Dennis Broe and Jalyssa Dugrot

Lies, More Lies and Damned Media Lies

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Welcome to Lies, More Lies and Damned Media Lies The title of our podcast is a bastardization of Mark Twain’s “Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics,” his media criticism of 19th century America. We’ll look at the sins of omission and commission of today’s print, television and digital media in the line not only of Twain but also A.J. Liebling, Alexander Cockburn and Beavis and Butthead. With Dennis Broe, a journalist, novelist and film, television and art critic Jalyssa Dugrot an independent journalist based in South Florida And we're Bro and DuGro Goin' At The News

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Dennis Broe and Jalyssa Dugrot

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Who Wants to Tax A Billionaire? Not Centrist Dems 10.07.2026 48:06

On this episode of Lies , Media Critic Dennis Broe talks to HBO and Netflix Stand-Up Comic Leighann Lord about whether comedy in the age of Trump is possible. On “Media Watch” we look at Hilary Clinton’s going along to get along with turning Gaza into beachfront property while on “Narrative Watch” Leighann talks about resisting attempts to hit the social media “anger button” while Dennis debunks a...

Lies 5: When I hear the word negotiation, I reach for my gun 11.05.2026 50:45

Independent journalist Jalyssa discusses the media coverage, or rather the lack of in-depth and contextual coverage of the massacre in Lebanon and how mainstream media is awash in superficiality. Media Critic Dennis recounts how, paraphrasing Goebbels, Trump and Netanyahu have never met a negotiation they didn't want to sabotage. Times Watch takes up the difference between the Eastern hordes...