‘Copaganda’ is propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment bureaucracy. Our guest today is Alec Karakatsanis, founder of Civil Rights Corps and author of the new book: Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News.
FUND DRIVE SPECIAL – Pledge $170 and receive Alec Karakatsanis‘ new book Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News – “Copaganda” is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. In this exposé, civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis explores how every day, the mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe and contributes to a culture fearful of poor people, strangers, immigrants, unhoused people, and people of color. The result is more and more authoritarian state repression, more inequality, and huge profits for the massive public and private punishment bureaucracy. Copaganda is often hidden in plain sight.
—-
Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page
Get in touch: [email protected]
Follow us on socials @LawAndDis:
https://twitter.com/LawAndDis;
https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/