Podcast appearances and mentions of Steven Brill

Welcome to in Reality, the podcast about truth, disinformation and the media. I'm your host Eric Schurenberg, a long-time journalist and media executive, now the founder of the Alliance for Trust in Media. On previous episodes, we discussed how you can distinguish between reliable news online and unreliable, story by story. An obvious shortcut is simply to only read or view stories from places that you know to be reliable in advance. But these days, how do you know who is reliable? Today's guest is long-time journalist, prolific media entrepreneur and author, Steven Brill, whose six-year-old company, NewsGuard, helps readers and advertisers identify trustworthy newsrooms, based on the newsrooms' adherence to sound journalistic practices. In addition to starting media brands like American Lawyer and Brill's Content, Brill has written numerous books on American culture—but the one that relates the most to NewsGuard is his most recent, the Death of Truth. Eric gets Brill's insights about how social media swamped truth with the unwitting help of respected advertisers and well-intentioned legislators; they talk about his proposed solutions to this mess; and also why non-partisan NewsGuard has suddenly, alarmingly, found itself in the crosshairs of the new Trump administration. The Death of Truth by Steven BrillNewsGuardWebsite - free episode transcriptswww.in-reality.fmProduced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapiensoundsapien.comAlliance for Trust in Mediaalliancefortrust.com

Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, we listen back to Mike's April 2023 interview with NewsGuard founder Steven Brill about the business of issuing nutrition labels for news. Then we listen back to this past Tuesday's Spiel about the role for NewsGuard in our current political moment.    Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara  Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com  To advertise on the show: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist  Subscribe to our ad-free and/or PescaPlus versions of The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/  Follow Mike's Substack: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hi! Hi! Hiyaaa! Michelle and Seth are joined by Maria Siriano to dissect and gush over Steven Brill's 1995 cult classic Heavyweights! Siskel and Ebert did NOT approve of this film, but Rubinstein, Vargas and Siriano sure do! They discuss Aaron Schwartz, the reality show that started it all, Seth's disgusting childhood snack, the dancing, the qoutes and the value of finding a community. Look folks, there is a lot more to this movie than most people think, and it's time to get on the right side of history. Check it out!  Follow Maria on Instagram For all of our bonus episodes and to vote on upcoming episodes check out our Patreon Patreon supporters help pick episodes, monthly themes and get access to all of our additional shows and our Patron exclusive Discord. It's only the price of a single cup of coffee ($5 a month!) Visit our website and send us an email! Follow Movie Friends on Twitter and Instagram You scrolled this far? That's impressive.

Hubie è il classico scemo del paese, dal cuore d'oro. Perennemente innamorato della sua ex compagna di classe delle elementari, il nostro vive con la madre premurosa, ma è odiato e sbeffeggiato da tutti gli abitanti di Salem, cittadina nella quale vive. In vista di Halloween, il nostro riveste il ruolo di guardiano della festa, per proteggere tutti i suoi concittadini e indagare su misteriose sparizioni, che sembrano compiute da qualcosa di mostruoso. Adam Sandler gigioneggia anche troppo in questa innocua pellicola. Un attore protagonista che talvolta irrita anche, ma che porta a casa tutto sommato una pellicola guardabile, alla quale prendono parte anche Ray Liotta, la splendida June Squibb e Steve Buscemi nel ruolo di un vicino di casa molto appassionato di luna piena. Alcune gag anche troppo basiche, ma il film si risolleva nel (prevedibile) finale, che mi ha commosso, lo ammetto. Sto diventando irrimediabilmente vecchio. Lo trovate su Netflix.

Lies and disinformation are as old as humanity itself.  But Steven Brill argues that the witches brew of 30-year-old legislative consequences; mixed with technological innovation; and bad actors threaten the lives of democratic institutions and truth itself.   Brill is an award-winning journalist, author, and the founder of Court TV, The American Lawyer Magazine, American Lawyer Media, Brill's Content Magazine, Journalism Online and The Yale Journalism Initiative. He is also the co-founder and co-CEO of NewsGuard, a media platform that rates the reliability of news and information websites. His latest book, “The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World – and What We Can Do About it” explores the threat of disinformation on society.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MSNBC's Ari Melber hosts "The Beat" on Tuesday, September 17, and reports on the 2024 election, Elon Musk, Sean "Diddy" Comb's indictment and Trump accountability. Steven Brill, Chai Komanduri, Maya Wiley and Molly Jong Fast join.

