Political Fictions

On the Media

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🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Covering the believers and fabricators of the 'Big Lie'.

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0:00.0	On this week's on the media, we explore best practices for journalists interviewing
0:06.4	believers of the big lie.
0:08.5	Pay attention to the language the right uses.
0:11.2	Pay attention to what's baked into it.
0:13.4	You can't let them use language to make it seem like, well, actually, you know, maybe
0:18.8	some of these people had a point.
0:20.2	They didn't have a point.
0:21.2	I've turned down invitations to be on TV with Trump big lie propagators.
0:27.0	There's not a common basis of truth and good faith that one is acting on how can you
0:31.8	even have it to be.
0:32.8	Was it a huge whole thing that Trump would be reinstated as president?
0:35.8	He's never left.
0:36.8	There's no doubt in my mind, 150,000%.
0:41.3	At this point, I would be okay with a reboot.
0:44.8	Brilliant.
0:45.8	Yeah.
0:46.8	People thinking that politics is a debate class that only deals with what is true has actually
0:51.1	stopped people from seeing the spread of certain political movements in the country over
0:55.7	the last five to ten years.
0:57.4	It's all coming up after this.
1:03.8	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
1:07.2	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
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