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b"This week we discuss the role that the media plays in global conflicts. \\n\\nRegardless of one's personal political views, the topics within should be relevant to virtually every person in the world. The strategy of modern media outlets is generally nothing short of deception for the sake of engaging an audience. News strategies stretch anywhere from simple hyperbole, to scare tactics, to outright lies. The mere fact that people have accepted the notion of liberal and conservative media outlets sheds an enormous light on the problem. News is supposed to contain factual information backed by credible and well-researched sources. Unfortunately that ship has long sailed and what's been left in the wake is heavily biased opinions scientifically tweaked to maximize media profits. I can't personally fault the businesses for wanting to make money, unethical as their tactics may be, but I do fault the general population for blindly accepting the stories told.\\n\\nOur conversation starts off with a look at North Korea. We quickly spin off into a discussion about how North Korea has been recently used to fuel the media machine. We also spend some time discussing an interesting news story taking place in Guatemala and enjoy some light conversation about the FARC of Colombia.\\n\\n\\nMaterial from Podcast\\nMusic\\n\\nPsycho Boy Jack by the Dust Brothers from the Fight Club soundtrack.\\n\\n\\nReferences\\n\\nNorth Korea\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nTranscript of Podcast\\n\\nKevin: Hello and welcome to another installment of the JK Podcast, a podcast dedicated to the pursuit of liberty, humanity, and equality for all. For those who have not yet seen our website, please take a look at www.JKPod.com for show notes, and a complete episode listing. This week we discuss the role that the media plays in global conflicts. \\n\\nRegardless of one's personal political views, the topics within should be relevant to virtually every person in the world. The strategy of modern media outlets is generally nothing short of deception for the sake of engaging an audience. New strategies stretch anywhere from simple hyperbole, to scare tactics, to outright lies. The mere fact that people have accepting the notion of liberal and conservative media outlets sheds an enormous light on the problem. \\n\\nNews is supposed to contain factual information backed by credible and well researched sources. Unfortunately, that ship has long sailed, and what's been left in the wake is heavily biased opinions, scientifically tweaked to maximize media profits. I can't personally fault the businesses for wanting to make money - unethical as their tactics may be - but I do fault the general population for blindly accepting the stories that they tell. \\n\\nOur conversation starts with a look at North Korea. We quickly spin into a discussion about how North Korea has recently been used to fuel the media machine. We also spend some time discussing an interesting news story taking place in Guatemala, and enjoy some light conversation about the FARC of Columbia. Jad and I are once again joined by our good friend, Tom DeLorenzo. We certainly hope you enjoy the content. Welcome back to the JK Podcast. \\n\\nSo there's the natural - the whole North Korea thing - I mean, we could surely talk about that, it's an interesting one because it's like, bullshit upon layers of bullshit, wrapped inside of a crazy guy's tiny country that can basically fire a bunch of sling shots in our direction, so -\\n\\nTom: Doesn't he - threatening often specifically? \\n\\nKevin: Yeah, I saw people talking about that. What was the deal with that, like why did he say something about Austin? \\n\\nTom: I'm not sure. \\n\\nKevin: He did - he did say something about specifically Austin, I just - \\n\\nJad: Well I think he - he gave a list of cities, so he was like Washington, D.C., Seattle, Los Angeles, and somehow Austin was on that list. \\n\\nKevin: Oh, I see. \\n\\nJad: From what I understand. \\n\\nTom: David Letterman countdown."