In this special edition, guest host Ted Koppel examines factors likely to make this year's election perhaps the most important of our lifetime. Koppel talks with attendees at the Wisconsin State Fair about their political preferences (and deep-fried pickles), and interviews journalist Steven Brill about his book, “The Death of Truth.” Also: Lee Cowan talks with the “Sister Senators” of South Carolina about the price many of them paid for opposing the state's near-total abortion ban; Tracy Smith checks out the role of music in presidential campaigns; Martha Teichner reports on how immigration laws in Florida are affecting growers that have relied on undocumented farm workers; and Ben Mankiewicz looks back on the history of political movies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The sheer amount of information we are exposed to and are absorbing everyday is beyond overwhelming, and in a media landscape now flooded with misinformation and disinformation it can be difficult to decipher what's real.  Niall is joined by Steven Brill, journalist and author whose latest book ‘The Death Of Truth' looks at how social media has given snake oil salesmen and demagogues the power to destroy trust and polarise our society. Steven is also co-founder of NewsGuard, which rates the reliability of news and information websites. Niall and Steven discuss the danger of fake news on our personal wellbeing and wider society, how powerful entities are manipulating the truth and how our world leaders are giving them more ammunition to plant seeds of doubt. They also discuss the anarchy we're seeing emerge in Ireland, driven by far-right manipulation, and how important good information, media literacy and good communication are going to be in rebuilding the trust within our society.  For more mindfulness content check out Niall's Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/niallbreslin Follow Niall on IG @bressie, TikTok @niallbreslin, FB @whereismymindpodcast and Twitter @nbrez and visit his website: www.niallbreslin.com. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. Stay up to date with Lemonada Media on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. If you or someone you know is struggling emotionally or feeling hopeless, it's important to talk to someone about it now. You can contact one of the resources below for free.  In Ireland/U.K.: https://www.samaritans.org/ In the U.S.: https://988lifeline.org/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did we become a world with facts, shared truths, have lost their power to hold us together as a community as a country, globally? Bestselling journalist Steven Brill documents the forces and people from Silicon Valley to Madison Avenue to Moscow to Washington that have created and exploited this world of chaos and division and offers practical solutions for what can be done about it. His new book is "The Death of Truth: How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World--And What We Can Do About It.”

Bringing you another out of the vault, off the rarity's album episode of Via VHS on OMO Presents with a classic, rewind review. This time we are talking the ultra classic fat kid summer camp flick of 1995's Heavyweights. Directed by Steven Brill and Written by an early days Judd Apatow. Back when Disney made good edgy kids comedies. This is also when Ben Stiller was playing all the intense bad guy rolls, here he's the megalomaniac fitness entrepreneur that is putting together a fitness program to sell off about these kids quick weight loss regiment. Also featuring a pre Kenan and Kel Nickelodeon days, Kenan Thompson. Hilarious good time fun all around in this classic 1995 film. A classic 90s flick from our generation for sure. So, come on by and join us on another adventure of OMO Podcast Presents Via VHS. Old Man Orange is Spencer Scott Holmes & Ryan Dunigan. Via VHS is Wes Younger & Spencer Scott Holmes - 2024 - "Young Adults, Old Man Attitude. Talking retro games, classic films, new trailers, and comic good times with a crisp of Orange taste." - www.OldManOrange.com Our link tree with all the places one could go for our podcasts like Old Man Orange, Via VHS, and more of our radio filled adventures. Plus, Pizza Boyz Comics, the sitcom styled, retro fueled indie series from Spencer Scott Holmes in physical and digital reading forms. Then topped out nicely with our old videos, animations, and other experiments over the years too for the amusement. - https://linktr.ee/OldManOrange I also have my new workout and strength motivation book, "Pull-Ups For Life" up on Amazon Kindle and included in the Unlimited Membership too. Link in the Link Tree Above or you can look it up on Kindle. And be sure to listen to Via VHS with Wes Younger and Spencer Scott Holmes at - https://linktr.ee/viavhs Support the Show the easy and simple way, by using one of our Amazon Links to make your purchases. Doesn't cost you a penny but sends a little something our way. Thanks! Heavyweights VHS - https://amzn.to/3Ych2Q3 Grab some comedy with, Pizza Boyz, the sitcom styled Indie Comic series by Spencer Scott Holmes - Read at Indy Planet, Amazon Comixology, and Global Comix - https://linktr.ee/OldManOrange

