TikTok In the Crosshairs... Again. And Saying Goodbye to Jezebel

Published: Nov. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.

b'President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping just recently met face-to-face for the first time in a year. On this week\\u2019s On the Media, a look at why Chinese state media released glowing content about the U-S leading up to the summit. Plus, the rise and fall of the online feminist publication Jezebel.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

1.\\xa0Daniel Sneider [@DCSneider], lecturer in East Asian Studies and international policy at Stanford University, on\\xa0what the media made of President Biden\'s meeting with President Xi Jinping. Listen.

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2. Drew Harwell [@drewharwell], tech reporter for The Washington Post, on TikTok\'s place in the Israel-Hamas war. Listen.

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3.\\xa0Anna Holmes [@AnnaHolmes],\\xa0founding editor of Jezebel, on the birth, life, and death of a website devoted to women. Listen.

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Music from this week\'s show:

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It\'s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - AvalonSkylark - Anita O\\u2019DayWhat\'s That Sound - Michael AndrewsJesusland - Ben FoldsTilliboyo - Kronos Quartet

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