Cancel Culture, Part 2: A Case Study

Yesterday on “The Daily,” the New York Times reporter Jonah Bromwich explained how the idea of cancel culture has emerged as a political and cultural force in 2020. In the second of two parts, he returns with a case study.

Guest: Jonah Engel Bromwich, who writes for the Styles section of The New York Times, spoke with Zeeshan Aleem about his experience of cancel culture.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily

Background reading:

• Here’s the first episode in this two-part series exploring cancel culture’s origins and political power.
• There’s an emerging class of people canceled for bad, conservative or offensive opinions. Cancellation is bringing many of them together.
• For teenagers, cancellation on social media is not a new phenomenon. Here are some of their own experiences with being canceled.