"...How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World--And What We Can Do"   We're on Patreon! Join the community:  https://www.patreon.com/politicsandreligion   It would mean so much if you could leave us a review:  https://ratethispodcast.com/goodfaithpolitics   In this episode, we're joined by Steven Brill, an acclaimed author and co-founder of NewsGuard, a service that rates the reliability of online news. After learning a bit about Steve's renowned career, we explore some critical issues such as the health of American democracy, the effects of misinformation, and the role of NewsGuard in combating fake news. Steve also presents potential solutions to these issues, such as enforcing online platforms' terms of service and increasing news literacy. Then we dive into Steve's new book THE DEATH OF TRUTH, exploring how social media and the internet have eroded trust and polarized society.   03:07 Steven Brill's Background and Career Journey  05:43 The Birth of NewsGuard  32:31 The Importance of Transparency in Journalism  35:34 The Role of Algorithms and Programmatic Advertising  38:56 Understanding Section 230 and Its Impact  48:21 The Human Element: Susceptibility and Demagoguery  52:53 Proposed Solutions to Combat Misinformation  56:43 Final Thoughts and How to Engage in Better Conversations    Let us know what you think. You can find Corey on all the socials @coreysnathan such as www.threads.net/@coreysnathan.   Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.   Very grateful for our sponsor Meza Wealth Management. Reach out to Jorge and his team: www.mezawealth.com   http://reportfraud.ftc.gov/​#/form/​main    https://www.newsguardtech.com/ 

"...How Social Media and the Internet Gave Snake Oil Salesmen and Demagogues the Weapons They Needed to Destroy Trust and Polarize the World--And What We Can Do"   We're on Patreon! Join the community:  https://www.patreon.com/politicsandreligion   It would mean so much if you could leave us a review:  https://ratethispodcast.com/goodfaithpolitics   In this episode, we're joined by Steven Brill, an acclaimed author and co-founder of NewsGuard, a service that rates the reliability of online news. After learning a bit about Steve's renowned career, we explore some critical issues such as the health of American democracy, the effects of misinformation, and the role of NewsGuard in combating fake news. Steve also presents potential solutions to these issues, such as enforcing online platforms' terms of service and increasing news literacy. Then we dive into Steve's new book THE DEATH OF TRUTH, exploring how social media and the internet have eroded trust and polarized society.   03:07 Steven Brill's Background and Career Journey  05:43 The Birth of NewsGuard  32:31 The Importance of Transparency in Journalism  35:34 The Role of Algorithms and Programmatic Advertising  38:56 Understanding Section 230 and Its Impact  48:21 The Human Element: Susceptibility and Demagoguery  52:53 Proposed Solutions to Combat Misinformation  56:43 Final Thoughts and How to Engage in Better Conversations    Let us know what you think. You can find Corey on all the socials @coreysnathan such as www.threads.net/@coreysnathan.   Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.   Very grateful for our sponsor Meza Wealth Management. Reach out to Jorge and his team: www.mezawealth.com   http://reportfraud.ftc.gov/​#/form/​main    https://www.newsguardtech.com/ 

On this week's Tech Nation, Moira speaks with Co-Founder and Co-CEO of NewsGuard, Steven Brill about his book, “The Death of Truth”  about the negative impact of the Internet and Social Media and what we can do about it. Then, what science tells us about the treatment potential of Hallucinogens without the hallucinations with, Dr. Sam Clark, CEO of Terran Biosciences. Also covered - Terran's extensive efforts to build prodrugs

Can Biden stay in presidential race or will concern about the state of his health force him out of the running? There are plenty of reporters who say his time is up, but how did the president get to this stage in the campaign without anyone running a health-check on him? Jill Abramson, the first female executive editor of the New York Times, joins Alan and Lionel on this episode. She explains that when she was in charge, she had a physician on the staff who'd be in touch with the candidates' doctors to ensure the paper knew the health status of a potential president. But any journalist speaking out about the president's health risks being attacked by Democrats, who don't want Biden to be hounded out of the race by the press. But what's the alternative? A candidate who seems intent on destroying democracy? Alan and Lionel are also joined by Steven Brill, author of The Death of Truth. His latest book is a deep dive into the sludge of fake news and how social media channels have assisted the spread of conspiracy theories. Now the struggle to revive the truth begins in earnest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's hard to believe that when President Obama was elected, we barely had social media. In less than two decades, giant tech companies have completely changed how we interact with one another–and in doing so have fundamentally changed our perceptions of reality. In his new book “The Death of Truth” bestselling author Steven Brill, cofounder and co-CEO of NewsGuard, examines how this happened and how to recover from it.

