The Art of Political Lying (and Why Republicans Do It More) (with Bill Adair)
The Michael Steele Podcast
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 62 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | This guy calls in Brian from Michigan. |
| 0:32.8 | Brian asks, Mr. Dair, I read in the nation |
| 0:37.2 | that if you add up the fact checks for the Washington Post |
| 0:41.8 | and Politi facto that Republicans lie more. Is that true? And I said, |
| 0:49.2 | we don't keep score. I was lying. We did keep score. I was lying. We did keep score and I knew that Brian was right, but I lied to Brian because I didn't want to suggest that I was not impartial. Hey folks just sliding into the Michael Steele podcast so glad you could be with us. |
| 1:17.6 | I'm really happy to have you a part of this Bullwork Network Enterprise. We have so much fun here. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm really excited about this conversation. You know I'm excited about a lot of our |
| 1:29.4 | conversations, but there's some that just kind of get to the nub of what ails us and sort of identifies the root cause of some of the problems we have. |
| 1:41.0 | Lying is a big problem right now in American politics and my guest today is Bill Adair. |
| 1:49.5 | He is the Knight Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University, and the |
| 1:56.7 | Director of Duke Reporters Lab, his awards include the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, |
| 2:04.0 | and the Everett D'Rksen Prize, which is no slouch of a prize, |
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