"Moderate Dems get tougher on Netanyahu," proclaims Politico. "Democrats Pull Away From AIPAC, Reflecting a Broader Shift," reports The New York Times. "House Democrats to send letter to Trump…urging US to recognize Palestinian statehood," announces The Guardian.
Throughout the last year as support for ...
2025-11-26 18:51:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"Some Biden Aides are Shifting Their Tune on Israel," declares Politico. "'We didn't do enough': How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza," reports NPR. "'It Weighs On Me Every Day.' President Biden's National Security Advisor on Oct. 7 and Gaza," announces Bloomberg News.
Over the last two years, and particularly since Joe Biden left o...
2025-11-19 16:25:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Join us today, Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 pm ET / 4:30 pm CT as we stream live on YouTube to detail the media reaction (i.e., meltdown) to the NYC mayoral election and Zohran Mamdani's victory. Will there be executions in Central Park? Will the MSNBC/Pod Saves set successfully Obama-fy him? Find out!
2025-11-05 16:31:10 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Citations Needed Beg-A-Thon, "The Granola-to-Fascist Pipeline: MAHA, TikTok and Health in an Era of Cynicism," recorded live on Monday, October 13, we are joined by social epidemiologist Justin Feldman to discuss the rise of Trump and RFK, Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again grift, the transparent fraud of the so-called "health freedom" mov...
2025-10-31 15:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we detail how the AP, Atlantic, Washington Post and New York Times are accepting Trump's framing that his attacks on Venezuela and Colombia are about "going after drug cartels" when it's clear they are—based on Trump's own words—about controlling Venezuela's oil.
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2025-10-29 15:51:06 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we discuss how "embedded reports" on ICE raids--as seen in the New York Times, NBC, Fox News, CBS, and ABC--prime the public for brutal crackdowns on undocumented immigrants.
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Matthew Cunningham-Cook is a writer, researcher and reporter. His work can be found in The 2025-10-22 16:54:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons,
Pardon the slight delay! We hope you were able to join us for our Beg-a-thon livestream on Monday, Oct. 13, where we talked all (deeply unfortunate) things MAHA with Justin Feldman. If not, you can watch on YouTube, and we'll ...
2025-10-16 15:34:09 +0000 UTC View PostJoin here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbcBFLuc-Rg
2025-10-14 01:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post
See you tonight on our YouTube channel (link forthcoming)!
2025-10-13 22:57:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we detail the major factions seeking to rewrite the history of the 2024 election as "woke" gone too far, downplay Gaza, and prevent economic populism at all costs.
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Join us on Monday, Oct. 13, for a Beg-A-Thon live show on YouTube @ 9:30ET/8:30CT! We will be joined by Justin Feldman, social epidemiologist and Principal Research Scientist at Yale's Center for Policing Equity, to discuss the rise of MAHA, the br...
2025-10-10 19:16:34 +0000 UTC View Post
In this patron-only News Brief, we discuss the Ellison family's recent purchase of Paramount, CBS News, the TikTok algorithm, and potentially CNN and HBO; their installation of Bari Weiss as pro-Israel ideological enforcer at CBS; the retconning of Free Press as a scrappy upstart; and how all this means U.S. media's already horrible coverage of ...
2025-10-08 13:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons,
Season 9 is underway and, if you haven't yet listened to the first two episodes (or desperately want to revisit them), here they are:
Episode 228: Billionaires as Insta-Experts - How Our Media Conflates Extreme...
2025-10-03 02:21:59 +0000 UTC View Post
"What Liberals Can Learn from Ron DeSantis," opines New York Times columnist Pamela Paul. "I've had my disagreements with [Netanyahu], but he's handled this remarkably well," declares CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. "President Trump, in terms of raw accomplishments, crushed his first six months in historic ways," argue Axios fo...
2025-10-01 16:41:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Citations Needed is back! Today, we begin our ninth season, which is both hard to believe and easily attributable to the ongoing support of this amazing community — especially those who go beyond listening and sharing to become patrons. Your generosity is so appreciated!
