Rania Khalek was joined by Jordan Chariton, journalist and co-founder of Status Coup, to discuss the massive cover-up of the toxic water scandal in Flint, the ongoing eviction crisis in spite of the moratorium, corporate Democrats tanking Nina Turner’s campaign, and the crisis in left media, where censorship and underhanded algorithms suppress content that challenges the corporate media line as the left media ecosystem has descended into a bickering match between personalities. Follow Jordan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JordanChariton Follow Status Coup on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3xDeKIQ You can listen to every episode of Rania Khalek Dispatches anywhere you get podcasts. Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3za9DRK Apple: https://apple.co/3zeYpeW TIME CODES: 0:00 Intro 2:24 Flint cover up overview 13:45 Why is the media ignoring the Flint water coverup? 20:20 Eviction crisis continues despite moratorium 27:14 Why did Nina Turner lose in Ohio? 29:58 Is political nihilism a problem on the left? 31:42 The TMZ-ification of left media 37:50 How algorithms reward sensationalism and damage progressive journalism 46:43 How do we approach the Democratic Party? Building outside of it, changing it from the inside, or both? 57:22 Limits of The Squad and how to deal with them strategically 1:02:28 Disconnect between online and real life and stories that really matter 1:07:45 Where you can follow Jordan’s work
