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Media Criticism
Episodes · 12 months
1,280
Nov 2025–Oct 2026peak share, Aug 2026
Share of analysed episodes per month, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026: 71 of 3,584, 88 of 3,862, 74 of 4,115, 82 of 4,226, 76 of 4,731, 114 of 4,438, 110 of 4,230, 124 of 4,319, 104 of 4,515, 165 of 4,419, 139 of 4,624, 133 of 4,594.
All time
2,876
+17 via 12 narrower
On record
717
took a position
Where they standLast discussed
1d ago
Nov 12, 2026
Who's talking
Top voices on this topicThe eight guests on the most episodes about this topic in the last 13 weeks, not counting their own shows or clips they were only heard in, most episodes first. VoiceRank (their score across the whole corpus) is shown for context and only breaks a tie. Each strip is that guest's episodes week by week, and the newest week is still in progress.
#Guest · last 13 weeksEpisodes, sorted, most firstVoiceRank
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Episodes on this topic, by weekEvery analysed episode tagged with this topic in each of the last 13 weeks, across all shows and whoever was on them. The newest week is still in progress, and recent weeks fill in as transcripts are analysed. Point at a name, or tab to it, to highlight the weeks that guest was on an episode.
All shows
Episodes on this topic per week, weeks starting Aug 17 to Nov 9 (the last still in progress): 46, 31, 23, 25, 29, 42, 33, 34, 29, 32, 31, 22, 20.
Where they stand
Camps of opinion · 2Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. The bar shows each camp's share of the people sorted into a camp. It is not a poll and not a share of any audience, and people whose position fit no camp are left out of it. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Positions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Share of people placed in a camp536 people
97%
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- Condemn media propaganda bias520 people · 97%
- Demand higher journalistic standards16 people · 3%
Condemn media propaganda bias
Mainstream media outlets act as manipulative propaganda mouthpieces that prioritize donor agendas over objective reporting.
520 people · 494 episodes
Mainstream news anchors are essentially actors who prioritize reading scripts that align with donor interests rather than reporting objective news.
“So, Bill Heammer is one of my favorites because he I I say they're not news anchors, they're news actors, right? And he's a perfect example because he was on CNN, now he's on Fox News, and he'll read any script you put in front of him.”
The Young Turks · Nov 2026 · 85 episodes · 10.8M views on this topic
Mainstream media organizations are not credible because they uncritically promote the claims of Israeli officials like Benjamin Netanyahu.
“everyone in the country is just our media right now in a story that we'll cover later in the show is just simply regurgitating Benjamin Netanyahu's claims about the Fly Dubai case as if what he has to say is fact.”
The Young Turks · Oct 2026 · 61 episodes · 14.1M views on this topic
Media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are biased and performative, acting as political activists rather than objective journalists.
“We deliver you news, we deliver you information, and we give you analysis, and we say, "Yeah, we're conservative and and and we like these people, and we oppose these people because of their views." MS Now still pretends, as you just saw, they still pretend to just be a news outlet, guys.”
LARRY with Larry O'Connor · Sep 2026 · 167 episodes · 8.9M views on this topicDemand higher journalistic standards
Media institutions are failing due to a lack of accountability, poor professional ethics, and an abandonment of objective inquiry.
16 people · 15 episodes
Douglas Murray asserts that there are objective standards of expertise and journalism that should be maintained, arguing that commentators should not speak authoritatively on subjects they have not re
“There are certain standards we used to have. For instance, in journalism, it was funny. I saw a somebody sent me over the weekend a media report from somewhere said that it was outrageous that I had said that that I have this rule of trying to make sure I don't talk about countries I haven't been to”
UnHerd · Apr 2025 · 4 episodes · 6.6M views on this topic
The speaker argues that media outlets are failing to make necessary changes because they rely on cost-cutting measures instead of structural transformation.
“They're trying to save money but they're not going in for the back surgery that's going to change them they're not going into to change they're not saying this takes surgery we have to do this we need a more moderated Approach at CNN they're just giving everybody a pay cut”
PBD Podcast · Nov 2024 · 7 episodes · 3.9M views on this topic
Stephen A. Smith asserts that journalists have an obligation to distinguish between legitimate disagreement and disparagement, and that his critics failed to provide any evidence for their claims.
“A journalist who is supposed to be objective by trade is supposed to know that. And somehow someway, it wasn't just a few board members from the NABJ who forgot it. It was a whole bunch of other people in our industry who forgot it.”
Stephen A. Smith · Aug 2026 · 10 episodes · 3.2M views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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Over time
Share of episodesThis topic's episodes as a share of every episode we analysed, in each complete month. We analyse more episodes every month, so a raw count would mostly show that growth. Recent months fill in as transcripts are analysed.
Complete months · first on record Jul 2013