Episode 252 • • 26:48 - 34:19
252: Debriefing Flameless Fire
Media Normalization of Groping, National Opt-Out Day
The hosts analyze how mainstream media outlets like NBC and Fox News are framing the debate over enhanced pat-downs and body scanners ahead of Thanksgiving. They discuss "National Opt-Out Day" and the psychological "Pavlovian" training of the public to accept invasive procedures. A tangent mentions Tina Fey's "butt double" in the credits of 30 Rock as an example of media artifice.