Episode 593 • • 2:49:39 - 2:54:54
593: Abundance of Caution
First Look Media, The Intercept, and the Polk Award
The hosts critique "The Intercept" (which they call "The Incest") and its parent company, First Look Media, funded by Pierre Omidyar. They discuss the hiring of Matt Taibbi and the announcement that Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras received the Polk Award. Dvorak points out that the organizations funding these awards, such as the Knight Foundation and Open Society Foundations, have specific ideological strings attached.