John is joined by Steven Brill — founder of The American Lawyer, Court TV, and NewsGuard, and author of the new book The Death Of Truth — for a deep dive into the morass of fake news online. Steve discusses how and why the major social media platforms have turned into toxic, conspiracy-theory-spreading cesspools, and what might be done to fix it. He also assesses the Supreme Court's landmark decision this week on presidential immunity, the debasement of the court by Justices Alito and Thomas (both of whom Brill first met as fellow students at Yale Law School), and how SCOTUS has lost much of its legitimacy with the public in the past two decades. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over the course of the past decade, an endless stream of mis- and disinformation has made it increasingly difficult to parse fact from fiction. We sat down this week with a man who has a plan to restore trust in insitutions and hold social media platforms accountable for divisive content that's often pushed for profit. Author and journlist Steven Brill, who cofounded the misinformation tracking tool NewsGuard, joins Major for appetizers at Buck's Fishing and Camping in upper Northwest D.C. His new book "The Death of Truth" is out now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Chris and Amy welcome Major Garrett to analyze the recent presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Major Garrett provides an in-depth review of both candidates' performances, highlighting the debate's lack of energy and engagement. The discussion also explores concerns about Biden's age, Nate Silver's election probabilities, and the crucial role of fact-checking in journalism. Steven Brill's contributions to journalism and security are also highlighted.

In this episode of The Chris and Amy Show, Chris and Amy welcome Major Garrett to analyze the recent presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Major Garrett reviews both candidates' performances, highlighting the debate's lack of energy and engagement. They also explore concerns about Biden's age, Nate Silver's election probabilities, and the crucial role of fact-checking in journalism. Steven Brill's contributions to journalism and security are also highlighted. Later, Scott Jagow brings us a Roaming St. Louis preview. Finally, join Chris and Amy with guest Mike Claiborne to discuss the St. Louis Cardinals' mid-season performance, key injuries, potential trades, and upcoming appearances by Isaac Bruce and Mike Claiborne at Live By Loews after the Cardinals game.

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Truth in politics has become an oxymoron. In this episode Wilson is joined by veteran journalist and author Steven Brill to discuss his latest book, "The Death of Truth." Brill, the founder of NewsGuard, dives into how social media and the internet have become powerful tools for spreading disinformation, influencing politics, and polarizing society. The conversation covers the impact of generative AI, programmatic advertising, and the role of bad actors like Russia, China, and Iran in propagating falsehoods. Brill shares insights on combating these issues, including potential regulatory measures and political reforms. Steven's book, "The Death of Truth," available now. Timestamps: (00:02:00) The Death of Truth (00:08:09) The Russian disinformation machine (00:20:21) The hill that companies die on (00:27:11) Strategies against disinformation Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist, entrepreneur and best-selling author Steven Brill joined us to map out why opinions, disinformation and conspiracy theories have become the global death knell for truth. We spoke of why so many people no longer trust facts and Brill's own personal experience with a Russian disinformation operative. He discussed his for-profit business NewsGuard and his vested interest in exposing disinformation. We focused on false narratives from both the Right and the Left and on a young man, an Ohio State graduate, who went down the rabbit hole of the Internet and wound-up part of the violence in D.C. on January 6th. The lack of trust in the health care system and the belief in pedophilia conspiracy theories were highlighted and linked to a need for order. Brill was asked about Court TV, which was his original project, and he spoke of his regret that the trial of former President Trump was not televised. He also spoke of the inevitable worsening of our present circumstances as generative Artificial Intelligence moves forward and he provided a picture of the overall deleterious effects of programmatic advertising. We then moved on to necessary solutions with discussion of Section 230, FTC enforcement and lawsuits based on terms of service, as well as K thru 12 computer literacy education. A timely, highly engaging and illuminating dialogue!

Parsing fact from fiction is a requisite skill for any journalist. But for Steven Brill—the founder of Newsguard, a website dedicated to countering misinformation by ranking the reliability of news sources—it's his life. Fresh on the heels of his new book, The Death of Truth, Brill joins host Brian Stelter to discuss Big Tech's catastrophic moderation failures, how “pink slime” sites have infiltrated the news deserts, and why regaining public trust in the “referees” of real information is paramount for the 2024 election. 

Disinformation and conspiracies that run rampant online, and the business models that fund them, have created a world in which people no longer agree on a shared set of facts. That was the impetus behind, “The Death of Truth,” a new book written by NewsGuard co-CEO Steven Brill. On POLITICO Tech, Brill tells host Steven Overly how he thinks the truth can be saved. 

Steven Brill, author of "The Death of Truth," joins Chuck to talk about the spread of misinformation and disinformation and what his company NewsGuard is trying to do to restore trust in media. 

