wait lol this is so much worse than I expected the explanation to be? they published the story based on two words, neither of which was Alito’s name??? that’s the most obviously fireable offense possible if it’s any other journalist alive????? www.npr.org/sections/npr...

For OTM I spoke with @lexmcmenamin.com who’s been doing some excellent reporting on the Prairieland case:

Hat trick in 33 minutes is crazy

The @onthemedia.bsky.social subreddit is 21 shy of hitting 4,000 members. Help get us there! It had <1,000 members when I started moderating / posting there. It's become a great sub! www.reddit.com/r/onthemedia/

What a remarkable artist. An icon of Jewish humor. Blazing Saddles has been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid

NEWS: Gregg Phillips, the third-ranking FEMA official in charge of disaster response - who claimed he teleported to a Waffle House - has been ousted from the agency. www.cnn.com/2026/06/25/p...

Everything is a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works.

@onthemedia.bsky.social co-host @micahloewinger.bsky.social talks about his series on FEMA, as the agency has been weakened under Pres. Trump. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...

Wow. Prairieland defendants being handed sentences between 40 and 100 years. For background on this case: www.ms.now/news/antifa-...

Finally worked my way through this excellent & much needed 4-part series this weekend & now find out there's to be MORE? My nerdy heart!

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Excellent World Cup so far. I know that the additional 16 teams is a FIFA cash grab but I’m happy to see more smaller countries qualify and happy to have more games to watch!

This week I spoke with Oren Persico, an Israeli press critic about the pro-Netanyahu media's breakup with Trump and the efforts to spin the Iran deal 👇

Really smart point from @hankgreen.bsky.social about how in the content creator era audiences often confuse authenticity for credibility. This is the type of media literacy that needs to be taught in schools

"When creators on platforms are talking about what's happening in the world, they are talking about the work of journalists that are going out and doing reporting,” @hankgreen.bsky.social said in a conversation with @micahloewinger.bsky.social.

Join @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @eloise-b.bsky.social for a deep dive into our latest series — American Emergency: The Movement to Kill FEMA. They’ll be talking about how they make a big investigative series like this and share extras from their reporting that didn’t make it into the show.

Should be a really fun event! Tix and information 👇

Scottish soccer fans in town for the World Cup made a side-trip to Fenway on Sunday and brought actual magic with them. It was such a delight and honor to get to accompany their singing.

Trump's FEMA pick Cameron Hamilton will sit for a confirmation hearing on Wednesday. He would be the least experienced FEMA administrator since Katrina-era director Michael Brown. He was fired as acting administrator last year for not going along with Trump admin's effort to abolish FEMA.

Hey NYC @onthemedia.bsky.social listeners! We're doing a live event next Wednesday 6/24 at WNYC to discuss the history of FEMA, the making of our series, and what's happening to the agency now. Brooke and I would love to see you there :)

I have long enjoyed @onthemedia.bsky.social , but lately they have just been popping like mad. Every story in this week's ep is interesting, insightful, and absolutely necessary for understanding big parts of the world right now.

It’s been a few weeks since the final episode aired but it really hit me today how much I’m still thinking about the 4-part FEMA report ‘American Emergency’ from @onthemedia.bsky.social. And I hope @micahloewinger.bsky.social feels half as proud of it as he should — it’s damn fine work.

Go Morocco!

Folarin Balogun, the 2x goal scoring star of the US Men's National team last night against Paraguay, is an American due to birthright citizenship....something the Trump administration is currently trying to end.

Friends, it's worth an hour to listen to this episode of On The Media, covering how Musk fomented violence in Belfast and how CBS's 60 Minutes is being gutted ... and of course the WHY for both. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm

Great episode this week!! I speak with: @davidgilbert.bsky.social about Musk's racist posts helped rile up mobs in Europe, and the growing "remigration" movement. @oliverdarcy.bsky.social about the 60 Minutes drama and what Bari Weiss does not understand about TV. And...

