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Semafor Podcasts
Mixed Signals from Semafor Media
Every Friday journalist Nayeema Raza and Semafor Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith pull back the curtain on the most important stories from the past week, revealing why you see and hear what you see and hear across the media landscape. Joined by Media Editor Max Tani, they also unpack the blindspots your media diet might be missing. Mixed Signals from Semafor Media is supported by Think with Google
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Ratings & Reviews
4.6 stars from 182 ratings
Casual antisemitism
Was shocked that a recent guest blamed Hollywood Jews who ‘escaped pogroms’ for the rise of Trump and whitewashing Americas past. Casual antisemitism that received no pushback from Ben or Naema. Really disappointing.
jjbjames90 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 11/13/24
Not bad
Why don’t tech people do more interviews with mainstream media? Ben I know you know that much of the media has been fully discredited- with their TDS and their far left activism and their ridiculous obsession with racism and white supremacy. Wash Post, NBC, CNN, LAT, etc have morphed into Vice...Read full review »
CredibleReviews via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 10/04/24
Corporate-sponsored media
While there’s certainly some journalistic and analytical value provided by Semafor and their podcasts, their prominent corporate sponsorship (by companies like Chevron and Phillip Morris) has made me lose my trust in them to tell the truth and focus on the stories that actually matter. Please do...Read full review »
supersyd2 via Apple Podcasts · Australia · 10/01/24
Recent Episodes
The 2024 election cycle is finally over – so, what’s coming to your screens next? Today, Ben and Nayeema dissect what the media learned from 2024 and where we go from here. They first chat to Max Tani about the news media, and then sit down with Ankler Media’s Janice Min – who has been reporting...
Published 11/08/24
In a noisy election cycle it’s hard to find signals — even of the mixed variety. Today, Ben and Nayeema sit down with reporters David Weigel and Max Tani to parse what you’re not seeing, from the “insane” tv ads at a Pittsburgh Steelers game and the print ads in an Arizona nail salon, to an...
Published 11/01/24
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