In an era marked by rampant misinformation and polarized media landscapes, NewsGuard has emerged as both a champion of credible journalism and a lightning rod for controversy. Founded in 2018 by Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, the company aims to rate the reliability of news websites based on transparent, objective criteria. However, NewsGuard's mission has been challenging, facing legal battles, accusations of political bias and public criticism from high-profile figures like Elon Musk. In this exclusive interview with E&P Magazine, Brill and Crovitz discuss these controversies, their steadfast commitment to promoting trustworthy news, and their insights on the future of credible journalism amid the ever-evolving media landscape. Reference more at this episode's official E&P ;anding page,at: https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/newsguard-under-fire-balancing-credibility-and-controversy-in-modern-journalism,250118    

Across the world, polls suggest trust in traditional media is in decline. And disinformation in all its forms is on the rise. In this episode of Truth Tellers, Krishnan Guru Murthy from Channel 4 News is joined by CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Deborah Turness from BBC News, Eliot Higgins from Bellingcat and Steven Brill of Newsguard. To find out more about Tortoise:Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalistsSubscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free contentBecome a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our exit today has us examining two sports comedies centered around trying to get back in the ring. First, there is Play It To The Bone, written and directed by Ron Shelton. It stars Woody Harrelson and Antonio Banderas and centers around the boxing world. Second, there is Ready to Rumble, written by Steven Brill and directed by Brian Robbins. This stars Scott Caan and David Arquette and takes place in the world of professional wrestling. Along the way, Tripp and Ross talk about some podcast favorites (Oliver Platt and Martin Landau), professional wrestling, a lot of underwritten female characters, some uncomfortable violence, and Tripp almost creates marital strife in his life. Powered by RiversideFM. Theme music by Jonworthymusic.

Disinformation is good business. Spreading lies and outrage tends to be profitable, thanks to programmatic advertising, which cares only about traffic, not truth, and funding by state actors like Russia, which pour money into narratives that undermine democracies. Supporting truth is a tougher commercial prospect, but today's guest is giving it a credible run. Gordon Crovitz is the co-founder, with Steven Brill, of NewsGuard - a five-year-old for-profit enterprise that rates news sites for editorial integrity helping news consumers and advertisers avoid sites that spread toxic disinformation. Crovitz comes to NewsGuard after a distinguished career as a journalist and media entrepreneur. He was publisher of the Wall Street Journal, as well as an award-winning columnist for that paper.Before NewsGuard, he founded or cofounded Factiva and Online Journalism—so he's no stranger to media startups. Gordon and Eric discuss NewsGuard's business model, his decision to take up the cause of countering disinformation, the role of advertising in funding lies and the explosion of artificial intelligence in the information ecosystem and what seekers of truth can do about it.Topics00:00Introduction and Background00:23The Need for Trustworthy Journalism01:12The Problem of Identifying News Sources02:10The Role of Advertising in Misinformation03:40NewsGuard as a For-Profit Model04:39NewsGuard's Data and Reports06:34Ads Supporting Misinformation on Social Media08:23News Reliability Ratings and Misinformation Fingerprints09:33Examples of News Ratings12:15The Importance of Misinformation Fingerprints16:55Trust in Media and Political Bias20:29Challenges in Steering Ads to Reliable Sources24:57The State of Professional Journalism29:56Losing the Battle Against Misinformation31:39The Need for Regulation and Disclosure35:50Approaching Social Media Regulation38:59Gordon Crovitz's News Consumption Habits44:24ConclusionThis episode was produced by Tom Platts

It's the S&A Halloween Episode! Lindsay is joined by Matt Bledsloe, Mark Wanner & Hayden Gilbert for a Werewolf Halloween Party. With Michael Dougherty's Trick r Treat (2007), Steven Brill's Hubie Halloween (2020) & Errie C. Keaton's House of Frankenstein (1944). This is huge feast of all Halloween goodness and and some spectacular Adam Sandler impressions. Listen to Schlock & Awe on your favourite Podcast App

Steven Brill's 1995 summer fat camp family comedy, HEAVYWEIGHTS, is our feature presentation this week. We talk Disney's issues with the edginess of the film, Judd Apatow's involvement, the method performance of Ben Stiller, if this film could be made today, and much much more. We also pick our TOP 7 SUMMER CAMP FILMS in this week's SILVER SCREEN 7. Check out the eighth film in our BIG WEIRD SUMMER series. Subscribe, become a regular, and tell your friends about us!

