The American Media Crisis

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Today's politicizing of every media story has Rick outraged. He welcomes, political writer and Vice President of the Niskanen Center, Brink Lindsey, to The Enemies List. Brink has written two recent articles explaining how mainstream media has lost it's credibility among large sections of the public. They also discuss how politicians politicize any story to sway voters. And, a train wreck in Ohio has politicians pointing the finger of blame which leads Rick to this episode's entry on The Enemies List. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rick-wilsons-the-enemy-list/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My guest today is Brink Lindsay.
0:04.8	Now this is a first for the show because we're both Tallahassee guys, although Brink
0:08.1	does not live in Tallahassee any longer, he has wisely moved across the globe to Northeastern
0:13.4	Thailand.
0:14.5	And Brink is an incredibly smart guy.
0:17.4	He really thinks about the future in ways that a lot of people I think should pay more
0:21.6	attention to.
0:22.6	He's got a terrific substat called the permanent problem.
0:25.6	He's a vice president at the Miss Canaan Center, which is a think tank in DC that I really
0:29.9	respect.
0:30.9	They're very focused on free markets, open society, you know, sort of postpartisan ideas
0:36.3	that can break across, you know, the various ideological trenches in which we find ourselves
0:41.9	fighting.
0:42.9	So I'm delighted to have Brink with us today and we're going to talk today about two articles
0:47.3	he's just done on the state of the American media and the crisis that a failing American
0:53.4	media system has left the country in at the moment.
0:58.8	There was also maintained that was called an enemy's list.
1:03.1	Democrats want Republicans dead.
1:05.8	I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody.
1:09.2	The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about
1:13.4	having abortions.
1:15.4	On January 6 of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.
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