The popular online space of BookTok raises an abundance of critiques, but Anjali Suva PO `27 questions its claims to harmful and problematic material.
Tag: Media Criticism
OPINION: Netflix is desensitizing you to murder
“You,” which follows an obsessive stalker through a killing spree, is glorifying murder, argues Tess McHugh PO ‘25. And the repercussions are serious.
OPINION: Actor Jussie Smollett weakens trust in media and genuine victims
Jussie Smollett’s alleged staging of a hate crime to garner attention for him draws attention away from people who have survived true hate and makes the media who reported on him look like suckers.
OPINION: Ted Bundy biopics romanticize violence against women
Media like “Conversations With a Killer” and “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” only perpetuate and romanticize violence against women.
Opinion: Musk’s smoking demonstrates incompetence of TV news
Elon Musk’s brief dalliance with vice on the Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by comedian Joe Rogan, and the media’s response illustrates the tragedy of the fourth estate. TV news is not a viable means for appropriate discourse. Rogan’s podcast interview with Musk was his most viewed episode to