Matt Bai & Jason Reitman: "We're at a point where politics are entertainment"

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🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Matt Bai, author of "All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid" & Jason Reitman, director of "The Front Runner" sit down with Chuck to discuss the story of Gary Hart's embattled 1988 presidential campaign.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the priest.
0:03.6	Meet the priest.
0:04.6	The priest.
0:05.4	The priest.
0:06.4	The priest.
0:07.4	The priest.
0:08.4	The priest.
0:09.4	Joining me now are Matt By and Jason Reitman.
0:12.2	Matt is the author of the book.
0:13.5	All the truth is out.
0:14.6	The weak politics went tabloid, which chronicles the story
0:18.5	of Gary Hart.
0:19.5	And Jason is the director of the new film, The Front Runner,
0:22.6	which is based on the book by Mr. By.
0:25.5	Welcome to both of you.
0:27.5	All right.
0:29.8	Matt By Gary Hart, it's funny to go back and think 1987
0:35.6	when he drops out.
0:37.0	That is now 31 years ago.
0:38.9	I think about when you and I started covering campaign
0:41.2	politics, basically, in the Clinton era,
0:43.3	this would be the equivalent of trying to tell somebody
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