Thanks for sticking with us through our short summer b...
2025-09-24 19:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons,
Summer in the northern hemisphere is now officially over... and what a time to be alive. Here's a bit of good news, though: Citations Needed returns this week with our Season 9 premiere.
In the meantime, below are some stories and articles we're been reading.
Thanks again for your ongoing support of the s...
2025-09-22 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear patrons,
Yes, Citations Needed is currently on a short break between seasons — we'll be back later this month — but that doesn't mean we're staying silent.
In case you missed it, we released a News Brief last week on how...
2025-09-04 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we detail recent eugenics-inspired "updates," "clarifications" and "added context" pro-Israel crybullies pressure Western media outlets to make (some more willingly than others) that give readers the distinct impression emaciated children in Gaza aren't really an urgent humanitarian crisis if they have rickets, cancer, or cer...
2025-08-27 15:24:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello dear patrons!
This month, we wrapped up Season 8 of Citations Needed with a two-part episode entitled, "The Importance of Seriousness; or, Why Palestinians Can’t Be Witness to Their Own Genocide." If you haven't listened already, you can find 2025-08-26 00:55:35 +0000 UTC View Post
"Exclusive Look at Life in War-Ravaged Gaza," reads the title for a CNN interview with correspondent Clarissa Ward. "'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid," report Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg for Ha'aretz. "I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It," ar...
2025-08-13 20:19:57 +0000 UTC View Post
“12 UN Relief Works Agency staff members are accused of involvement in Hamas' attack against Israel,” reports NPR. “Details Emerge on U.N. Workers Accused of Aiding Hamas Raid,” announces The New York Times. “Hamas Military Compound Found Beneath U.N. Agency Headquarters in Gaza,” claims The Wall Street Journal.
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"Student loan forgiveness is a bribe for young voters," shouted Newsweek in 2022. "Harris's call for price controls on groceries is more pandering than policy," declared The Hill in 2024. "Free for all: Democratic socialist’s policy pitches face tough fiscal reality in New York," warned Politico this year.
Every time an elected official ...
2025-07-23 13:51:35 +0000 UTC View Post
"Facebook’s Zuckerberg backs online political ad regulations forwarded by Sen. Amy Klobuchar," reported the Associated Press in 2018. "CEO S
"Facebook’s Zuckerberg backs online political ad regulations forwarded by Sen. Amy Klobuchar," reported the Associated Press in 2018. "CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says crypto needs to embrace regulation...
2025-07-16 15:52:28 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we break down recent bad faith attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the ADL's DO YOU CONDEMN extortion racket, and the broader "antisemitism scandal" playbook to derail moderate social democratic policies and any meaningful criticism of Israel.
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2025-07-01 22:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostHi all, hope you are well. We grateful for your support as always. Here is this fortnight's newsletter!
-- Adam, Nima, Juliane, Trendel, and Florence.
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2025-06-27 13:41:14 +0000 UTC View Post
In this Patreon News Brief, we break down the last ditch media smear campaign against New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and how it shows the old playbook of racist innuendo, stoking sectarianism, and crybullying isn't working like it used to.
2025-06-25 13:48:42 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we are joined by Ashley Bohrer and Ben Teller of Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago to discuss media indifference to the US and Israel-imposed starvation of Palestinians, how sectarianism is central to the ADL's strategy, and why six JVP activists have decided to hunger strike to draw more attention to the Israeli and US-made fam...
2025-06-19 19:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we break down the insta-talking points to sell war w/ Iran––from Ticking Time Bomb '24' plots to cherrypicked anecdotes of Iranians supposedly begging to be bombed.
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For a full transcript of this News Brief, go 2025-06-18 00:03:52 +0000 UTC View Post
In this News Brief, we detail how US media reinforces every faulty premise of Israel's attack and how top Dems either ignore Trump and Israel's massive escalation or openly support it, showing once again the scope of debate ranges all the way from A to B.
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2025-06-14 19:30:12 +0000 UTC View Post