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News Commentary · Josh Levs

They Stand Corrected

by Josh Levs

Who fact-checks the news? This show does. Today’s news media prioritizes sensational clickbait over basic facts. Instead of fighting for truth, billion-dollar news giants spread misinformation from both ends of the political spectrum. They Stand Corrected is the show for people who want the truth. Josh Levs, former NPR journalist and CNN lead on-air fact checker, breaks down top stories and tells you what the media’s getting wrong. He provides links, documents, and more to prove it. Unafraid to take on news giants, hate movements, and liars of all kinds, Levs delivers the two ingredients of truth: facts plus context. Listeners call the show “the standard of truth,” “necessary,” and “an absolute must listen for all.”

Latest episodes

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Episode 128: Laundering Antizionism: Inside A Hate Movement with Adam Louis-Klein

How did the mainstream media become a tool of today’s biggest hate movement? Today, a leading expert joins Josh to explain how the Antizionist Hate Movement used the nexu

Sep 30
33 min

Episode 127: Macklemore, Mahdawi and the Media

When the media decides to present someone as a victim, there’s almost always no turning back. No matter how wrong they turn out to be, no matter how much evidence disprov

Sep 23
33 min

Episode 126: America’s Most Unpopular

If you picture America as the news describes it, which political figures do you think are popular? A new survey shows the actual popularity — in most cases, unpopularity

Sep 16
32 min

Episode 125: 9/11 ‘Terror’ Walkback

A powerful news agency heard people’s complaints and changed its stance on 9/11. Now, it says, its journalists may call the September 11th attacks what they were: terrori

Sep 9
15 min

Episode 124: Natural Disasters & Democracy

The flooding in Nepal and Tibet is the latest in a string of natural disasters showing the vulnerability of so many people. In news coverage, the media is missing what ma

Sep 2
31 min

Episode 123: Fighting Back When the Media Targets You, with Shai Davidai

What do you do if you’re interviewed and want to make sure your words don’t get twisted? Or what if you’re not even interviewed, but suddenly find yourself in the news an

Sep 2
36 min

Episode 122: Secret Plane Switch

It’s a big story involving alleged life and death stakes: Were the Secret Service and the president willing to risk the lives of journalists and staffers? Before taking o

Aug 19
31 min

Episode 121: El-Sayed & Existential Threats

The narrow victory of left-wing candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary exposed a fault line in America. Some people who recognize his problems w

Aug 12
36 min

Episode 120: Fauci’s Fame/ Jonah Platt

🎓Colleges and universities should teach ethical leadership, not radicalize students. This group is fighting for campuses to clean up their act — and keep Jewish students

Aug 5
32 min

Episode 119: Popularity Trap

🎓Learn about a terrific group fighting for campus fairness by simply getting their emails: bit.ly/4ygcb05. Thanks to a sponsorship, you’ll help support the show. A scene

Jul 29
29 min

Episode 118: The Media’s One-Night Stand

When some news agencies chose not to air Trump’s primetime speech live, they noted that he was likely to lie. Then right afterward, they resumed booking lawmakers and pun

Jul 22
34 min

Episode 117: Independents Ignored & NYT Subpoenas

We've all seen it so many times that most of us don't even think about it. The media talks politics and presents “the two sides” -- a Democrat and a Republican. In realit

Jul 15
31 min

Episode 116: Pseudo-Ethics & Press Freedom

Two mainstream news giants are using recent screwups to pretend to care about ethics and guidelines. One is NPR, where iconic reporter Nina Totenberg falsely reported tha

Jul 8
32 min

Episode 115: Kindled Brains

When the news shows people certain images, particularly of war and suffering, it creates physical changes in their brains. It triggers part of the mind so intensely that

Jul 1
36 min

Episode 114: Iran Ignorance/ Rape Gangs

Looking at the disastrous coverage of the Iran deal, Josh asks, “What imaginary mental world is the media living in? It's as though the whole thing boils down to just gas

Jun 24
33 min

Episode 113: Don’s Picks

With Josh just back from vacation, producer Don Jackson hosts a special “best-of” edition of They Stand Corrected, pulling six powerful clips that define the show’s missi

Jun 17
36 min

Episode 112: China’s Useful Idiots

A top official representing Uyghurs reached out to Josh, saying he’d welcome the chance to talk about misinformation in the media. Then, the story of China’s extreme repr

Jun 10
37 min

Episode 111: Moderation Mandate

News giants have been fixating on horse-race coverage of primaries, and misleading the country. While the headlines play up support for far-right and far-left candidates,

Jun 3
33 min

Episode 110: Canada’s Dark Turn

How did Canada, previously known for its politeness, become home to a widespread, violent antisemitic movement? Attacks on Jews are higher per capita in Canada than anywh

May 27
34 min

Episode 109: What Lawsuits Expose

Legal action can be the most powerful opportunity to uncover the corruption and lack of journalistic standards inside news agencies. A lawsuit exposed how Fox knowingly l

May 20
33 min

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