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Aaron Mahnke's Cabinet of Curiosities
iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild
4.5 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
We can't believe everything we read, and not everything we see on television can become a reality. But today's stories might just make the line between truth and fiction a bit more blurry.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm |
| 0:08.7 | and Mild. |
| 0:13.0 | Our world is full of the unexplainable. |
| 0:16.3 | And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display, |
| 0:22.2 | just waiting for us to explore. |
| 0:25.4 | Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's. |
| 0:36.3 | The media is no stranger to spin. |
| 0:39.5 | Papers and TV channels on the right and the left both have their agendas. |
| 0:43.2 | They compete for dollars and eyeballs, pandering to audiences with sensationalist headlines |
| 0:48.0 | and juicy stories. |
| 0:49.6 | Because it's hard to stand out in a crowd, isn't it? |
| 0:52.6 | And one news source outperforms another it's common for competitors to try anything for |
| 0:56.9 | a bigger slice of the pie. |
| 0:58.8 | And you know what? |
| 0:59.8 | It's been going on since before the age of 24 hour news networks. |
| 1:03.8 | Way before. |
| 1:05.8 | At the turn of the 20th century, America declared war against Spain. |
| 1:09.5 | Cuba had been fighting for independence from Spanish rule since 1895, and the news being |
| 1:14.8 | reported at the time was being filtered through interpreters and hearsay, most of which |
| 1:19.5 | was pro-revolution. |
| 1:22.1 | Journalists didn't fact check what they were being told. |
| 1:24.7 | They simply reported what they'd heard and moved on to the next story. |
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