Episode 530: Can We Still Trust the News? with Bonnie Kristian
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Research now shows that people who constantly consume the news are three times more likely to hold incorrect perspectives than those who only consume news occasionally. How did the news business shift from reporting to distorting? Phil, Skye, and Kaitlyn discuss a new article that blames comedian Jon Stewart and The Daily Show for unintentionally transforming the media into a "subscription-based narrative production" business.
Then, Skye talks to journalist Bonnie Kristian about her book, "Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community." She explains the economic and cultural forces that have warped journalism, and strategies that can help us avoid being misinformed. Also this week, Focus on the Family defends Christopher Columbus, and Phil reports on his latest Twitter skirmishes involving abortion and trans vegetables.
Bonus Patreon Interview with Bonnie Kristian: Three steps against conspiracism - https://www.patreon.com/posts/73183372/
News Segment
0:00 - Intro
4:11 - Phil's Twitter skirmishes
21:39 - Columbus Day
32:52 - Narratives in media
Sponsor
51:45 - Sponsor: Biola University's Talbot School of Theology
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Interview with Bonnie Kristian
"Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community" - https://amzn.to/3MpJ2bc
55:03 - Journalism over the past decade
57:23 - Knowledge crisis on the right and the left
1:00:13 - The perception gap
1:03:44 - Profit-driven news
1:09:18 - Social media and news
1:14:53 - Cancel culture
1:22:15 - Navigating media engagement
1:29:07 - Episode credits
Articles from news segment:
"Go Ahead and Celebrate Christopher Columbus, Who Sought to Tell the New World About Jesus Christ" by Paul Batura (Focus on the Family's Daily Citizen) - https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/go-ahead-and-celebrate-christopher-columbus-who-sought-to-tell-the-new-world-about-jesus-christ/
"How Stewart Made Tucker" by Jon Askonas (The New Atlantis) - https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-stewart-made-tucker
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Holy Post. Research now shows that people who constantly consume the news |
| 0:05.3 | are three times more likely to hold incorrect perspectives than those who only consume news occasionally. |
| 0:12.3 | How did the news business shift from reporting to distorting? Today we discuss an article that |
| 0:17.8 | blames comedian John Stewart and the Daily Show for unintentionally transforming the media into a |
| 0:24.0 | subscription-based narrative production business. Then I talk to journalist Bonnie Christian about her |
| 0:30.1 | new book Untrustworthy. The knowledge crisis breaking our brains, polluting our politics, |
| 0:35.2 | and corrupting Christian community. She explains the economic and cultural forces that have warped |
| 0:40.4 | journalism and offers us some advice about how we can avoid being misinformed. All of that, |
| 0:46.4 | plus focus on the family defense Christopher Columbus and fill reports on his latest Twitter |
| 0:51.7 | skirmishes. Here is episode 530. Hey there, welcome back to the podcast. This is Phil Vichier, |
| 0:57.5 | the Holy Post podcast. I'm here with Caitlin Chess. Hi, Caitlin. |
| 1:02.0 | Hi, Phil. And Skygitani. Hi, Sky. Hi, everyone. |
| 1:07.8 | Oh, you're supposed to hide me? Only you. Caitlin said hi, Phil. |
| 1:14.0 | Okay, well, I'm trying to be inclusive. Okay, but am I part of everyone? |
| 1:19.2 | Are we just saying hi to the audience and not to me? To you, to Caitlin, to the audience. |
| 1:25.2 | I think you guys might need to have a conversation. |
| 1:27.7 | Caitlin, are you also greeting everyone? Yeah, I feel like that's all I'd. |
| 1:32.6 | Okay, implied. We're implied. Okay. Hello, everyone. From Sky, Caitlin, and Phil, we're glad you're |
| 1:38.8 | here. And now it's time for theme song. |
| 1:41.8 | What's the news that you like the most? Who's your favorite podcast host? |
| 1:47.8 | If it's breakfast, get your toasted sky and fill in the Holy Post. Sky and fill in the Holy Post. |
| 1:56.8 | I'm sometimes paid by anybody. Have a really interesting weekend. |
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