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On the Media

The Disagreement Is The Point

On the Media

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4.68.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The media's "epistemic crisis," algorithmic biases, and the radio's inherent, historical misogyny.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We've known the truth about the president in the Ukraine almost from the very beginning.

0:05.5

He said on the White House lawn to reporters that he did it.

0:09.4

So that's settled then, right? Not so fast.

0:12.6

This was the day the Democrats, Trump, Ukraine, quid, pro quo, coup impeachment attempt and hoax officially died.

0:22.1

Obviously, disagreement is the point.

0:25.4

From WNYC in New York,

0:27.2

this is on the media.

0:28.3

I'm Brooke Gladstone.

0:30.0

So facts are up for grabs.

0:32.6

At least we can rely on numbers to tell the story.

0:35.8

No.

0:36.5

Turns out the algorithms that run our lives are just

0:39.8

opinions embedded in math. Applying for credit, applying for a job, applying to go to college,

0:46.0

applying for a loan. All those things are now algorithmic. So it's really, really important to

0:51.3

remember that it's not necessarily opinion that you have to share.

0:55.3

It's all coming up after this.

1:03.5

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.

1:07.2

Bob Garfield is out this week.

1:09.0

I'm Brooke Gladstone, and here's EU Ambassador Gordon Sunland,

1:13.5

famously repeating, everyone was in the loop. Was there a quid pro quo? The answer is yes. Everyone was

1:22.1

in the loop. He spoke at the impeachment inquiry this week, over which Democrat Adam Schiff presided,

1:28.6

serving up an evidence-based narrative, countered by Republican Devin Nunes' unfounded one.

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