How presidential candidates are talking about tech on the campaign trail
Marketplace Tech
Marketplace
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🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
We are a little more than a year away from Election Day, and voters have probably heard something about candidates’ views on the economy, foreign policy and other issues in the media daily. But today, “Marketplace Tech” is looking at what candidates are telling voters about their plans for the future of technology in the United States. How are they framing issues related to artificial intelligence, social media and the power of Big Tech? If you scroll through the websites of the leading candidates, tech might not seem very high on their priority list so far. But tech is definitely on the agenda — you just have to know where to look and what to listen for. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali spoke with Dave Weigel, politics reporter for the news website Semafor, about how the contenders are defining and spinning tech to influence voters.
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| 0:30.8 | Today, a look at who's talking tech on the 2024 campaign trail. |
| 0:35.6 | From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm Lily Dremali. |
| 0:39.8 | We are a little more than a year away from Election Day, and you've probably heard at least |
| 0:53.8 | something about candidates views on issues like the economy and foreign policy. |
| 0:58.9 | But today, we're looking at what candidates are telling voters about their plans for |
| 1:02.8 | the future of technology in the US. |
| 1:05.9 | How are they framing issues related to artificial intelligence, big tech, social media, and more? |
| 1:12.4 | If you scroll through the websites of the leading candidates, so far, tech might not seem |
| 1:17.0 | very high on their priority lists. |
| 1:19.6 | But it turns out tech actually is on the agenda. |
| 1:23.1 | You just have to know where to look and what to listen for. |
| 1:26.1 | That's according to Dave Weigel, politics reporter for the news website, SEMA4. |
| 1:30.5 | He's been following the candidates as they make their pitches to voters. |
| 1:34.3 | You're hearing this in two ways. |
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