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The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Mollie Hemingway on Election Integrity & Objectivity in Journalism

The Radio Free Hillsdale Hour

Hillsdale College

Education

4.8649 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Guests: Mollie Hemingway, Brent Cline, Scott Stewart

Host Scot Bertram talks with Mollie Hemingway, Senior Journalism Follow at Hillsdale College and Editor-in-Chief at The Federalist, about a recent House committee report on election integrity and weighs in on a recent op-ed on the state of journalism. Brent Cline, Associate Professor of English at Hillsdale, returns to continue his series on author Cormac McCarthy, looking this time at The Crossing. And we hear excerpts from a lecture by Scott Stewart, Solicitor General for the State of Mississippi, from a Hillsdale Constitution Day celebration, discussing his work in the Dobbs v. Jackson case that overturned Roe v. Wade.

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0:00.0

From the historic campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan,

0:11.3

where the good, the true, and the beautiful are taught, nurtured, and honored,

0:16.9

this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners across the country.

0:25.2

And the response of these great minds in journalism, at journalism schools and at these newspapers is,

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I have an idea, let's take the thing that we've been doing that has caused a cratering of trust, and let's do much more of it.

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And I don't know how you reason with

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these people. This is your host, Scott Bertram. And that's Molly Hemingway, senior journalism

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fellow at Hillsdale College, editor-in-chief at the Federalist, Fox News contributor, and author

0:48.7

of the recent book, Rigged. She joins us to talk in depth about a recent report from a House

0:53.6

Committee on Election Integrity in 2022. Also, what to talk in depth about a recent report from a House committee on

0:54.2

election integrity in 2022, also what to expect from the House majority in 2023 and the current

1:00.9

state of journalism. Molly, thanks so much for joining us. It's great to be here with you. We're going to

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start our conversation today with a continuation of the themes in rigged and election integrity. The House

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Election Integrity Caucus has recently released a report on the midterms and their findings

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inside, some praise for some states, some criticisms for others and recommendations. So the praise

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first, Texas, Florida, Georgia, all had good

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things said about them in this House Election Integrity Caucus report. Georgia specifically,

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we were told as Jim Crow 2.0, none of those fears came to pass during this midterm.

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So when Georgia made some minor improvements to their election laws, yes, all heck broke loose.

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You had President Biden asking corporations to engage in an economic boycott of the state.

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Some of them did.

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Major League Baseball pulled its all-star baseball game by cowtowing to what President

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