In this episode of Scenecraft, we're joined by friend of the show, Nate, to break down the "Team Perkis" scene from Heavyweights (1995), directed by Steven Brill. Drop us a line at contact@scenecraftpodcast.com, or follow us on Instagram, X, TikTok, and Threads @scenecraftpodcast for the latest news on the show. — Show Notes — Quick Takes ~ 00:00:46 Talk to Me (2023), Eastbound & Down (2009-2013), The Deepest Breath (2023), The Beanie Bubble (2023), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), Sorcerer (1977) Scene Selection ~ 00:23:31 Heavyweights (1995) (Scene: Team Perkis) New episodes will be released twice a month – stay tuned!

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit public.substack.comThe bewildering number of news organizations has inspired entrepreneurs to create ways to rank them. The most prominent of them is NewsGuard. It ranks media organizations based on their trustworthiness and then provides these rankings to large corporate advertisers. NewsGuard's co-CEOs are Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz. Before starting NewsGuard, Brill had created CourtTV, and Crovitz was the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. I interviewed them in March.I have two specific concerns with NewsGuard. First, it has taken money from the Pentagon. How could NewsGuard be objective in evaluating news media coverage of the Defense Department if the Defense Department funds it? Second, NewsGuard wrongly labeled the idea that Covid-19 escaped from a Chinese lab as a “conspiracy theory.” And given that NewsGuard spread misinformation about covid's origins, what right does it have to criticize others for spreading misinformation?To NewsGuard's credit, it publicly acknowledges that it took money from the Pentagon and got covid origins wrong. On its website, NewsGuard writes, “NewsGuard either mischaracterized the sites' claims about the lab leak theory, referred to the lab leak as a ‘conspiracy theory,' or wrongly grouped together unproven claims about the lab leak with the separate, false claim that the COVID-19 virus was man-made without explaining that one claim was unsubstantiated, and the other was false. NewsGuard apologizes for these errors.”But NewsGuard still claims on its website as “THE TRUTH,” that “Scientific evidence points to the virus originating in bats. A study published in the journal Nature in February 2020 found the new virus's genome is “96 percent identical” to a bat coronavirus. A March 2020 study published in the journal Nature Medicine concluded that the virus “is not a laboratory construct or a purposefully manipulated virus.”In fact, as Public and others have shown, the scientific evidence does not point to the virus originating in bats. In fact, in their emails and internal messages, the authors of the March 2020 Nature Medicine paper expressed serious doubts that pangolins were the intermediary host from bats to humans. As late as April 2020, the authors of “Proximal Origin” expressed doubt about the bat theory of covid. Indeed, it now appears that Anthony Fauci oversaw an effort to spread disinformation about covid's origins, including by instigating the “Proximal Origin” paper.Conflicts Of InterestAs for NewsGuard's Pentagon funding, I felt Brill and Crovitz were slippery about what is obviously a conflict of interest.

The guys discuss the 1995 comedy Heavyweights. Written by Judd Apatow (an odd choice for a Disney film) and Steven Brill, Heavyweights was a box office disappointment, but has picked up steam over the years, and is on its way to cult classic status. Starring: Ben Stiller, Aaron Schwartz, Tom McGowan, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson, Paul Feig and Leah Lail.

The guys discuss the 1995 comedy Heavyweights. Written by Judd Apatow (an odd choice for a Disney film) and Steven Brill, Heavyweights was a box office disappointment, but has picked up steam over the years, and is on its way to cult classic status. Starring: Ben Stiller, Aaron Schwartz, Tom McGowan, Shaun Weiss, Kenan Thompson, Paul Feig and Leah Lail.

With the David Arquette over on WCW television, it's time to revisit the reason for the most controversial WCW World Heavyweight Champion: READY TO RUMBLE! Andrew and Matt take a look back at the this wrestling buddy comedy film. Directed by Brian Robbins. Written by Steven Brill. Starring David Arquette, Oliver Platt, Scott Caan, Rose McGowan, Martin Landau, Joe Pantoliano, Sting, DDP, Kanyon, Goldberg, The Macho Man Randy Savage, Michael Buffer, and more! Sometimes two heads are simply more than one! Follow us on Instagram @GetItAgainPodcast Got 2 (or more) words for us? Email us at GetItAgainPodcast@gmail.com

The sports underdog film is a hallowed, often sacred genre. When done right, underdog stories like Rocky and The Bad News Bears can become cultural touchstones. And there's one film released in 1992 that fits the bill perfectly: The Mighty Ducks. Ever since the team came quacking onto the scene, they've captured the hearts of a certain generation of sports and movie fans alike. Now, they're the subject of the new E:60 duck-umentary “Once Upon a Time in Anaheim.” So today, we bring you a sneak beak: screenwriter Steven Brill tells us what it was like to write a movie that eventually inspired a real NHL team…which ruffled a few feathers when Disney announced the team would be named the Mighty Ducks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael talks with Court TV founder, journalist and author Steven Brill about "America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System." Original air date 9 January 2015. The book was published on 5 January 2015.

