate journalists would never do this.
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
If you want to hear how Trump went from nearly eliminating FEMA altogether to weaponizing it against "Democratic" states, listen to our four-part deep dive into the agency!
Ep. 1: American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA | On the Media | WNYC Studios
How FEMA's secretive beginnings fed conspiracy theories that haunt the agency today
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Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Our new podcast episode this week features @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co discussing ICE's expanding surveillance tech arsenal:
ICE's Summer Spending Spree | On the Media | WNYC Studios
At the start of 2026, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, was top of mind for many Americans. There were nationwide protests, congressional hearings, and plenty of h...
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By filing Freedom of Information requests, 404 Media has obtained bodycam footage and documents that uncover stories about tech that powers ICE and how cops abuse Flock. You can FOIA too! On July 30th at 1 pm ET, we will teach you how to file a FOIA request live: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
This is morally monstrous behavior. These are ordinary, innocent people that Trump is condemning to suffering & death out of political vindictiveness. Every decent human being, regardless of political party, should condemn it. Where is the fucking *anger*? From the press? From civic leaders? Pols?
FEMA said yes to Democratic disaster requests. Trump killed them anyway.
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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We're working on a video about this for the @onthemedia.bsky.social socials. If you're an author and you receive these types of scammy AI booking requests from "podcasts," please drop a comment. I'd like to screenshot it for the vid. Especially if you've gotten one from someone claiming to be me!
Micah Loewinger@micahloewinger.bsky.social · 2w agoSome fucking asshole is claiming to be me in an effort to scam authors and academics, and accurately satirizing public media in the process
Elon saying that more people loathe "the media" than him is so cynical. He needs a media boogeyman foil to present himself as a righteous truth teller. He also needs fresh journalism to power his AI chatbot, even as he helps kill our industry by strangling traffic to news sites.
Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.social · last wk.Elon Musk has been crashing out on Twitter after being called out by an Economist interviewer who pointed out he says lots of racist things about the UK that are simply not true but his followers end up believing. “It’s why people loathe you. I mean, some people do loathe you.” - Zanny Beddoes
I was very moved by my interview with @gillianbrockell.com about her extraordinary, heartbreaking reporting on ICE flights and third country removals. As an independent reporter she’s running circles around the big mainstream outlets
On the Media@onthemedia.bsky.social · last wk..@gillianbrockell.com worked as a flight attendant and then at the Washington Post. Now, she's an independent journalist tracking all of ICE’s removal flights and what happens to the people on them. Listen to her convo with @micahloewinger.bsky.social: on-the-media.visitlink.me/QZxdQJ
Man this documentary is fantastic. Didn’t expect a movie about bird watchers would be so entertaining.. and it’s free!
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
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Some fucking asshole is claiming to be me in an effort to scam authors and academics, and accurately satirizing public media in the process
I talked to On the Media’s @micahloewinger.bsky.social and their amazing producer Molly Schwartz Rosen, about my ICE flight reporting, third-country removals, and the professional pickle I am in. Starts at 34:00: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Red Scare, but Dumber | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This week, the State Department published a report accusing Cuba of being the “capital of 21st-century communism,” and of plotting an anti-American revolution. On this week’s On the M...
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Will Todd Blanche succeed where every other Trump attorney general has failed? That’s not likely, according to @mattgertz.bsky.social. “The claim that all of your enemies are criminals, it plays well on Fox News, but it doesn't hold up in a courtroom,” Gertz told @micahloewinger.bsky.social.
Politico's owner is giving Peter Thiel an award. Semafor just added more tech billionaires to its Silicon Valley suck-up advisory board. Now comes the Economist's "Insider" interview with Elon Musk, sponsored by Anthropic. The sorry state of business/tech journalism in one stunning image.
I just learned that a scammer claiming to be me has invited at least one academic onto @onthemedia.bsky.social and then attempted to charge them money for the interview. We do not request money from our guests! We also don't pay them. Please forward me/our team anything that seems fishy!
I am so proud of my cohost @lizdye.bsky.social’s latest appearance on NPR’s “On the Media” @onthemedia.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC. Give it a listen! www.npr.org/podcasts/452...
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On the Media is a weekly show that uses the media as a lens to understand our world. On the Media listeners say the show is an essential companion, helping them survive the firehose of media coming a...
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Our "American Emergency" series on FEMA is quoted in this piece about Cameron Hamilton's remarkable comeback at FEMA and his lack of qualifications for the job of administrator: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
Cameron Hamilton Poised to Lead FEMA Once More
Cameron Hamilton defended the agency last year when President Trump talked about eliminating it. Emergency managers hope for more stability if he’s confirmed as administrator.
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I have no idea why this old post of mine is going viral again, but I did just finish talking to @micahloewinger.bsky.social at WNYC’s @onthemedia.bsky.social about my ICE flight reporting and some other issues I have with the current state of journalism. Hope y’all will get to hear that soon. 🙏
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 9mo agoWhen I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
Paramount has to pay about $650 million per quarter to WBD shareholders if this drags on or $7 billion to get out of the deal www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/p...
Paramount and Warner Bros. merger hit with temporary restraining order
A California judge granted a temporary restraining order as part of the lawsuit brought by state attorneys general due to antitrust concerns.
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This week I spoke with.. @mattgertz.bsky.social about Fox’s love for Todd Blanche and the end of an impartial DOJ @leelevine.bsky.social about the legal history of subpoenaing journalists
On the Media@onthemedia.bsky.social · 3w agoShow's up! Featuring @mattgertz.bsky.social, Lee Levine, and Jenny Carchman:
BREAKING NYT: Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents — cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute DHS agents implicated in violent encounters.
Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations
Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.
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How does ICE track people? @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co about a particularly concerning app called Webloc, which allows officers to track mobile phone location data without a warrant.
CBS too. Tony Dokoupil signed off CBS Evening News tonight saying, "For all of us here at CBS News, thank you so much for watching, and President Trump's prime time speech will stream on CBS News 24/7, 9 p.m. eastern"
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3w agoJUST IN: NBC and ABC Will Not Air Trump’s Primetime Address Live