In Good Faith

4: Shut It Down

Chong Shao, Daniel Shih

On today's show Chong and Dan take stock of the current socio-political climate in the United States (and by extension, the rest of the West). In particular, we discuss the waves of cancellations and erasures that are occurring in newsrooms, campuses and media organisations, among other places. Why is this happening? And what are the problems that we see with this dynamic? We don’t have a satisfying answer for the way forward, but we agree that it must start with mercy and grace.

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James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Opinion Editor

Fawlty Towers: John Cleese attacks ‘cowardly’ BBC over episode’s removal

Netflix has quietly removed four of Chris Lilley’s shows, but it didn’t go unnoticed

UCLA professor: No racism in refusing to cancel final

List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

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