S2: Cancel Culture: Accountability for those in power or mob rule?
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Host Nelufar Hedayat relays her own experiences being called out online and speaks to a crisis management expert about the best way to handle the situation. She then speaks to two journalists who have faced online harassment and real world consequences for sharing opinions some feel are insulting. Finally, she hosts a roundtable discussion on cancel culture to try and parse when, if ever, cancelling someone is appropriate.
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