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News Over Noise
News Over Noise
Penn State News Literacy Initiative, Matt Jordan, Leah Dajches

If you find yourself avoiding the news, you’re not alone. But what’s turning you off is likely not the news itself—it’s the... more

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Episodes

Episode 310: News for Hire: How Billionaires Are Rewriting the Narrative

Billionaires aren’t just buying newspapers—they’re investing in bylines. In this episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker... more

19 Jun 2025 · 52 minutes
Episode 309: When Facts Aren’t Enough: Rethinking the Role of Fact-Checking

Even in an age of fact-checking, misinformation keeps winning hearts and headlines. In this episode, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker... more

05 Jun 2025 · 39 minutes
Episode 308: The Campus Free Speech Panic: Who’s Fueling the Misinformation Machine?

Universities are under attack—not by students or faculty, but by a wave of misinformation framing higher education as a threat... more

22 May 2025 · 51 minutes
Episode 307: Defunding Public Media: Threats, Stakes, and the Future of Democracy

PBS and NPR are facing renewed political pressure, with calls to cut federal funding resurfacing under the Trump administration. Media... more

08 May 2025 · 51 minutes
Episode 306: The Internet Got Ensh**ified: Monopoly Power and the Fight for Digital Democracy

From the decline of Google search to the hidden economics of surveillance and algorithmic coercion, science fiction author and activist... more

24 Apr 2025 · 49 minutes
Episode 305: The New Mainstream Media: How Lifestyle Podcasts are Becoming the Go-To Information Source for American Men

These days, more people are getting their news from podcasters and influencers than ever before. What does this mean for... more

10 Apr 2025 · 55 minutes
Episode 304: Call me Daddy: The Danger of Strongman Framing

President Trump has frequently been framed as a “strong man” and “strict father.” When news outlets lean into this type... more

27 Mar 2025 · 1 hour,
Episode 303: Changing the Spread: What Legalized Betting Means for Sports Reporting

When the Supreme Court struck down the Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018, it opened the door to legalized sports... more

13 Mar 2025 · 54 minutes
Episode 302: Creating Equitable Newsrooms that Connect with Communities

Once upon a time, Americans turned to trusted news organizations to learn about their shared reality. Today, the media people... more

27 Feb 2025 · 41 minutes
Episode 301: A Long Way From Cronkite: Implications of Streaming the News

The history of news is also the history of how technology changes the way it’s delivered. From radio to television... more

13 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
News Over Noise
Episode 310: News for Hire: How Billionaires Are Rewriting the Narrative
News Over Noise