Episode 487: Joe Bernstein
Joe Bernstein is a senior reporter for\xa0BuzzFeed News.\n\u201cThe question of disinformation is almost an attempt to create a new mythology around why people act the way they do. I don\u2019t mean to say that it\u2019s some kind of nefarious plot. ... It\u2019s a natural, or a convenient explanation. And that\u2019s why I think it caught on for some time anyway.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@Bernstein\n\nBernstein on Longform\n\n02:00\xa0"Bad News: Selling the Story of Disinformation"\xa0(Harper's \u2022 Aug 2021)\n\n12:00\xa0"How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable"\xa0(Nicholas Confessore \u2022 New York Times \u2022 Apr 2022)\n\n18:00\xa0Subprime Attention Crisis: Advertising and the Time Bomb at the Heart of the Internet\xa0(Tim Hwang \u2022 FSG Originals \u2022 Oct 2020)\n\n25:00\xa0Charlie Warzel on Longform Podcast\xa0(Mar 2020)\n\n26:00\xa0"'Look At What We\u2019re Doing With Your Money, You Dick': How Peter Thiel Backed An 'Anti-Woke' Film Festival"\xa0(BuzzFeed News \u2022 Mar 2022)\n\n28:00\xa0"The Curious Life and Mind-Altering Death of Justin Clark"\xa0(Christopher Robbins \u2022 New York Magazine \u2022 Feb 2022)\n\n36:00\xa0"'Corrosive Communities': How A Facebook Fight Over Wind Power Predicts the Future of Local Politics in America"\xa0(BuzzFeed News \u2022 Dec 2021)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices