Flint Cover Up, Evictions, Nina Turner & Left Media Meltdown, with Jordan Chariton

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.

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