We're Not Very Good At This

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4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

America's been on the democracy beat for two and a half centuries. How's it working out?

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0:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:03.7	Bob Garfield is away this week.
0:05.6	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:07.3	How the President does suffer with the mainstream media.
0:11.5	Donald Agoniske's.
0:13.5	That's such a racist question.
0:15.8	In Jim's defense, I've traveled with him in Washington.
0:17.7	He's a diligent reporter who buses by like a restaurant.
0:19.9	Well, I'm not a big fan of yours either, so.
0:20.8	Sit down.
0:22.0	I didn't call you.
0:22.8	I didn't call you.
0:24.6	That's enough.
0:25.0	I was going to ask one of the other folks had.
0:26.4	That's enough.
0:28.3	Excuse me.
0:28.9	That's enough.
0:30.4	Like that famous first century Roman emperor, vexed at the rabble for applauding the opposition, you can imagine him crying,
0:38.2	would that the Roman people had but a single neck?
0:42.0	Mr. Trump responded with this warning on Twitter,
0:45.2	if the Democrats think they are going to waste taxpayer money
0:47.9	investigating us at the House level,
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