📻 Show’s up! Featuring @davidgilbert.bsky.social, @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, Maria Kuznetsova, and Dan Storyev: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

In the same week that he became the world's first trillionaire, he spent hours on X whipping up a racist mob in Belfast, a week after doing the same in Southampton. In effect, he's sending a message to lawmakers and regulators who may want to rein in his companies.

Thanks to @radiolab.bsky.social for having on @micahloewinger.bsky.social to chat about our four-part FEMA investigation. A great intro to the series if you haven't heard it yet:

Did Anthropic really earn its reputation as an "ethical" AI company, or is it just a clever marketing strategy? To answer the question, @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with tech journalist @bcmerchant.bsky.social.

Turns out you don't really sleep after witnessing that Knicks comeback

holy fucking shit

How do you go to sleep after witnessing this

Cmon Knicks you’re bumming me out

Thanks @samseder.bsky.social and @majorityreport.bsky.social for having me on to talk about our @onthemedia.bsky.social FEMA series!! Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/yE5EFTD...

Man, the FEMA guy was great @micahloewinger.bsky.social -- your family safety depends on FEMA must watch @majorityreport.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdMm... his series on #FEMA here @onthemedia.bsky.social www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Babies and toddlers detained by ICE under Trump. www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

Very much enjoyed digging into Anthropic's road to the top of the AI startup mountain with @micahloewinger.bsky.social and @onthemedia.bsky.social, and how it shrewdly exploited its reputation as the 'ethical' AI company to win over investors, the media—and the pope.

A quick story about how Brooke is an amazing teacher. In 2017, I reported my first piece for OTM about a Wild West theme park in Sweden that became a Syrian refugee camp. I got great tape and had worked through most of the ideas / story beats. But the first draft was long and constipated. 1/4

As of this month, I've officially been at @onthemedia.bsky.social for 10 years! I started at the show as a temporary assistant producer just after finishing an internship with Radiolab. I was incredibly nervous because all the producers were so smart and I knew nothing about how to cover the media..

Had a great time speaking with @bcmerchant.bsky.social and @vauhinivara.bsky.social about the current state of AI –– how Anthropic convinced the media that it's the industry's "ethical" leader, and how AI writing is creeping into journalism and literature: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

Anthropoic founder: “How will we ensure the gains of AI are shared globally? We do not have a mechanism for this.” @bcmerchant.bsky.social: “They're called taxes. And just because AI companies don't really like that idea, they don't like the concept of being taxed, doesn't mean they don't exist.”

Scott Pelley with @lulugn.bsky.social on being told the President had commented on his firing. (I’m not crying, you’re crying etc)

Fantastic @bcmerchant.bsky.social interview on @onthemedia.bsky.social by @micahloewinger.bsky.social, with a shout out to @timnitgebru.blacksky.app.

Uh oh. The head of CBS Entertainment is privately warning that the Bari Weiss train wreck is inflicting significant damage on the broader CBS brand. And shes not alone. Inside Paramount, "some believe she should be relieved of her duties." The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/60-minutes...

It's easy to laugh at the conspiracy theories around FEMA, but when @micahloewinger.bsky.social looked into it, the suspicion around the agency made a lot more sense. “This was an agency driven by paranoia,” Micah said in a recent interview with @hankgreen.bsky.social.

In case you were wondering how the supposed end of the “anti-weaponization fund” is going over with the J6ers:

"It's dead for now." www.axios.com/2026/06/01/t...

Oliver Darcy got the audio of the heated 60 Minutes meeting where Scott Pelley dressed Nick Bilton down! "You know what was rude? Black Thursday. That was the absolute definition of rudeness. Telling Tanya Simon she had to be out of here at five o'clock." www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

After decades of far right conspiracy theorists crowing about fake “FEMA camp” prisons our far right American government has made a real FEMA camp: www.wlrn.org/immigration/...