This week, we bring you a recording of a recent live event featuring a conversation between Adam and Nima about Adam’s new book, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza.
The event was held in front of a live audience at The Word Is Change, a community bookstore in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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Guest
Adam Johnson is a media critic and co-host of the podcast Citations Needed. His analysis can be found at The Column and also appears regularly in The Intercept, In These Times, The Nation, The Real News Network, and Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, among other outlets. His is the author of the book, How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza.
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Show Notes
We Analyzed Thousands of News Articles: Here’s the Proof of Pro-Israel Bias in Mainstream Media
Adam Johnson | May 12, 2026 | The Intercept
Introduction to 'How to Sell a Genocide'
Adam Johnson | April 13, 2026 | The Column
There’s No “Progressive Foreign Policy” Without a Reckoning for Dems Who Supported Genocide
Adam Johnson | February 25, 2026 | The Intercept
Adam Johnson | October 7, 2025 | In These Times
It’s Not Just 'Netanyahu': The Rise of Liberals’ One Bad Man Theory to Explain Away Gaza Genocide
Adam Johnson | August 9, 2025 | The Column
Adam Johnson | June 16, 2025 | The Column
Mainstream Media’s Anti-Palestinian Double Standard Is On Full Display
Adam Johnson | May 7, 2025 | In These Times
How the New York Times Distorts the Antisemitism Debate on College Campuses
Cory Robin | April 30, 2025 | The Intercept
As Trump and Israel Escalate Genocide in Gaza, Popular Media Continues to Ignore It
Adam Johnson | April 24, 2025 | The Column
Adam Johnson | December 17, 2024 | The Column
Biden supports genocide in Gaza because he agrees with it
Adam Johnson | December 2, 2024 | The Real News Network
Democrats chose backing a genocide over defeating Trump
Adam Johnson | November 6, 2024 | The Real News Network
Adam Johnson | October 18, 2024 | The Column
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Challenging the Cognitive Dissonance of Pro-Israel Liberalism
Adam Johnson | October 18, 2024 | In These Times
How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
Natan Odenheimer, Bilal Shbair and Patrick Kingsley | October 14, 2024 | The New York Times
Ali Ghanim | October 4, 2024 | The Intercept
NYT, Guardian parrot Israel’s absurd ‘bombing to de-escalate’ framing
Adam Johnson | September 27, 2024 | The Real News Network
Harris Will Continue to Ignore U.S. Law and Arm Israel, If Elected
Jonah Valdez | August 30, 2024 | The Intercept
4 Talking Points Used to Smear DNC Protesters—And Why They’re Bogus
Adam Johnson | August 17, 2024 | In These Times
62 Democrats Join 207 Republicans in Vote to Conceal Gaza Death Toll
Prem Thakker | June 27, 2024 | The Intercept
‘War’ is not killing Palestinians, Israel is. Our media should frame it this way
Adam Johnson | June 21, 2024 | The Real News Network
Media Keeps Playing Along With Fiction There Is an “Israeli Ceasefire Deal”
Adam Johnson | June 11, 2024 | The Column
Gaza Has Exposed Journalistic and Academic “Neutrality” as the Conservative Deflection It Always Was
Adam Johnson | June 3, 2024 | In These Times
Why Does the NYT Keep Lying About Biden “Trying to End the War”?
Adam Johnson | May 10, 2024 | The Column
Pro-Israel Advocates Are Weaponizing “Safety” on College Campuses
Natasha Lennard | March 28, 2024 | The Intercept
NYT, WSJ Laundering Israel's Obviously Bogus UN "Hamas Links" Story Helped Starve Gaza
Adam Johnson | March 20, 2024 | The Column
Adam Johnson | March 15, 2024 | The Real News Network
For the Biden Campaign, Gaza Is a PR Annoyance to Manage, Not a Genocide to End
Adam Johnson | March 5, 2024 | The Column
Jeremy Scahill | February 7, 2024 | The Intercept
Adam Johnson | January 9, 2024 | The Intercept
CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor
Daniel Boguslaw | January 4, 2024 | The Intercept
The Biden White House’s feigned ‘concern’ over Gaza deaths
Adam Johnson | December 23, 2024 | The Real News Network
Joe Biden Keeps Repeating His False Claim That He Saw Pictures of Beheaded Babies
Jeremy Scahill | December 14, 2023 | The Intercept
Al-Shifa Hospital, Hamas’s Tunnels, and Israeli Propaganda
Jeremy Scahill | November 21, 2023 | The Intercept
Three ways our media is militarizing the civilian population in Gaza
Adam Johnson | November 3, 2023 | The Real News Network
The Atlantic Magazine, Covering Palestine Without Palestinians
Adam Johnson | October 20, 2023 | The Real News Network
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Transcript
For a full transcript of this Live Show, go here. You can also find transcripts of past episodes, live shows, Beg-a-Thons, interviews, and News Briefs here.
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Credits
Senior Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams
Producer: Julianne Tveten
Production Assistant: Trendel Lightburn
Newsletter: Marco Cartolano
Music: Grandaddy
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