What's up, Underdogs!? ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE!? Well, you better be because we're back, we're joined by Lou Moon, and we're diving headfirst into a raunchy sports comedy about the wonderful world of WCW wrestling. Yes, that's right: we're powerbombing 2000's puerile cult classic Ready to Rumble! This fatuously fun film is absolutely stacked. It stars David Arquette, Scott Caan, Oliver Platt, Joe Pantoliano, Martin Landau, and an ultra-hot Rose McGowan; it features epic, Slim Jim-inspired cameos from a horde of professional wrestlers (Goldberg, Booker T, Sting, Diamond Dallas Page, Randy Savage, Sid Vicious, Bam Bam Bigelow, Rey Mysterio Jr., and of course, Michael Buffer); and it's written by the king of juvenilia/silly kid-skewing sports comedies, Steven Brill. What are you waiting for? Grab those dusty spandex, queue up your entrance song, and join us as we perform a tag-team suplex on this hilariously dumb movie, which achieves something rare in Cinema, becoming the equivalent of mixing Red Bull & an Icee. No doubt, this thing is frozen in time - stuck in that strangely boyish space we knew as the late 90s/early 00s. It's one hell of a brain freeze: a serially ridiculous prepubescent buddy comedy with a shit-eating grin on its face. Why are you still reading this? Wipe that Cheshire grin away and get in the damn ring! Enjoy!

Steven Brill founder of NewsGuard talks about his for-profit companies business model of issuing nutrition labels for news. Plus, The Covid Crisis Group bears attention. And it's never too earlier for Joe-mentum! Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at thegist@mikepesca.com To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist Subscribe: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heavyweights is a 1995 American black comedy film directed by Steven Brill and written by Brill with Judd Apatow. The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller).

Chicago-based critic and author of the new book "Talk 90s with Me: 23 Unpredictable Conversations with Stars of an Unforgettable Decade" Matt Pais joins us to discuss the kids cult classic 'Heavyweights'.After a conversation about Matt's new book, we talk through the film's empathetic and nuanced portrayal of fatness (notably featuring an ensemble of actors of size), its place within the canon of 90s anti-conformity comedies, and why this might be Ben Stiller's most pitch-perfect performance. Follow Matt Pais on Twitter. Check out Matt's new book "Talk 90s with Me: 23 Unpredictable Conversations with Stars of an Unforgettable Decade".Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish. 

Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill, co-founders and co-CEO's of Newsguard show how programmatic advertising has been funding billions of dollars worth of misinformation and what can be done about it.Further reading links:To learn more about NewsGuard and its work to help ad agencies and clients with brand safety against misinformation, visit NewsGuard's website: https://www.newsguardtech.com/solutions/brandguard/ Learn more about how $2.6 billion every year is unintentionally spent in programmatic advertising by brands to support misinformation sites, promoting everything from healthcare hoaxes to Russian disinformation about Ukraine: https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/brands-send-billions-to-misinformation-websites-newsguard-comscore-report This explains why MediaPost named NewsGuard the advertising Supplier of the Year: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/370068/2021-media-supplier-of-the-year-newsguard.html This is NewsGuard's annual Social Impact Report: https://www.newsguardtech.com/special-reports/social-impact-report-2021For more information including about how Publicis makes NewsGuard protections available for its clients, please contact Sarah Brandt, Head of Partnerships for NewsGuard, at sarah.brandt@newsguardtech.com. Follow NewsGuard on Twitter: @NewsGuardRating

