Episode 112: How Our Assistant Producer Exposed Libs of TikTok

After Jesse and Katie talk about Chris Rufo and the latest surge of moral panic from journalists who hate journalism, Tracing Woodgrains takes us all deep inside a sophisticated conspiracy to hoax Libs of TikTok. To discuss this episode with other premium BARPod subscribers, click here.

Show notes/Links:

NYT profile: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/christopher-rufo-crt-lgbtq-florida.html

People mad (thread):

Damon Kiesow @dkiesow

The NYT is our most important newsroom and it is also broken.

Soledad O'Brien @soledadobrien

Good thread on a journalism fail:

Damon Kiesow @dkiesow

The NYT is our most important newsroom and it is also broken. https://t.co/2k41vjFWjn

Will Bunch @Will_Bunch

Why is the New York Times giving American fascist Christopher Rufo the "Hitler Home and Gardens" treatment?

Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org ☮️ @froomkin

This affectless article elevates and validates a sick, racist, homophobic son of a bitch without answering the only questions worth asking, chief among them what made him that way.

nytimes.comHe Fuels the Right’s Cultural Fires (and Spreads Them to Florida)Christopher Rufo helped make critical race theory a conservative rallying cry. Now he sees L.G.B.T.Q. issues as an even more potent line of attack.

Rufo’s latest: https://www.city-journal.org/radical-gender-lessons-for-young-children

The documents: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21694116-evanston-prek-3rd?responsive=1&title=1

Trace’s explanation of how he and his furry buddies hoaxed Libs Of TikTok:

How I Convinced Libs of TikTok to Publish a False Story