How the Political Media Has Failed America, with David Harsanyi

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Politics, Energy, Healthcare, News, World, Society & Culture, Regulations, Finance, America, Freedom

4.6 • 16K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Latest Gallup polling reveals that, among U.S. institutions and leaders, American media has the lowest approval rating in terms of its response to the coronavirus. Which aspects of the media's reporting on COVID-19 account for such unpopularity? How has the media's historical coverage of the Trump administration contributed to its current predicament? As we balance health and economic concerns amidst a pandemic, what kind of nuanced questions should the media be asking, but due to partisan "gotcha" games, are not? David Harsanyi shares his insight on these questions, as well as his take on the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress last week.

David Harsanyi is a senior writer for National Review and a former senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of four books. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, National Review, Reason, New York Post, and numerous other publications. David has appeared on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News and dozens of radio talk shows across the country.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.2	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.8	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:18.0	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to the award-winning show.
0:28.0	We haven't won any awards, but I hope you're giving our show five stars.
0:31.3	You should, if you haven't, and you're a listener and you're liking what we're putting out.
0:35.6	So today, we're going to be talking about the media.
0:38.8	This is not a topic I've really touched upon in a lot of our deep dives.
0:42.8	And I think it's the right time for it.
0:46.8	We saw a poll out recently that said of all the institutions in America,
0:50.8	including Congress, by the way.
0:52.4	So this is surprising.
0:54.4	The media actually falls short of Congress in American polling.
0:58.4	We actually have less trust in media than God that may be ever before.
1:03.6	I don't know if that's true or not, but to help us with that conversation,
1:07.2	I'm going to bring in somebody from the media.
1:09.6	David Harsani, Senior Writer for National Review, and a former Senior Editor at the Federalist.
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