3 chapters across the catalog
Sandy Hook Promise Anonymous Reporting App
A new PSA from Sandy Hook Promise promotes an anonymous app for students to report potential school shooters. The hosts criticize the initiative as encouraging a "Stasi-like" culture of snitching among youth. They compare the trend to historical warnings about communist regimes turning neighbors against one another.
CIA Khashoggi Report, Anonymous Sourcing in Media
President Trump stated that the CIA has not reached a definitive conclusion regarding the Saudi leadership's involvement in the Khashoggi murder, contradicting reports from The Washington Post. The reliance on "sources familiar with the matter" is criticized as a way for media outlets to print unverified headlines. The discussion touches on the lack of a formal public report from the intelligence community.
Wall Street Journal's "Dumb" TOR Reporting
The hosts mock a Wall Street Journal video report on the TOR browser, which they claim is "outrageously dumb." The report suggests that the FBI can "lift the cloak" of TOR through old-fashioned police work. The hosts point out that TOR was originally funded by the government and that its prominent figures, like Jacob Appelbaum, are essentially "spokesholes" for the outfit.
