#68: Fear Itself
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2017
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Based on President Trump’s rhetoric with the wall and the Muslim ban, you would think that terrorism is a huge safety issue for the U.S. But how much of a danger does it really pose? Americans are much more scared of terrorism than they should be, and 24 hour cable news is a major reason why.
Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion about this and more with Carlos Maza, video journalist for Vox.com.
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| 0:13.0 | You would not have Trump talking about a wall and a Muslim ban |
| 0:16.8 | unless there was a cable news environment that every day was overhipping the fear |
| 0:21.4 | of illegal immigration or terrorism. |
| 0:24.0 | It's a ridiculous solution that matches what is a very |
| 0:26.6 | ridiculously portrayed problem way before Trump. |
| 0:29.3 | Hey, welcome to In The Thick. This is a podcast about politics, race, and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Maria Inohosa. And I'm Julio Riccalo Barella. |
| 0:41.0 | Joining us from Washington, D.C. is Carlos Masa. He's a video journalist for Vox.com. Hey, |
| 0:46.8 | Carlos, welcome to the show. Hey guys, thanks for having me. So we're actually |
| 0:51.5 | recording a live show from the Aspen Ideas Festival, which we're going to release next Tuesday at our normal time. |
| 0:58.0 | But until then, Carlos, this is a conversation that Julio and I and our producer Noam have been having wanting to have for a while and it's like you hit the nail on the head with a couple of videos that you made recently for Vox.com. |
| 1:12.1 | Right and we wanted to start with one of them that you recently made, right? |
| 1:16.0 | About how constant media coverage of terrorism leads us to be more afraid than we really should be. |
| 1:22.0 | We watch news like this because we want to be |
| 1:24.0 | informed about potential threats to our safety. Could what happened in Paris |
| 1:28.0 | happen in the US? But what if it does the opposite? What if watching terrorism coverage makes us worse at knowing how to keep ourselves safe? |
| 1:36.3 | So let's start from the beginning here. How did you come up with the idea for that video? |
| 1:41.7 | How did it start thinking about it? |
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