Summary: <p>Should we cancel the word “cancel”? On this week’s On the Media, find out who benefits from the newest culture scare, and a history of "cancellation." Plus, hear how three women reporters covered the Vietnam War against all odds.</p> <p>1. Michael Hobbes [<a href="https://twitter.com/RottenInDenmark">@RottenInDenmark</a>], co-host of Maintenance Phase, on the anecdotes that fuel "political correctness" and "cancel culture" panics. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/cancel-culture-myth-on-the-media">Listen.</a> </p> <p>2. Erec Smith [<a href="https://twitter.com/Rhetors_of_York">@Rhetors_of_York</a>], associate professor of rhetoric and composition at the York College of Pennsylvania, on his experience being "cancelled" within an academic context. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/canceled-academia-on-the-media">Listen.</a> </p> <p>3. Clyde McGrady [<a href="https://twitter.com/CAMcGrady">@CAMcGrady</a>], features writer for <em>T</em><em>he</em> <em>Washington Post</em>, on the derivation and misappropriation of the word "cancelled." <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/history-being-cancelled-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p>4. Elizabeth Becker [<a href="https://twitter.com/Elizbeckerwrite?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@Elizbeckerwrite</a>], author of <em>You Don't Belong Here</em>, on how women journalists covered the Vietnam War in groundbreaking ways, and yet were forgotten by history. <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/how-three-women-rewrote-story-war-on-the-media">Listen.</a></p> <p><em>Music:</em></p> <p><em>Middlesex Times by Michael AndrewsBubble Wrap by Thomas NewmanYou Sexy Thing (Remix) by Hot Chocolate</em><em>John’s Book Of Alleged Dances by Kronos QuartetCarmen Fantasy by Anderson & Row</em></p>
