News Brief: A Prince, a Purge & the Media's GoT Obsession
Added 2017-11-09 12:59:01 +0000 UTCNima and Adam discuss the Game of Thrones-obsessed media's handwringing over––and promotion of––Saudi Arabia's latest bloodbath.
Show notes
Coke Made Its Own Bubbly Ad About Saudi Arabia Lifting Its Ban on Women Driving - Ad Week (11/6/17)
The History and Politics Behind Coke’s Saudi Investment - Faisal Abbas, Huffington Post
There may be a 'Game of Thrones' in Saudi Arabia now and that has big implications for oil - CNBC [video]
David Ignatius’ 15 Years of Running Spin for Saudi Regime - Adam Johnson, FAIR (4/28/17)
Why Mike Pompeo Released More bin Laden Files - Ned Price, The Atlantic (11/8/17)
How Media Spread CIA’s Sectarian, Anti-Iran ‘Mideast Cold War’ Narrative - Ben Norton, FAIR (7/25/17)
Comments
Adam "Showtime" Johnson only watches shows on Showtime. Think piece on how all politics is like Dexter:
Henry
2017-11-09 16:45:58 +0000 UTCIs there an RSS feed for the News Briefs?
2017-11-09 16:12:40 +0000 UTCHarry Potter and GoT are good references because it's all about elites or power shuffles among elites.
Gus
2017-11-09 15:34:59 +0000 UTC
