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🗓️ 23 June 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Why we need to talk about gerrymandering. Plus, tumult at the Census; the creation of the term "Hispanic"; and government spyware targeting Mexican journalists.

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0:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:03.8	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:05.1	And I'm Bob Garfield.
0:06.9	A body blow for Democrats.
0:09.1	The Republicans win a closely watched special election in Georgia.
0:13.1	The most expensive House race in history, one on which Democrats had pinned their hopes hopes and dreams ended on Thursday.
0:21.4	Republican Karen Handel is celebrating a victory in Georgia's 6th District.
0:25.8	She beat Democrat John Alsup to Capi.
0:27.5	Obviously a devastating loss for Democrats.
0:29.8	They had invested about $30 million between the campaign and the outside group supporting the candidate.
0:42.3	The race was deluged with money and media attention for two reasons. First, this was last in a line of special elections
0:46.3	when Democrats saw a chance to make inroads into a solid GOP Congress,
0:51.3	only to be thwarted every time.
0:54.5	And second, it was in a district the National Democratic Party
0:58.5	thought it could win.
1:00.5	Foyled again.
1:02.3	President Trump chimed in on the election results,
1:04.3	tweeting, quote, well, the special elections are over,
1:07.9	and those that want to make America great again are 5 and 0.
1:11.6	All the fake news, all the money spent equals zero.
1:14.6	Technically, it was four, unless you're counting both George's election and the runoff, but never mind.
1:22.6	Of course, the media are already looking to what comes next.
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