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Almost every day, new articles are being posted to the website of the Southern Oregon newspaper Ashland Daily Tidings, founded in 1876. At least… that’s what it looks like. But here’s the thing: the newspaper closed down two years ago. So what’s the deal with dailytidings.com? Why do all the articles posted there seem vaguely… familiar? And who are the reporters the website claims is writing them? OPB managing news editor Ryan Haas has been trying to find out, and stumbled upon something unexpected. At the center of it all is artificial intelligence, and the hope that Ashland readers who once trusted the newspaper won’t notice the difference. For more Evergreen episodes and to share your voice with us, visit our showpage. Follow OPB on Instagram, and follow host Jenn Chávez too. You can sign up for OPB’s newsletters to get what you need in your inbox regularly. Don’t forget to check out our many podcasts, which can be found on any of your favorite podcast apps: Hush Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars Politics Now Think Out Loud And many more! Check out our full show list here.
The Ashland Daily Tidings was established as a newspaper in 1876 and ceased operations in 2023. But local readers may not have known that. The Daily Tidings website re-emerged after the closure with a claimed staff of eight contributors, none of whom are reporters working in Southern Oregon. The website features a regular slate of "stories" that appear to be written by artificial intelligence. OPB editor Ryan Haas joins us to talk about his investigation into the AI takeover of the Southern Oregon paper.
Stories about the newspaper industry struggling - aren’t necessarily breaking news. Over the last 10 to 15 years, we’ve read and listened to plenty of coverage about the challenges news organizations are facing: corporate buyouts and layoffs, and the rise of social media misinformation. But now, there’s another challenge local news journalists have to watch out for - artificial intelligence. Ryan Haas is a news editor and podcast producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. He recently reported on an alarming instance of – not just fake news – but rather an entire fake news outlet. GUEST: Ryan Haas, news editor and podcast producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting RELATED LINKS: AI slop is invading Oregon's local journalism - OPB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oregon death row inmate Jesse Lee Johnson always proclaimed his innocence in the 1998 murder of Harriet Thompson. Seventeen years later, with little fanfare, authorities released Johnson from prison instead of retrying him for the crime. But if the case was too weak to pursue a conviction, how was Johnson arrested in the first place? Why did Salem police rely on recanted witness statements and badly documented evidence, while ignoring DNA placing other people at the crime scene? And was Johnson's race a factor for the investigators with a history of problematic statements? From Oregon Public Broadcasting comes the investigative series “Hush.” Host Leah Sottile and producer Ryan Haas examine the investigators and their evidence that nearly sent Johnson to the execution chamber. It explores the inequities in policing policies. And it refutes the state's claim Johnson was the only suspect in Thompson's murder.OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS OF "HUSH" BEGIN IN THE FINAL 13 MINUTES OF THE EPISODE. For exclusive podcasts and more, sign up at Patreon.Sign up for our newsletter at crimewriterson.com.
Two articles published in prominent foreign policy magazines from well-known observers of international affairs of the Asia-Pacific. Ryan Haas in his article suggested that US planning policies on the basis of peaked China is not a good idea. Second article is a letter from Singapore to the next US president urging the US to stopped being so obsessed with being number 1.
For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Jonathan Fried and Kevin Nealer about the risks facing Canada and the wider world, and how we should think about mitigating them. // Participants' bios - Kevin Nealer is a principal at the Washington-based Scowcroft Group where he focuses on China and Southeast Asia. He previously served on President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. - A foreign service officer, Jonathan Fried served as our ambassador to Japan and the World Trade Organization, as foreign policy advisor to the prime minister and as Canadian sherpa for the G20. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch:", - "James: A Novel by Percival Everett: https://www.elliottbaybook.com/item/Tjsi1wmychOLbSX2X8mBkQ - "The Right Way to Deter China From Attacking Taiwan", by Ryan Haas: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/right-way-deter-china-attacking-taiwan - The Logic: https://thelogic.co/ - "The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism", by Marjorie N. Feld: https://nyupress.org/9781479829316/the-threshold-of-dissent/ // Recording Date: August 13, 2024.
What happens when an Oregon town's government implodesDescription: Baker City's government and political system essentially ceased to exist for weeks this year, and the pieces are just now getting put back together. On the latest episode of OPB Politics Now, editor Ryan Haas and reporter Antonio Sierra discuss the political acrimony in Baker City and much more.
