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🗓️ 25 April 2020
⏱️ 119 minutes
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0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, the following segment of the podcast is presented exclusively by Hillsdale College. |
0:06.0 | Now, in its 175th year, Hillsdale is a truly independent institution, where learning is prized |
0:13.0 | and intellectual enthusiasm is valued. |
0:15.0 | Thank you for listening, and my sincere appreciation to Hillsdale for their sponsorship. |
0:20.0 | He's here. He's here. Now broadcasting from the underground command post. Deep in the |
0:28.0 | bowels of a hidden bunker, somewhere under the brick and steel of a non-distrib building, |
0:33.0 | we've once again made contact with our leader of mine. Love them. |
0:39.0 | Hello, America. Mark Levin, our number 877-381-3811-877-3813811. |
0:54.0 | I think one of the grave problems we have in this country is the provision of news to the American people. |
1:07.0 | And I want to focus on this for a good part of this hour, and there's a lot to get to a whole ton. |
1:13.0 | Even though it's Friday, we keep the foot on the gas pedal, and we must, particularly this time of our life and our country's life. |
1:23.0 | Some basic questions for you. |
1:26.0 | What do we mean by a free press? What do we mean by freedom of the press? |
1:32.0 | What is the purpose of a free press? Is it the report information? And what kind of information? |
1:40.0 | Is it it to interpret or analyze information? What is the news? |
1:48.0 | How are decisions made about what is newsworthy and what is not? |
1:54.0 | What is a news organization, one person, a blogger, group of people, weekly newspaper, a corporate conglomerate, like a television network? |
2:04.0 | What's a journalist? What qualifies someone as a journalist, experience, education, position, self-identification? |
2:17.0 | What's the job of a journalist? Is journalism a profession? Are there standards? |
2:25.0 | Are journalists able to be fair or objective? What is the purpose of reporting? |
2:31.0 | To reinforce the founding and fundamental principles of the Republic, to challenge public officials and authority, to give voice to certain individuals, groups, and causes, to influence politics and policy, to alter the status quo of a society, |
2:45.0 | to promote the so-called common good of the community? What is the common good? And who decides? |
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