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The Muckrake Political Podcast

The Ministry Of Propaganda Is Open For Business

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Unfortunately, the DeVos-funded Reopen America "Movement" is spreading like its own pandemic, helped along by Donald Trump, Fox News, and a mainstream media that should know better than treat it like a legitimate protest. Your co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman talk about the strategy behind the propaganda, how Americans are uniquely vulnerable to these appeals, and welcome Professor Daniel Drezner on to talk about his new book The Toddler In Chief: What Donald Trump Teaches Us About The Modern Presidency.

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0:00.0

I work for Sparrow Hospital.

0:05.0

How can I do my job if y'all idiots are blocking up the ways to get to the hospital?

0:12.0

There are people dying every minute.

0:16.0

And you guys, Trump supporters, want to block up everything and don't care about nobody else.

0:24.4

These are people expressing their views.

0:26.6

I see where they are and I see the way they're working.

0:29.5

They seem to be very responsible people to me.

0:32.7

The worst thing we could do is gather without observing all of the CDC recommendations about wearing a

0:39.3

mask and staying six feet apart and all of the prescriptive measures that are really important.

0:47.4

Hey, everybody, and welcome to the muck rake podcast. I am your co-host, Nick Houselman, and as

0:52.5

always, I'm joined by Jared Yates Sexton.

0:55.5

And before we get into our conversation, I want to let you know that we have a fantastic interview with Dan Dresner, who's a professor at Tufts and contributor to the Washington Post.

1:04.5

And his new book is called Toddler-in-Chief.

1:07.2

It's available now on Amazon, so make sure you check it out.

1:10.1

We had a great discussion about the historical context of the Trump presidency

1:13.3

and how he is constantly being described as a toddler

1:16.7

and whether or not they will ever change.

1:19.3

But first, let's talk about all these protests going on

1:21.6

to open up the country.

1:23.6

And what's interesting is that we kind of predicted this pretty accurately

1:26.8

last week, wouldn't you say, Jared?

1:30.0

Unfortunately. And by the way, since this is an audible experience, we need to make sure that when we say protest that we're doing air quotes every single time that we say protest or movements.

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