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🗓️ 18 December 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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What you hear about the Paris climate agreement depends on whom you ask. Plus, how to spot an accurate election poll as the primaries edge closer.

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0:00.0	On the Media is a listener-supported podcast. You like it, maybe even really like it.
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0:52.4	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:56.6	I'm Bob Garfield.
0:57.7	And I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:59.2	This week, the fifth Republican primary debate was held in Las Vegas.
1:03.4	The theme was foreign policy, and in their opening statements, two candidates, Dr. Ben Carson and Senator Ted Cruz, zeroed in on the primary threat to our national security.
1:14.8	It's not a lack of competence that is preventing the Obama administration from stopping these attacks.
1:20.7	It is political correctness.
1:22.4	And we should never give away the values and principles that made America into a great nation for the sake of political
1:28.4	correctness. We will stop the terrorist attacks before they occur because we will not be
1:33.4	prisoners to political correctness. Right now, the United States of America is the patient,
1:39.3	and the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness.
1:44.4	And political correctness is killing people.
1:46.6	Thank you.
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