Media's Role in Criminalizing Environmental Protest

The podcast episode discusses the growing criminalization of environmental protest worldwide and the role of the media in enabling this trend. It highlights the need for the media to vilify protesters before criminalizing their actions, and emphasizes that the media's failure to provide contextual coverage perpetuates the idea that climate protesters are disruptive and radical. The podcast cites a study that found mainstream media coverage in the US primarily focused on the disruption caused by climate protests, while completely neglecting the fact that nearly half of the US states have passed laws criminalizing protest. The episode explores the dangerous consequences of this distorted media coverage.