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Two Muslim Journalists Walk Into a Podcast - Mehdi and Ayman Mohyeldin on Iran, Gaza, and Media Bias

Two Muslim Journalists Walk Into a Podcast - Mehdi and Ayman Mohyeldin on Iran, Gaza, and Media Bias

We're Not Kidding with Mehdi & Friends vor 5 Monaten

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Mehdi and Ayman Mohyeldin have a lot in common: They were both
born in the same year, they're both immigrants and naturalized US
citizens, they're both Muslim, and they both worked at Al Jazeera
and then MSNBC (now MS NOW). As Mehdi says to his former
colleague, "I look at you and I feel like I'm looking at a
taller, better looking, Arab version of myself."

Ayman joins Mehdi in Washington DC for the latest episode of
'We're Not Kidding' to discuss their careers in TV journalism,
the failures of Western media on Gaza, and the new US war with
Iran. The two discuss Israel's role in instigating the war,
Benjamin Netanyahu's decades-long obsession with toppling the
Iranian regime, as well as the media's unwillingness to name
Israel as an influence on US foreign policy. "Israel has said it
wants regime change in Iran for 40 years, but you couldn't say
that until Marco Rubio came out and said that," Ayman says.

As one of the only American journalists who lived in Gaza during
the 2008-09 war, Ayman brings a perspective on the region that
few other mainstream journalists are able to. The two talk about
Ayman's history of reporting on the conflict, what has changed
(and sadly not changed), as well as the shortcomings of most
Western media outlets in offering balanced coverage.

The two also discuss:

Beginning their journalism careers in the post 9/11 era.

Double standard attacks levied against Muslim journalists.

Bari Weiss and her "Iran expert" Douglas Murray.

Which Republican lawmakers are "dumb as shit."

And Mehdi quizzes Ayman on the French national soccer (sorry,
football) team…

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Credits:

Hosted by: Mehdi Hasan

Guest Host: Ayman Mohyeldin

Executive Producer: Kiran Alvi

Senior Producer and Editor: Frank Cappello

Music: Andy Clausen

Design: Alicia Tatone

Mix Engineer: Valentino Rivera

Title Animation: Ehsaan Mesghali

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