David Tereshchuk
@themediabeat.bsky.social
Journalist, Analyst, Commentator
The Pentagon itself has acknowledged our forces are “OVERMATCHED” by China’s.
And the New York Times has made it more widely known.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the revelations - and on the remedies.
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And the New York Times has made it more widely known.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the revelations - and on the remedies.
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
December 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Pentagon itself has acknowledged our forces are “OVERMATCHED” by China’s.
And the New York Times has made it more widely known.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the revelations - and on the remedies.
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And the New York Times has made it more widely known.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the revelations - and on the remedies.
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Today's communications generally assume basic literacy. But America now faces a crisis in reading abilities.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the disturbing decline, and on reversing it.
LISTEN at open.spotify.com/episode/4GJJ...
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the disturbing decline, and on reversing it.
LISTEN at open.spotify.com/episode/4GJJ...
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today's communications generally assume basic literacy. But America now faces a crisis in reading abilities.
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the disturbing decline, and on reversing it.
LISTEN at open.spotify.com/episode/4GJJ...
THE MEDIA BEAT reports on the disturbing decline, and on reversing it.
LISTEN at open.spotify.com/episode/4GJJ...
A world-renowned platform plus a powerful message from the BBC.
THE MEDIA BEAT welcomes the bold messaging — but regrets how the BBC itself undermined it.
LISTEN at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
And READ the full article at: www.themediabeat.com/latest-colum...
THE MEDIA BEAT welcomes the bold messaging — but regrets how the BBC itself undermined it.
LISTEN at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
And READ the full article at: www.themediabeat.com/latest-colum...
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A world-renowned platform plus a powerful message from the BBC.
THE MEDIA BEAT welcomes the bold messaging — but regrets how the BBC itself undermined it.
LISTEN at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
And READ the full article at: www.themediabeat.com/latest-colum...
THE MEDIA BEAT welcomes the bold messaging — but regrets how the BBC itself undermined it.
LISTEN at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
And READ the full article at: www.themediabeat.com/latest-colum...
While our country’s current state makes it hard to give thanks … I have a few things to be grateful for.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week celebrates some positive news.
LISTEN at: rss.com/podcasts/the...
And THE MEDIA BEAT is now also available at all major streaming platforms.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week celebrates some positive news.
LISTEN at: rss.com/podcasts/the...
And THE MEDIA BEAT is now also available at all major streaming platforms.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
While our country’s current state makes it hard to give thanks … I have a few things to be grateful for.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week celebrates some positive news.
LISTEN at: rss.com/podcasts/the...
And THE MEDIA BEAT is now also available at all major streaming platforms.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week celebrates some positive news.
LISTEN at: rss.com/podcasts/the...
And THE MEDIA BEAT is now also available at all major streaming platforms.
Two new books chart the course of right-wing thought, up to today’s growing authoritarianism.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week reviews the far-right chronologies.
Listen at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week reviews the far-right chronologies.
Listen at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Two new books chart the course of right-wing thought, up to today’s growing authoritarianism.
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week reviews the far-right chronologies.
Listen at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week reviews the far-right chronologies.
Listen at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
The Dems have scored victories with the voting public - but not in the Congress. Is that what “The Resistance” really amounts to?
In THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week I review the anti-Trump messaging
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
In THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week I review the anti-Trump messaging
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Dems have scored victories with the voting public - but not in the Congress. Is that what “The Resistance” really amounts to?
In THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week I review the anti-Trump messaging
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
In THE MEDIA BEAT public radio podcast this week I review the anti-Trump messaging
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Just as my radio show gets re-formatted, I address the President’s prospects on his first anniversary of being re-elected.
This week THE MEDIA BEAT reviews shrinking Trump support - and the opposing party’s gains.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
This week THE MEDIA BEAT reviews shrinking Trump support - and the opposing party’s gains.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just as my radio show gets re-formatted, I address the President’s prospects on his first anniversary of being re-elected.
This week THE MEDIA BEAT reviews shrinking Trump support - and the opposing party’s gains.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
This week THE MEDIA BEAT reviews shrinking Trump support - and the opposing party’s gains.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Donald Trump himself isn’t the only threat to our national economy. Although currently underreported, our shrinking female workforce needs serious attention.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week reviews studies of decline in women’s jobs.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week reviews studies of decline in women’s jobs.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Donald Trump himself isn’t the only threat to our national economy. Although currently underreported, our shrinking female workforce needs serious attention.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week reviews studies of decline in women’s jobs.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week reviews studies of decline in women’s jobs.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Various ways to reassert checks and balances on a runaway president.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week covers legal obstacles in Trump’s way.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week covers legal obstacles in Trump’s way.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Various ways to reassert checks and balances on a runaway president.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week covers legal obstacles in Trump’s way.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ this week covers legal obstacles in Trump’s way.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
US deaths by overdose are still unacceptably widespread. But the picture is changing.
