About this podcast
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.”
Episodes
The newest 20 of 133 episodes
- Episode 132: Double Haters & Rage Bait · 32 minVoting is underway in the U.S. midterm elections. The race is driven largely by so-called “double haters” who are fed up with both major parties. New data shows their numbers…
- Episode 131: Obama Exposed & Literary Blackout · 33 minIt’s time to correct something the media has been lying about for 15 years: former President Barack Obama’s record on the Middle East. The other day, he rewrote history and…
- Episode 130: Party Over Country & 3 ‘Isms’ · 31 minA lawmaker has responded to Josh’s recent episode — and her response shows what’s wrong with our politics. Today, Josh digs into a “party over country” mentality that’s damaging…
- Episode 129: Oct. 7: What the World Lost · 36 minOn this third anniversary of the October 7 massacres, Josh highlights something the media forgets entirely: the story of what does not happen. The story of that day, and Am…
- Episode 128: Laundering Antizionism: Inside A Hate Movement with Adam Louis-Klein · 34 minHow 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 nexus…
- Episode 127: Macklemore, Mahdawi and the Media · 33 minWhen 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 disproves the…
- Episode 126: America’s Most Unpopular · 32 minIf 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 — of…
- Episode 125: 9/11 ‘Terror’ Walkback · 15 minA 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: terrorism. But…
- Episode 124: Natural Disasters & Democracy · 31 minThe 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 may be the…
- Episode 123: Fighting Back When the Media Targets You, with Shai Davidai · 36 minWhat 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 anyway?…
- Episode 122: Secret Plane Switch · 31 minIt'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 off from…
- Episode 121: El-Sayed & Existential Threats · 37 minThe 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 with…
- Episode 120: Fauci’s Fame/ Jonah Platt · 32 minIn recent years, news giants have vowed to do a much better job of representing minorities. But there’s an obvious exception. They’ve doubled down on misrepresenting Jewish…
- Episode 119: Popularity Trap · 30 minA scene in an old Robin Williams movie highlights a dangerous pattern people fall into -- one that's more widespread than ever today: the popularity trap. In this episode, Josh…
- Episode 118: The Media’s One-Night Stand · 34 minWhen 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 pundits to…
- Episode 117: Independents Ignored & NYT Subpoenas · 32 minWe'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 reality, a…
- Episode 116: Pseudo-Ethics & Press Freedom · 33 minTwo 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 that…
- Episode 115: Kindled Brains · 37 minWhen 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 they…
- Episode 114: Iran Ignorance/ Rape Gangs · 33 minLooking 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 prices…
- Episode 113: Don’s Picks · 37 minWith 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 mission…
