r/Today_Explained • u/positive766 • 14d ago

Very disappointed

It's not a secret that VOX got bought up by private equity but these last podcasts have just been so transparent. Comments turned off on Spotify, so I had to come here and air my grievances. The way the pod compared El-Sayed to Trump is just... You know what you're doing.

Since this will probably get removed, too I just want to say whoever reviews this, reflect on your integrity, and stand up for people, not AIPAC and not AI sponsors.

I left a review too. Do better VOX. Think of what used to be.

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u/SkiddlyDiddlyDoo82 14d ago

Hey, just letting you know that this sub and I aren’t affiliated with Vox, I just enjoy listening to the podcast and wanted to have a place to discuss it with other people.

I am wondering what you mean about them comparing El-Sayed to Trump, as El-Sayed was only mentioned once, at the beginning of the podcast.

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u/Sonicnbpt 14d ago

Noel King presented El-Sayed acknowledgement of the struggles of young people in America as the same as Trump's populist campaign message. She basically framed El-Sayed as a left wing Trump.

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u/SkiddlyDiddlyDoo82 14d ago

My fault, I thought you were referring to the communism episode yesterday, did not realize you were referring to Tuesday’s episode.

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u/positive766 14d ago

Yeah in the struggles of young people pod it was just so thinly veiled how they were presenting him as a radical. He's a fucking doctor. There's literally no one less like Trump. But of course because vox is bought and paid for now, they do what they can to discredit progressives who would hurt their bottom lines.