On the media: Off the rails

Here’s a link to a thoughtful piece from WNYC’s “On the Media” all about how the media is covering the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio:

There are four audio segments. Summarized here:

1. Julia Rock [@jul1arock], reporter at the The Lever, and Allison Fisher [@citizenfisher], director of the Climate and Energy Program for Media Matters for America, on why the Ohio derailment was a foreseeable disaster and how dearth of early media coverage, which failed to hold parties accountable, left space for distrust. Listen.
2. Gönül Tol [@gonultol], the founding director of the Middle East Institute’s Turkey program and author of “Erdoğan’s War: A Strongman’s Struggle at Home and in Syria,” on the impact of government corruption on Turkey’s death toll after this month’s earthquake. Listen.
3. Natasha Hall [@NatashaHallDC], a senior fellow at the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, on the ways politics have played into a delay in aid in Syria. Listen.
4. Keren Landman [@landmanspeaking], senior reporter covering public health and emerging infectious diseases at Vox, on the risks of bird flu and if we should be worried about another pandemic. Listen.

“Off the Rails”, February 17, 2023