This week, the suffering is on full blast for one participant as Nathan and Brendan are joined by frequent guest Galen Howard to dive into the colossal misfire with one of the best casts in cinema history - Movie 43. They discuss the jokes that don't make any sense and that are completely forgotten about minutes later, sketches that seem to be incomplete, the fact that this movie somehow got the rights to use actual DC comics superheroes, all the gay panic jokes and much more. Also - THIS CAST! HOW!? Check our social media on Sunday for the Sunday Screencrap and take a guess at our next movie! What We've Been Watching: The Banshees of Inisherin V/H/S/99 Elevator to the Gallows Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Movie 43 stars... *deep breath*... Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Common, Will Sasso, Seth MacFarlane, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, Chris Pratt, J.B. Smoove, Kieran Culkin, Emma Stone, Richard Gere, Kate Bosworth, Jack McBrayer, Aasif Mandvi, Justin Long, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Bobby Cannavale, Kristen Bell, John Hodgman, Leslie Bibb, Katrina Bowden, Christopher Mitz-Plasse, Chloe Grace Moretz, Patrick Warburton, Matt Walsh, Gerard Butler, Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Halle Berry, Stephen Merchant, Terrence Howard, Elizabeth Banks and Josh Duhamel; directed by Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gunn, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken and Bob Odenkirk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuart introduces his Aliens and Artists project and discusses the inspiration behind it, and the interview then quickly turns into a conversation, as Layman and Stuart share experiences and reflections, riffing on shamanic consciousness, the nature of time, Western esotericism, Terrence McKenna and Alan Watts, encounters with UFOs and "alien intelligences," paranormal phenomena, nature mysticism, the effectiveness of hypnotherapy for accessing the unconscious and healing trauma, and much more. STUART DAVIS is a contemporary musician, songwriter, filmmaker, and podcaster. He has been performing throughout the United States and Europe since 1993. Davis regularly works with music producer Alex Gibson, who produced his last five studio albums. In 2009, TV channel HDNet broadcast the first six-episode season of "Sex, God, Rock 'n Roll," a comedy sketch show written, directed, and hosted by Davis; a second season with Davis and co-host Kandyse McClure began airing in 2012. Davis is a contributing member of philosopher Ken Wilber's Integral Institute, and appears as a fictionalized character in Wilber's novel Boomeritis. His single Already Free (2008) was featured as the end theme of the Showtime series I Can't Believe I'm Still Single, and was also used in the feature film Drillbit Taylor. A precursor to the HDNet series "Sex, God, Rock 'n Roll" existed in the form of a 12-part web series, The Stuart Davis Show (2007), select episodes of which were co-written with Steven Brill. Stuart is currently the host of the Aliens and Artists podcast. Links and Resources Stuart Davis: https://www.stuartdavis.com/Aliens & Artists podcast: https://aliensandartists.podbean.com/Man Meets Mantis: https://youtu.be/Zi_8W0qCUH0The Art of Is: https://youtu.be/q3cpAS9xU8o

This week Zach and Sloane unwrap 1995's childhood obesity summer camp adventure film: Heavyweights! The duo discuss everything from their favorite childhood snacks (and struggle meals) to the trauma of their parents divorce in a McDonald's drive-thru. All that and so much more on this week's Mummy Dearest!Support the show

It's 'Summer Camp Month' on Late to the Movies! Ben, Robbie, and Will start our month-long look at movies set at summer camps with 1995's Heavyweights! Directed by Steven Brill, written by Brill and Judd Apatow, and starring Ben Stiller, Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, Paul Feig, Kenan Thompson, Jeffrey Tambor, Jerry Stiller, and Anne Meara.

Dan Carroll, who is one of the boys, joins me for probably the most fucked up episode I've made to date. Medical horror abound, this one is certainly dark. If you think illegally marketing a drug to be used off-label for disabled children is bad, it's literally not even scratching the surface of how bad the rest of it gets. Strap in for the longest episode script I've made thus far all about geriatric abuse, simping for the FDA, and body changes that are so shocking that I waited until 30 minutes in to tell Dan where the episode was going. Oh also, you get some lore about me! Follow @DanCarroll__ on twitter, hug your people tight, and thanks again for listening to this podcast. Love you all! B) FOOTNOTES: 1. America's Most Admired Lawbreaker, Steven Brill, Huffington Post DocuSerial 2016 2. Johnson & Johnson to Pay More Than $2.2 Billion to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations, DOJ 2013 3. https://risperdalboys.com/ 4. https://thenationaltriallawyers.org/2014/03/risperdal-lawsuit-montana-5-9-million-settlement/ 5. https://www.drugwatch.com/risperdal/lawsuits/ 6. https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/jj-janssen-risperdal-lawsuit/ 7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804183932/https://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/jj-biochemist-testifies-company-never-gave-fda-risperdal-safety-analysis-it-knew-about-years 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804183827/https://newbrunswicktoday.com/article/latest-risperdal-verdict-jj-hit-70-million-compensatory-damages 9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1256452/?page=3

Nearly two weeks into Russia's invasion, News Lines news director and Daily Beast editor at large Michael Weiss joins the pod to explain how and why the Ukranians have defied everyone's expectations except their own. Plus, Steven Brill of NewsGuard looks back at his group's conversations with Facebook.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe Lockhart and Alyssa Farah Griffin discuss the media's coverage. Plus, Olivia Nuzzi talks about her quest to interview Dr. Oz; Kate Starbird and Caroline Orr Bueno dissect Covid misinformation; and Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz share their experience building NewsGuard, a startup that is supplying credibility ratings for news sites. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy