Isaac Saul on Media Bias, Ideological Diversity, and How Tangle Can Help

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Mike & Trey talk with Isaac Saul, a political reporter who shares our belief that information bubbles are a big problem. Instead of just bemoaning this and encouraging people to try and somehow break out of their partisan bubbles, Isaac decided to do something about it – he founded Tangle. If you're a fan of The Politics Guys, you'll really appreciate Isaac's work. Topics we cover include: media’s treatment of Obama vs Trump political opinion that masquerades as “news analysis” the challenge of getting real political diversity why “When is the last time you changed your mind?” is such an important question what Tangle is, how Isaac and his team put it together, and what they cover the economic model of news and the future of political media Check out Tangle here. The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the podcast, go to patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.1	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:47.8	I'm Michael Baranowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.
0:52.4	We're happy to have the opportunity to talk today with Isaac Saul,
0:55.6	a political reporter who definitely shares our belief here on the show that information bubbles
1:01.0	are a serious problem. And, you know, instead of just kind of saying, oh, well, this is a
1:06.1	horrible thing and encouraging people to try and somehow break out of their partisan bubbles, he decided to do something
1:12.9	about it. And again, it sounds like a familiar story to Paul the sky's listeners, right? So that's
1:18.9	why he's on, because I'm betting that if you're a fan of this podcast and if you're not hate listening,
1:23.9	you are, you'll really appreciate Isaac's work, which we're going to be talking about,
1:28.4	along I think with more generally some thoughts about problems in modern media. All right,
1:33.2	Isaac Saul, welcome to the show. Thank you guys so much for having me. I'm glad to be here.
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