Engines of Outrage Pt. 1

Landslide

NPR

History

4.8 • 762 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Just a few decades ago most people used — and trusted — the same news sources. Now, Americans are siloed in separate ecosystems, consuming conflicting depictions of reality. Misinformation runs rampant. Conspiracy theories flourish. And extremism grows. What can bring us back to a shared, fact-based understanding?

A new miniseries from Landslide explores America's information divide — starting with a coordinated campaign in the early 1970s to undermine the press, and the alternate media ecosystem that followed.

Created and hosted by Ben Bradford.

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0:00.0	President Trump is back in Washington, pursuing major policy changes on his own terms.
0:06.4	We know from the past that means challenging precedent, busting norms, and pushing against the status quo.
0:12.1	NPR is covering it all with Trump's terms, a podcast where we curate stories about the 47th president with the focus on how he is upending the way Washington works.
0:21.5	Listen to Trump's terms from NPR.
0:26.2	Courtney Budd had a conversation last year that left her shaking.
0:30.4	It was with a family member and it was about politics.
0:33.4	He made the comment, Trump is a good man.
0:37.4	I just on such a basic fundamental level, just couldn't see any reason in that statement.
0:45.1	It'd be an understatement to say that Courtney does not agree with this.
0:48.8	But what upset her was who was saying it.
0:52.1	Somebody whom I not only love, but really respect for his intelligence,
0:57.6	and also his ethics and his moral compass.
1:01.4	It felt like they weren't just disagreeing, but living in separate realities.
1:08.0	Ron McFarland has been looking for a common ground with his sister.
1:11.7	He thinks she's misinformed.
1:13.7	You know, she gets a lot of things from social media and things of that nature.
1:17.8	Ron is a Trump voter.
1:19.6	His news sources include Fox and podcaster Joe Rogan.
1:23.2	I kind of like him.
1:24.7	He says he tries to watch CNN and other sources, but ultimately, Ron thinks most news
1:30.6	intentionally misleads.
1:32.4	Where is the truth?
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