Quick Take: How Tech and Media Are Affecting Our Discourse

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Michael speaks with comedian, Emmy nominee and Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper about how he's able to interview MAGA nuts, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists all while staying calm and composed. The pair also discuss our culture of misinformation and holding the media accountable.

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0:00.0	Hey, Michael Steel Podcast listeners, Michael Steel here with another quick take from the
0:12.5	Michael Steel Podcast.
0:14.3	Check out what's going on right now.
0:17.0	Welcome back everybody to Michael Steel Podcast.
0:19.0	We're having a great conversation with Jordan Klepper.
0:23.5	So Jordan, I want to play this moment.
0:27.6	I think kind of encapsulates pretty much everything that we've heard over the last, not just four
0:35.8	years of Donald Trump, but the last 30 years of the fight Republicans have with Democrats.
0:49.4	And I'll explain a little bit why in a moment.
0:51.9	But just take a listen from your conversation with the Trump supporter recently.
1:00.5	Brock Obama had big part of 9-11.
1:03.3	Which part?
1:04.3	Not being around, always on vacation, never in the office.
1:07.4	Why do you think Brock Obama wasn't in the Oval Office on 9-11?
1:10.8	That I don't know.
1:12.0	We like to get to the bottom of that.
1:14.2	Well, I'll see you there.
1:15.2	And that's exactly the point.
1:17.8	That I don't know.
1:20.0	Okay, boss 9-11.
1:25.0	That's number 11, 2001.
1:32.6	It is this projection politics.
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