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The Gist

The Liberal Hegemony of Pop Culture

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.53.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2016

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat says the culture has changed drastically in America over the past five years. Daily Show alumni have taken over late night, late night comedy has taken a strongly liberal tinge, and companies like Apple have taken a stand on issues like transgender bathroom bills. He thinks this cultural shift has helped alienate many of the people who supported Donald Trump. Douthat wrote about the liberal hegemony of pop culture in a September column, "Clinton's Samantha Bee Problem."In the Spiel, what resistance should look like in the face of President Trump.   Our sponsors:  Betterment, the largest automated investing service. Get up to six months of investing FREE when you go to Betterment.com/gist.  And LifeAfter. What happens to our digital lives when we're gone? LifeAfter, a new series from GE Podcast Theater and Panoply, the creators of last year's award-winning The Message, explores these very questions. Listen and download LifeAfter wherever you find your podcasts. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at Slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.4

It's Tuesday, November 15th, 2016, from slate It's the Just I Might Pascale. In the news,

0:44.0

a horse in Iowa made a dashing bolt out of his barn to warn neighbors that his owner had

0:49.9

been using undocumented grooms. The owner attempted to secure the horses enclosure, but

0:55.4

it was too late. The news was out. I know because I read that news story on Facebook.

1:01.3

Alright, I will admit it didn't happen. It was fake news. But in actual closing the

1:07.5

barn door after the horse makes a run for it news, Google and Facebook have agreed to crack

1:12.6

down on fake news sites by robbing them of add dollars. The two internet behemoths, they're

1:18.7

the second and seventh largest companies of any size in the US. They're acknowledging

1:23.2

that this phenomenon is a problem. It's not enough to turn back time. And who knows

1:28.1

how persuasive fake news was to voters. But Google and Facebook are acting on this because

1:34.1

there is a backlash. But as with a racehorse, going to the lashes usually of no use after

1:39.7

the race has been run. Now, Facebook's crackdown on fake news will not include forcing you

1:46.4

to post a picture from the last five years or taken from an actual angle that an actual

1:51.8

person might ever adopt while gazing upon you. But in all seriousness, the add crackdown

1:57.5

will only go so far. Presumably many purveyors of fake news do not have as their motive, the

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