Episode 665 • • 2:47:37 - 2:52:34
665: Jihadi Cool
Today Show Halloween Segment at Eastern State Penitentiary
The Today Show aired a segment featuring news readers visiting the "haunted" Eastern State Penitentiary for Halloween. The segment, which included the use of dowsing rods and "ghost-hunting" gadgets, is criticized for its lack of intellectual substance and for promoting paranormal nonsense as news. The hosts also note a recurring media theme regarding the psychological effects of solitary confinement in the American prison system.