Nearly three years after Sean's death an arrest has been made. Senior producer Ryan Haas is joined by reporter Jonathan Levinson to discuss why the Portland police finally charged someone with murder. This is a Somethin' Else and Oregon Public Broadcasting production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ryan Haas the man behind Disorder Vintage joins us to talk about buying and selling vintage tee shirts and the curating of 80's & 90's alternative music products. We also talk about the upcoming the "Faded" show which will be happening in late May in Providence, Rhode Island and will feature artists such as Joey Mars, Joe Perez, and Sean Taggart. Plus we play a classic from Magnapop and a cool new tune by The Gypsy Moths, who just signed with Rum Bar Records. Music The Charms "So Pretty" Magnapop "I Don't Care" The Gypsy Moths "Effortlessly" Recorded and edited by Mike Nash at Voice Motel, Somerville MA on March 12, 2022 This episode was sponsored by Baby Loves Tacos, Pittsburgh PA Support the podcast www.patreon.com/twistedrico --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blowingsmoketr/support
On Saturday night, Benjamin Jeffrey Smith allegedly shot and killed June Knightly and wounded four other people who had gathered at a protest against police violence held at Normandale Park in Northeast Portland. A day later, a second mass shooting took place in Southeast Portland, leaving one woman dead and a man and two children injured. Last year, Portland recorded 90 homicides, a record number for a city struggling with a surge in gun violence. Joining us to talk about the recent shootings and gun violence in Portland are Ryan Haas, managing editor for OPB News, and Lakayana Smith, founder and executive director of Word is Bond.
Ryan Haas & Conrad Wilson of Oregon Public Broadcasting join DOOMED with Matt Binder to discuss the police shooting of antifascist Michael Reinoehl. The two journalists walk us through the right wing rallies and antifa counterprotests in Portland, Patriot Prayer, the fatal confrontation between Reinoehl and Patriot Prayer member Aaron Jay Danielson, Donald Trump's calls for "retribution," the bizarre police shooting of Reinoehl, and the latest details in what really happened to Reinoehl. Also on the patron half of the show: more about the death of Reinoehl, a caller from Colombia updates us on what's been happening with the protests, Halsey shares a Michael Brooks video, and Israel's heinous attack on the Palestinian people in Gaza. (Episode from the 5/13/21 livestream show.) Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder
Oregon Public Broadcasting editor Ryan Haas discusses an authoritarian and extrajudicial federal deployment in the Pacific Northwest.
Unidentified federal law enforcement officers are scooping up protesters in Portland and detaining them in unmarked vehicles. They were sent to quell protests, but many say their presence is only fanning the flames. We'll discuss the legality of a president using federal force in U.S. cities, and what it means for our democracy. Timothy Snyder and Ryan Haas join Meghna Chakrabarti.
We get opinions and analysis on some of the biggest news of the week with Julie Parish, Eric Ward, and Ryan Haas
To round off our first year, Daniel is joined by special guest Jason Wilson to talk about the fascinating figure Representative Matt Shea. Hopefully this edition will please those listeners who've been asking for longer episodes! Content Warning. Notes and links (thanks to Jason for this compilation): Kenneth S Stern (1997) A force upon the plain : the American militia movement and the politics of hate. https://www.worldcat.org/title/force-upon-the-plain-the-american-militia-movement-and-the-politics-of-hate/oclc/1002393469&referer=brief_results Kathleen Belew (2019) Bring the war home the white power movement and paramilitary America https://www.worldcat.org/title/bring-the-war-home-the-white-power-movement-and-paramilitary-america/oclc/1129866369&referer=brief_results (great overview and analysis of lots of things we discussed) Linda Gordon (2018) The second coming of the KKK : the Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American political tradition https://www.worldcat.org/title/second-coming-of-the-kkk-the-ku-klux-klan-of-the-1920s-and-the-american-political-tradition/oclc/1076323469&referer=brief_results (really good material on the 1920s Klan in Oregon) Jane Kramer (2003) Lone patriot : the short career of an American militiaman. https://www.worldcat.org/title/lone-patriot-the-short-career-of-an-american-militiaman/oclc/52724431?referer=br&ht=edition David A Neiwert (1999) In God's country : the patriot movement and the Pacific Northwest https://www.worldcat.org/title/in-gods-country-the-patriot-movement-and-the-pacific-northwest/oclc/493949695&referer=brief_results (Exhaustively detailed contemporaneous work on the militia movement in PNW) David Neiwert (2009) The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right https://www.worldcat.org/title/the-eliminationists-how-hate-talk-radicalized-the-american-right/oclc/7390575626&referer=brief_results (This speaks to the right generally but is important for our context) David Neiwert (2018) Alt-America : the rise of the radical right