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This episode starts with a simple question that turned out not to be simple at all. Why is the biggest story on our screens not the biggest story in the world. While Western headlines obsess over a single domestic incident, Iran is burning, protesting, and shouting into an information blackout. There are reports, whispers, and very loud claims that the Ayatollah has been “eliminated.” What does that even mean. Killed, removed, sidelined, or simply wished away by the internet.
We talk about why legacy media is barely touching these protests, how protest fatigue and narrative discomfort shape coverage, and why uncertainty makes editors nervous. We also dig into how social media now drives belief faster than facts, whether it is Iran, Minneapolis, or the latest viral video that may or may not be real.
Along the way, we ask uncomfortable questions about suffrage, protest culture, ideological blindness, and what happens when emotion outruns evidence.
This is not an episode about easy answers. It is about paying attention when the noise goes quiet, and asking why.
Welcome to What the Frock.
By Dave Bowman and Roderick Cook4
66 ratings
This episode starts with a simple question that turned out not to be simple at all. Why is the biggest story on our screens not the biggest story in the world. While Western headlines obsess over a single domestic incident, Iran is burning, protesting, and shouting into an information blackout. There are reports, whispers, and very loud claims that the Ayatollah has been “eliminated.” What does that even mean. Killed, removed, sidelined, or simply wished away by the internet.
We talk about why legacy media is barely touching these protests, how protest fatigue and narrative discomfort shape coverage, and why uncertainty makes editors nervous. We also dig into how social media now drives belief faster than facts, whether it is Iran, Minneapolis, or the latest viral video that may or may not be real.
Along the way, we ask uncomfortable questions about suffrage, protest culture, ideological blindness, and what happens when emotion outruns evidence.
This is not an episode about easy answers. It is about paying attention when the noise goes quiet, and asking why.
Welcome to What the Frock.

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