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INTERVIEW | Ken Timmerman Recounts His Journey From Political Leftist to Born-Again Christian

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Government, Daily News, News, Politics

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🗓️ 21 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ken Timmerman is author of a new book, “And the Rest Is History: Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies.” As a longtime investigative reporter and war correspondent, Timmerman has a unique take on the news media given his own journey from the political Left to the Right during his lifetime. We discuss his experiences in hostile places like the Middle East as well as newsrooms in America. He also offers his take on the current state of journalism. Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter—the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What you have now in the New York Times and the Washington Post and other places is opinion

0:04.8

masquerading effect, and that is extremely dangerous.

0:13.7

This is the Daily Single Podcast for Monday, November 21st.

0:16.7

I'm Rob Blueey, and that was Ken Timmerman, author of a new book, and the rest is history,

0:22.0

Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers, Dirty Tricks, and Spies.

0:26.2

As a longtime investigative reporter and war correspondent, Timmerman has a unique take

0:30.1

on the news media, given his own journey from the political left to the right during his

0:34.2

lifetime.

0:35.2

We talk about his experiences in hostile places like the Middle East, as well as newsrooms

0:39.2

in America.

0:40.6

He also offers his take on the current state of journalism.

0:43.8

Stay tuned for our interview after this.

0:51.1

We get it with big media bias, it's hard to find accurate honest news.

0:56.4

That's why we've put together the Morning Bell Newsletter, a compilation of the top

1:01.1

stories and conservative commentary to subscribe, just head to dailysignal.com slash morning

1:07.7

bell subscription, or visit dailysignal.com and click on the connect button at the top of

1:12.4

the page.

1:16.2

We are joined on the Daily Signal Podcast by Ken Timmerman.

1:19.3

He's a nationally known investigative reporter and war correspondent who is the author of

1:23.6

a dozen nonfiction books, including New York Times bestsellers and three published novels.

1:28.4

His latest book is called And The Rest Is History, Tales of Hostages, Arms Dealers,

1:33.5

Dirty Tricks, and Spies.

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