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The Dissenter Update

The Dissenter Update

Written by: Kevin Gosztola
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A show that provides regular updates and discussion of the United States government's war on whistleblowers, attacks on freedom of the press, and the extent to which officials go to hide their actions.© 2025 Kevin Gosztola Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • L.A. And The Long History Of Violence Against Journalists
    Sep 15 2025

    Host Kevin Gosztola is joined by guest Adam Rose, who is the press rights chair for the Los Angeles Press Club. He discusses lawsuits against the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

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    51 mins
  • Putting Profits Ahead Of Press Freedom (With Jeff Cohen)
    Sep 1 2025

    Host Kevin Gosztola is joined by guest Jeff Cohen, the founder of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), the co-founder of RootsAction.org, and author of “Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.” We discuss corporate media capitulation during Donald Trump's second presidential term. Jeff is a longtime media critic, who has spoken out against media conglomerates' ties to military contractors. Both Kevin and Jeff speak about how war led them to prioritize media reform advocacy. And later in the episode, Jeff recalls fighting the FCC in 2003 as the invasion and occupation of Iraq unfolded and war propaganda filled the airwaves.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Dying Gaza Journalists And The Western Media's Complicity
    Jul 28 2025

    Host Kevin Gosztola discusses the role of Western prestige media organizations in the mass starvation and death that the world is witnessing now in Gaza. In particular, as with families and their children, the last remaining Palestinian and Arab journalists are at risk of dying due to lack of food, water, medical care, etc. Headlines include a whistleblower revelation related to the Jeffrey Epstein files and extreme government secrecy as well as the release of 240,000 the Martin Luther King Jr. files.

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    36 mins
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