THE MEDIA BEAT this week on coverage of our inconsistent anti-addiction campaigns.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT this week on coverage of our inconsistent anti-addiction campaigns.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
US deaths by overdose are still unacceptably widespread. But the picture is changing.
THE MEDIA BEAT this week on coverage of our inconsistent anti-addiction campaigns.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT this week on coverage of our inconsistent anti-addiction campaigns.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Trump with Netanyahu on a leash, or least a phone-cord, calling Qatar to apologize.
THE MEDIA BEAT explores peace process coverage as the Gaza war passes its 2-year mark.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT explores peace process coverage as the Gaza war passes its 2-year mark.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
October 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Trump with Netanyahu on a leash, or least a phone-cord, calling Qatar to apologize.
THE MEDIA BEAT explores peace process coverage as the Gaza war passes its 2-year mark.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT explores peace process coverage as the Gaza war passes its 2-year mark.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
The so-called Secretary for ‘War’ - and the President - rally their top troops.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ examines what lies beneath the bluster.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And/or READ the full article at www.TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/seeking-truth-about-war-and-warriors
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ examines what lies beneath the bluster.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And/or READ the full article at www.TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/seeking-truth-about-war-and-warriors
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The so-called Secretary for ‘War’ - and the President - rally their top troops.
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ examines what lies beneath the bluster.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And/or READ the full article at www.TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/seeking-truth-about-war-and-warriors
‘THE MEDIA BEAT’ examines what lies beneath the bluster.
LISTEN at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
And/or READ the full article at www.TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/seeking-truth-about-war-and-warriors
Top FBI staff, College principals, Scientists, Federal Reserve members … and of course Comedians. The President’s targets have no bounds.
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast reviews the widening field of vengeful battle.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast reviews the widening field of vengeful battle.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
September 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Top FBI staff, College principals, Scientists, Federal Reserve members … and of course Comedians. The President’s targets have no bounds.
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast reviews the widening field of vengeful battle.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast reviews the widening field of vengeful battle.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
President returns from state visit abroad to vicious polarization at home.
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast explores America's “free speech” rancor.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast explores America's “free speech” rancor.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
September 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
President returns from state visit abroad to vicious polarization at home.
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast explores America's “free speech” rancor.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
THE MEDIA BEAT’s public radio podcast explores America's “free speech” rancor.
Listen at: www.themediabeat.com/podcast
Controversial images: workers detained in ICE raid on Georgia’s new car factory.
How will immigration crackdowns affect the big industrial investors that MAGA needs?
Listen to the public radio podcast: www.davidtereshchuk.com/podcast
How will immigration crackdowns affect the big industrial investors that MAGA needs?
Listen to the public radio podcast: www.davidtereshchuk.com/podcast
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Controversial images: workers detained in ICE raid on Georgia’s new car factory.
How will immigration crackdowns affect the big industrial investors that MAGA needs?
Listen to the public radio podcast: www.davidtereshchuk.com/podcast
How will immigration crackdowns affect the big industrial investors that MAGA needs?
Listen to the public radio podcast: www.davidtereshchuk.com/podcast
After a summer break ‘The Media Beat’ returns — and follows up on this week’s Summit/Jamboree/Arms-display in China.
We tackle the under-reported story of China’s dealings in Africa.
LISTEN to the podcast: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
We tackle the under-reported story of China’s dealings in Africa.
LISTEN to the podcast: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After a summer break ‘The Media Beat’ returns — and follows up on this week’s Summit/Jamboree/Arms-display in China.
We tackle the under-reported story of China’s dealings in Africa.
LISTEN to the podcast: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
We tackle the under-reported story of China’s dealings in Africa.
LISTEN to the podcast: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
Netanyahu wants ‘total victory’ and re-occupation of Gaza Strip. His top soldiers — and most of Israel’s civilian population — want a negotiated end to war.
For 'The Media Beat' this week, I scrutinize messaging from all sides.
Listen to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
For 'The Media Beat' this week, I scrutinize messaging from all sides.
Listen to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
August 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Netanyahu wants ‘total victory’ and re-occupation of Gaza Strip. His top soldiers — and most of Israel’s civilian population — want a negotiated end to war.
For 'The Media Beat' this week, I scrutinize messaging from all sides.
Listen to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
For 'The Media Beat' this week, I scrutinize messaging from all sides.