in the age of Trump https://www.worldcat.org/title/alt-america-the-rise-of-the-radical-right-in-the-age-of-trump/oclc/1017576651?referer=br&ht=edition (Best view of the current moment from long time PNW reporter) David Helvarg (2004) The war against the greens : the "Wise-Use" movement, the New Right, and the browning of America https://www.worldcat.org/title/war-against-the-greens-the-wise-use-movement-the-new-right-and-the-browning-of-america/oclc/53993117&referer=brief_results (Specific account of the development of anti-environmental politics in the west) Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds (2011) Drawing the global colour line : white men's countries and the international challenge of racial equality https://www.worldcat.org/title/drawing-the-global-colour-line-white-mens-countries-and-the-international-challenge-of-racial-equality/oclc/1052849084&referer=brief_results (Just brilliant in historicizing the development of white supremacy - in thought and policy - across settler colonial societies around the turn of the twentieth century. Pankaj Mishra draws on it here https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/opinion/race-politics-whiteness.html) Chip Berlet and Matthew Lyons (2000) Right-wing populism in America : too close for comfort https://www.worldcat.org/title/right-wing-populism-in-america-too-close-for-comfort/oclc/247742295?referer=br&ht=edition (Chip and Matthew have done lots of fantastic work but this is essential) James Corcoran (1991) Bitter harvest Gordon Kahl and the Posse Comitatus : murder in the heartland https://www.worldcat.org/title/bitter-harvest-gordon-kahl-and-the-posse-comitatus-murder-in-the-heartland/oclc/1087601191&referer=brief_results Mark Fenster (2008) Conspiracy theories: secrecy and power in American culture. https://www.worldcat.org/title/conspiracy-theories-secrecy-and-power-in-american-culture/oclc/1087739570?referer=br&ht=edition (Chapter 2 has a good discussion of the 1995 congressional hearings on the militia movement) James Coates (1995) Armed and dangerous : the rise of the survivalist right https://www.worldcat.org/title/conspiracy-theories-secrecy-and-power-in-american-culture/oclc/1087739570?referer=br&ht=edition (Pretty good contemporaneous account of the different strands underpinning the militia movement and the 1990s far right) Elinor Langer (2004) A hundred little Hitlers : the death of a black man, the trial of a white racist, and the rise of the neo-Nazi movement in America https://www.worldcat.org/title/hundred-little-hitlers-the-death-of-a-black-man-the-trial-of-a-white-racist-and-the-rise-of-the-neo-nazi-movement-in-america/oclc/1037466174&referer=brief_results (Important account of white supremacist movements in PNW in 1980s and 1990s) Leonard Zeskind (2009) Blood and politics : the history of the white nationalist movement from the margins to the mainstream https://www.worldcat.org/title/blood-and-politics-the-history-of-the-white-nationalist-movement-from-the-margins-to-the-mainstream/oclc/965823835?referer=br&ht=edition Leah Sottile (with Ryan Haas on the podcasts) Bundyville https://longreads.com/bundyville/ (Definitive journalistic take on Matt Shea’s place in the contemporary patriot movement in PNW) Daniel Levitas (2001) The Terrorist Next Door The Militia Movement and the Radical Right. https://www.worldcat.org/title/terrorist-next-door-the-militia-movement-and-the-radical-right/oclc/229019637?referer=br&ht=edition James A. Aho (1995) The politics of righteousness : Idaho Christian patriotism https://www.worldcat.org/title/politics-of-righteousness-idaho-christian-patriotism/oclc/931074407?referer=br&ht=edition (Incredible, now-underread contemporaneous sociological work on the 1990s far right in Idaho, including Richard Butler/Aryan Nations) Daniel HoSang and Joseph Lowndes (2019) Producers, Parasites, Patriots: Race and the New Right-Wing Politics of Precarity https://www.worldcat.org/title/producers-parasites-patriots-race-and-the-new-right-wing-politics-of-precarity/oclc/1090989510&referer=brief_results (Very good current scholarship, great analysis of patriot movement and some direct analysis of Joey Gibson/Patriot Prayer) Michael Barkun (2004) Religion and the racist right : the origins of the Christian identity movement https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A080782328 Other stuff: Me on Ruby Ridge: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/26/ruby-ridge-1992-modern-american-militia-charlottesville Me on the local context of Malheur: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/14/oregon-militia-occupation-revolt-motivation-politics-public-land-ranching-environment And here is the link to an upload of John Trochmann’s Blue Book https://docdro.id/BZnxAiI
We get opinions and analysis on some of the biggest regional news stories of the week from Barbara Dudley, Ryan Haas and Dan Lavey.
In July 2019, Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas sat down with OPB's Dave Miller for a live Q&A event in Portland, Oregon. The discussion covered a range of topics, from how the second season of Bundyville came together to why conversations about white supremacy and extremist violence are necessary -- even when those conversations are uncomfortable.
