The Morality of Everyday Things: An Everyday Philosophy Podcast · Ant and Jake
How should we decide what makes the news? Imploding submarines and manufacturing consent.
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Why did a submarine accident with five billionaires get more news coverage than hundreds of refugees dying at sea?
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A sharp look at who decides what counts as news.
The episode treats the Titan disaster off Newfoundland less as spectacle than as a case study in how news becomes legible. It moves cleanly from the incident into news values, agenda setting, and framing, keeping the focus on how an event gets selected, packaged, and made to…
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