Lies, Lies, and More Lies

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Resolute Square

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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How do we fact check in an ocean of lies? In this episode Rick is joined by Bill Adair, the founder of PolitiFact and a professor at Duke University, to discuss the growing epidemic of political lying, especially within the Republican Party. They explore the history of political dishonesty, the role of conservative media in amplifying misinformation, and the challenges of fact-checking in an era dominated by figures like Donald Trump. The conversation highlights the danger that widespread deception poses to democracy and addresses the role of new technologies, like deepfakes, in further distorting truth in political discourse. Bill's book, Beyond the Big Lie: The Epidemic of Political Lying, Why Republicans Do It More, and How It Could Burn Down Our Democracy, available now. Timestamps: (00:01:34) The Big Lie (00:06:21) The red blue divide (00:19:00) The danger to the right Follow Resolute Square: Instagram Twitter TikTok Find out more at Resolute Square Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list, which is rather expensive and continually being updated.
0:46.6	Democrats want Republicans dead.
0:49.6	Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?
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1:06.0	On January 6th of 2021 you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.
1:12.0	No, it's not a right-wing conspiracy.
1:14.0	You're doing on.
1:15.0	It's real.
1:17.0	I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemy's list.
1:20.0	Hey, folks, and welcome back to the enemy's list.
1:28.0	Hey folks and welcome back to the enemies list podcast. I am your host as always Rick Wilson. I am thrilled to be joined today by Bill Adair. Bill is the founder of Politifact, a former St. Pete Times guy to date myself a little bit.
1:37.0	I grew up, Bill, in Tampa, when we had three newspapers, the Tampa Tribune, the Tampa Times and the St. Pete Times, delivered to our house every damn day.
1:45.8	So you and I come from an older era a little bit, but the book you've written is very much about the modern era. It's called folks beyond the big lie. The So Bill, welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much for coming on today.
2:04.2	Talk to us about your journey from Politi facto to talking about how the Republican Party has embraced
2:12.4	the big lie and the sort of constellation of
2:15.6	other lies that surround it. You bet. So my journey began as a political reporter
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