A new season of the "Bundyville" podcast from OPB and Longreads explores anti-government extremism beyond the Bundy family. Seven episodes will be available July 15. We'll hear from the journalists behind it — Leah Sottile and Ryan Haas.
We get opinions and analysis on some of the biggest news of the week with Ryan Haas, Kevin Mannix, and Naseem Rakha.
I had an amazing conversation with the producer of "Bundyville", Ryan Haas. Ryan and I discuss what it was like to produce the hugely successful podcast and experience learning the ideology of the Bundy family. We talk about the Far Right-wing/Patriot movement, the inner workings and motivation behind the 2014 Bundy standoff, Cliven Bundy's decades-long legal dispute with the Unites States Bureau Land Management (BLM), the standoff at the end of 2015/early 2016 at the Malheur National Wildfire Refuge in Harney County, Oregon with Cliven's son Ammon Bundy. The hugely successful podcast, "Bundyville" is a riveting 7 part series and Ryan and I talk about what is was like to be in the Bundy home, the strand of Mormonism behind the belief system of the family, the determination of Cliven and his sons to protect the Constitution and so much more.
That feeling you have at the end of a serialized podcast where all you want to do is press play again -- what causes that? Rob talks to Leah Sottlile and Ryan Haas from Bundyville about episode endings that entice listeners to press play again.
From Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting, "Bundyville"is a seven-part series chronicling the rise, fall and resurgence of the Bundy family, the armed uprisings they inspired and the fight over the future of the American West. We talk to OPB's Ryan Haas about the occupation and how it foretold of deeper divisions in American communities.
We have a verdict in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge trial. But what comes next and what does it mean?OPB's Anna Griffin and Ryan Haas answer your questions about the trial, the verdict, what went wrong for the prosecution and what happens next.Subscribe to “This Land Is Our Land” on NPR One, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Find comprehensive trial coverage at http://www.opb.org/thislandShare your thoughts on the trial with us at thisland@opb.org.
Ammon and Ryan Bundy have been found not guilty of conspiracy. Their five co-defendants Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler have all been found not guilty as well. The jury returned its verdict after some six weeks and less than six hours of deliberation with a newly placed jury member.OPB's Anna Griffin talks to staff members Amelia Templeton, Dave Blanchard and Ryan Haas, who were all at the federal courthouse in Portland for the conclusion of the trial.Subscribe to “This Land Is Our Land” on NPR One, iTunes or wherever you find your podcasts. Find comprehensive trial coverage at http://www.opb.org/thislandShare your thoughts on the trial with us at thisland@opb.org.
In this episode of “This Land Is Our Land,” OPB's Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas talk about a major revelation heard in court: the government had an informant embedded with Ammon Bundy and other leaders of the occupation. They also discuss the guns prosecutors brought into the courtroom and put on display for jurors.For more information on the trial, go to http://www.opb.org/thisland
Oregon Public Broadcasting takes a deep dive into the federal trial for the people who led the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.This week, OPB reporter Conrad Wilson fills us in on who was selected for the jury in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation trial.Then, Wilson and OPB editor Ryan Haas talk to former U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan about how the government might make its case against the militants.We also respond to listener emails about the possibility of jury nullification and what happens to the people who have already pleaded guilty, if the defendants going to trial are found not guilty.
On Tuesday — the eve of the beginning of the Malheur trial — charges against one defendant were dropped. In this bonus episode of "This Land Is Our Land," OPB looks at why prosecutors decided not to carry the case against Pete Santilli forward. Plus OPB reporter Conrad Wilson and editor Ryan Haas preview the jury selection process with former US Attorney Jenny Durkan.
OPB's Conrad Wilson and Ryan Haas talk with Portland-based defense attorney Kevin Sali, who explains how defense attorneys go about trying to build a case for their clients when there is a mountain of documented evidence against them. Sali also explains why conspiracy charges are the “darling of the modern prosecutor's nursery."
Join Cheri Roberts TUES, Aug. 30 @ 7pPDT/10pEDT w/ special guest Ryan Haas to discuss the Oregon Standoff. Ryan is an editor with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). He helped lead OPB’s coverage of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation aka the #Oregonstandoff. He is the station’s lead editor on their upcoming podcast for the trial: This Land Is Our Land. Ryan has been a journalist for more than a decade working at newspapers and in broadcast media both in the US and overseas. You can follow Ryan on Facebook and on Twitter @ryanjhaas. You have questions and we have answers. Don't miss this show. Let's challenge the rhetoric! Join us in the chatroom. WEBSITES: CTR Website -- @CTRNewsFeed -- CTR Facebook This SHOW's HASHTAGS: #CTR - #Oregonstandoff No political endorsements. No corporate dollars. No hype. No lies.