Listen to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
I have a checkered past history with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and family. I tell the involved story in 'The Media Beat
'LISTEN to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
READ the full article at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/media-dominant-maxwells-and-me
'LISTEN to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
READ the full article at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/media-dominant-maxwells-and-me
August 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I have a checkered past history with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and family. I tell the involved story in 'The Media Beat
'LISTEN to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
READ the full article at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/media-dominant-maxwells-and-me
'LISTEN to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
READ the full article at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/media-dominant-maxwells-and-me
"The Media Beat" from Argentina. The president, Javier Milei, was first to brandish a chainsaw - long before Elon Musk - to cut down crucial government programs.
Under threat? Investigations into previous human-rights horrors
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Under threat? Investigations into previous human-rights horrors
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
July 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The Media Beat" from Argentina. The president, Javier Milei, was first to brandish a chainsaw - long before Elon Musk - to cut down crucial government programs.
Under threat? Investigations into previous human-rights horrors
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Under threat? Investigations into previous human-rights horrors
LISTEN to the public radio podcast at: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Political commentators are as divided as the Democratic Party itself.
But a whole new template is emerging after Zohran Mamdani’s New York earthquake.
The Media Beat this week on public radio lays out the possibilities.
Listen to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
But a whole new template is emerging after Zohran Mamdani’s New York earthquake.
The Media Beat this week on public radio lays out the possibilities.
Listen to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Political commentators are as divided as the Democratic Party itself.
But a whole new template is emerging after Zohran Mamdani’s New York earthquake.
The Media Beat this week on public radio lays out the possibilities.
Listen to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
But a whole new template is emerging after Zohran Mamdani’s New York earthquake.
The Media Beat this week on public radio lays out the possibilities.
Listen to the podcast at:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
On a day of which we can be proud, for having escaped 1770s tyranny … some reflection on oppression in more recent times.
That difficult label ‘Fascism' deserves careful dissection.
LISTEN to my podcast:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
That difficult label ‘Fascism' deserves careful dissection.
LISTEN to my podcast:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
July 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
On a day of which we can be proud, for having escaped 1770s tyranny … some reflection on oppression in more recent times.
That difficult label ‘Fascism' deserves careful dissection.
LISTEN to my podcast:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
That difficult label ‘Fascism' deserves careful dissection.
LISTEN to my podcast:
robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
Dwarfing its rural surroundings, a gargantuan transmission tower beams out hate-filled messaging.
This week “The Media Beat” reports from Maine on “free speech” taken to extremes.
[Also … some reflections on “Trump the Obliterator.”]
Listen to the podcast: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
This week “The Media Beat” reports from Maine on “free speech” taken to extremes.
[Also … some reflections on “Trump the Obliterator.”]
Listen to the podcast: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
June 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dwarfing its rural surroundings, a gargantuan transmission tower beams out hate-filled messaging.
This week “The Media Beat” reports from Maine on “free speech” taken to extremes.
[Also … some reflections on “Trump the Obliterator.”]
Listen to the podcast: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
This week “The Media Beat” reports from Maine on “free speech” taken to extremes.
[Also … some reflections on “Trump the Obliterator.”]
Listen to the podcast: www.TheMediaBeat.com/podcast
Airstrikes against Iran: “The Media Beat” this week on reporters trying to sort rhetoric from reality.
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio:https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-media-beat-with-david-tereshchuk-friday-june-20-2025/
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio:https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-media-beat-with-david-tereshchuk-friday-june-20-2025/
June 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Airstrikes against Iran: “The Media Beat” this week on reporters trying to sort rhetoric from reality.
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio:https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-media-beat-with-david-tereshchuk-friday-june-20-2025/
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio:https://robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-media-beat-with-david-tereshchuk-friday-june-20-2025/
A President takes a wrecking ball to the country’s efforts at justice and fairness.
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
And READ the the full review at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/timely-reminder-on-us-bigotry
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
And READ the the full review at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/timely-reminder-on-us-bigotry
June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A President takes a wrecking ball to the country’s efforts at justice and fairness.
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
And READ the the full review at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/timely-reminder-on-us-bigotry
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
And READ the the full review at: TheMediaBeat.com/latest-columns/timely-reminder-on-us-bigotry
Presidents’ relations with the press are rarely smooth. Currently they amount to outright war. In this week’s The Media Beat we examine battle-plans.
Pic: *Press as Enemy 1 or 2
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
Pic: *Press as Enemy 1 or 2
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
May 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Presidents’ relations with the press are rarely smooth. Currently they amount to outright war. In this week’s The Media Beat we examine battle-plans.
Pic: *Press as Enemy 1 or 2
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...
Pic: *Press as Enemy 1 or 2
LISTEN to the podcast from public station Robin Hood Radio: robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/the-...