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Proud Boys Trial; City Education Council Elections; Ben Smith on the Origins of Digital News; Writers Strike
The Brian Lehrer Show | May 3, 2023
Coming up on today's show:
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Marcy Wheeler, independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties for her site, Empty Wheel, talks about the latest from the trial of five leaders of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy for their role in the January 6th uprising, and why this trial is different from the previous ones that focused on participants.
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Voting for parents to serve on the NYC Community and Citywide Education Councils (CCECs) runs through May 9. Safiyah Riddle, an intern for THE CITY from CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, reports on the organized groups vying for council seats.
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Ben Smith, editor in chief of Semafor, former media columnist for The New York Times, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (Penguin Press, 2023), tells the story of the progressive roots of digital news at companies like HuffPost and and Gawker Media (including his own role as the founding editor in chief of Buzzfeed News) and how it went on to become a force in right-wing politics.
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Anousha Sakoui, entertainment industry reporter for the Los Angeles Times, explains what film and television writers are striking over, and how it will affect current tv shows and movie production schedules.
