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  • Episode 55: Grandstanding

    Episode 55: Grandstanding
    May 7 2025
    Journalists are talking about the importance of truth telling. But what they’re saying conflicts with what their news agencies are doing. Today, Josh digs into this growing problem. When one speaker at a journalism awards dinner said something critical about the media, it ended up exposing the media’s propensity for grandstanding. Plus, CBS platformed a Russian official in a long interview, and did not mention democracy. Even worse, CBS indicated that it took a piece of guidance from the Russian government. What?! Meanwhile, a leader of Columbia University’s vicious antisemitic mobs has changed his story yet again. Josh explains. Read more about Mohsen Mahdawi's Collapsing Web of Lies in the newsletter, and in Josh’s column for The Times of Israel: Is Mohsen Mahdawi the new George Santos? The newsletter (TheyStandCorrected.substack.com) is a bestseller! People are going beyond the free version and becoming paid subscribers to support the show, get exclusive content (transcripts are coming!), help determine what Josh discusses, and learn how to access full articles in major news sites free, legally. You can also support via PayPal. Thanks to sponsored partnerships, you'll help support They Stand Corrected if you use these unique links to sign up for two more newsletters! Can Jews get tattoos? What’s Kabbalah? What do two Netflix shows with “hot Jewish” lead male characters signify? Judaism Unpacked explores this and more: bit.ly/3YuUx8D USAFacts is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization making government data easy for all Americans to access and understand. bit.ly/4ma6kDA Feedback, questions, ideas, bookings: joshlevs.com.
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    31 m
  • Episode 54: Fake Bio

    Episode 54: Fake Bio
    Apr 30 2025
    A man getting a ton of news attention tells a tale of his tragic, inspirational backstory, and the media eats it up. But what if it isn’t true? An independent journalist in the UK began doing some very basic fact checking, and quickly found that basic elements of the alleged story are, as he puts it “impossible.” On today’s show, journalist David Collier joins Josh to discuss his coverage of a pro-terror radical from Columbia University whom the media have been portraying as a perfect, peace-loving hero. “I did what every single journalist in the United States should have done,” David explains. The tale this man is spinning could just as easily be “about Narnia. It's crazy that any journalist has looked at this person and taken him seriously.” So, have any major news agencies changed their reporting in the face of this evidence? Listen in to find out.
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    31 m
  • Episode 53: Fame Obsession

    Episode 53: Fame Obsession
    Apr 23 2025
    An annual spectacle is about to take place in Washington, showing so much of what's wrong with today's media: the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. On today’s show, Josh digs into the corrosive obsession with “fame” in the news business, and how it leads journalists to stray far away from their role of providing you the truth. You’ll hear a network’s flagship political show, just the other day, present sports analyst Stephen A. Smith as a contender for the U.S. presidency -- without mentioning that he has no particular set of knowledge or skills for the job. (As Josh explains, Smith himself points out what’s wrong with this way of thinking.) And you'll hear a political operative talk about how the fame obsession led members of his party in Washington to do “evil.” Also, how the media weaponizes fame to skew stories, like that of a pro-terror radical from Columbia University. And a crucial lesson from the Enron scandal more than twenty years ago.
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    30 m
  • Episode 52: Reaching Voters

    Episode 52: Reaching Voters
    Apr 9 2025
    There's a line you often hear these days: that people don’t “see themselves reflected” in the media. Today, a guest joins Josh to explain how that problem applies to a majority of American voters -- and how the media’s failure in this respect leaves people uninformed. Plus, an anniversary! They Stand Corrected has completed a full year of episodes, with no weeks off. To celebrate, Josh answers listeners’ questions, shares amazing feedback, and offers a prescription for how to face an onslaught of awful news in the world. It’s a life skill that isn’t taught, but should be. Share your thoughts on a full year of the show! Get the free newsletter packed with links, images, information and more. Paid subscribers and contributors (PayPal): Yours is the first feedback shared on the show. Thanks to sponsored partnerships, help the show for free for a limited time: Sign this petition demanding the hostages’ release: bit.ly/4hQl5rJ Pledge to support the medic heroes of United Hatzalah: bit.ly/4hDYTRx Feedback, questions, ideas, bookings: joshlevs.com.
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    31 m
  • Episode 51: Misunderstood Citizens

    Episode 51: Misunderstood Citizens
    Apr 2 2025
    It’s what Josh warned about in November: Exit polls are not trustworthy. Now, new information indicates what really happened in the elections -- and proves that popular media narratives were wrong. One theory in particular that got traction in the media was the exact opposite of what happened. To do its job in protecting democracy, the media must work to understand and accurately portray citizens of democratic nations. So Josh also digs into a misguided, problematic term used to describe one such group on the other side of the globe: “settlers.” It has been in the news in recent days. An attorney who gathers facts about this joins Josh to explain why the reality is not what news audiences have been told. Plus why a Hollywood former child star's realization about her mother carries such an important lesson.
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    32 m
  • Episode 50: Dehumanization

    Episode 50: Dehumanization
    Mar 26 2025
    The term “dehumanization” is all over the news these days, in all kinds of contexts. In some cases, it’s so overused or misused that it’s being stripped of its meaning. But what if the people crying “dehumanization” the most are the ones engaging in it the most? Today on They Stand Corrected, Josh shows how people on the left -- and the media itself -- regularly engage in a form of dehumanization: infantilization. But first, something new on the pro-terror radical from Columbia University. An analysis shows big news agencies are ignoring their own reporting -- and misleading you. Josh interviews the man behind that analysis, which includes household name agencies. Plus, the media’s at it again, blowing it on alleged “death tolls.”
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    30 m
  • Episode 49: ‘Isms’ & Green Cards

    Episode 49: ‘Isms’ & Green Cards
    Mar 19 2025
    Sometimes the media is like the Tower of Babel. People aren’t speaking the same language. But in this case, they don’t realize it. They’re using the same words, but mean different things. Today, Josh explains how this problem has been rampant in the news lately, with three key words: transgenderism, feminism, and Zionism. Hear why an exchange between comedian Bill Burr and public radio host Terry Gross is so significant, a new twist on Lysistrata, and the misguided dictionary entry that rewards hate groups. Also, listeners are asking about the news coverage of one pro-terror radical from Columbia University. Josh shows how the media has been ignoring what the law actually says about green card holders. And he explains how media failures spark a world of uninformed “opinions” -- as we’re seeing now, amid new Israeli military action against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.
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    31 m
  • Episode 48: Cycle Breaker: Immigration

    Episode 48: Cycle Breaker: Immigration
    Mar 12 2025
    When the media make excuses for failing to get you the truth, they often blame the “news cycle.” It’s time to break that process. Today, Josh does so by focusing on a major issue filled with lies in the news: illegal immigration. Figures you’ve been hearing, and arguments about fentanyl and sex trafficking, are wrong. By failing to make this clear, the media is causing societal problems. Immigration-related reporting failures also tie in to a statement from an Oscar-winning propagandist and a so-called “human rights activist” on a public radio show. Josh shows why this made-for-the-media line makes no sense to anyone who learns facts about the Middle East. Plus, the BBC blew it so badly that it pulled a documentary off of its platforms. Josh explains.
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    30 m
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