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News Commentary, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 3 May 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to a new audio documentary, Fate of Fact, a presentation of Shining City Audio, a C13Originals and Jon Meacham studio. Throughout the course of five episodes in season one, Pulitzer-Prize winning and best-selling historian, Jon Meacham and esteemed guests, will explore the question of how fear conquered truth, the history and origins of the strong grip misinformation and disinformation have on our politics , and how we got here today. Meacham will trace the roots of America’s prevailing culture of polarization, with an emphasis on why the right has chosen to break with a governing consensus that, however imperfect, was once embodied by the figurative conversation between Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. Fate of Fact offers a historically grounded perspective on the forces that led to the presidency of Donald Trump and the insurrection of January 6—an attack on the Capitol and on democracy as grave as any American moment since the Civil War.

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0:00.0	Hello, Hacker Rooz. I'm excited to share and recommend a preview of Fate of Fact, a new
0:05.8	documentary podcast series written and narrated by our friend, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
0:11.2	and bestselling author, John Meacham. America has always been a country of competing visions
0:16.7	shaped by the push and pull of vigorous debate. But now, the fragile consensus to find
0:22.0	truth feels fundamentally broken. It is a crisis, in my view, for our democracy and
0:27.4	something we have to have a serious talk about on both sides. So, do what I'm going to
0:31.8	do and join John Meacham in Fate of Fact as he explores how and why fear and power have
0:37.5	conquered truth and why respect for data in fact has become a casualty of war in the
0:42.9	United States and in our political discourse. So, as you enjoy this preview of Fate of Fact,
0:48.3	a presentation of Shining City Audio, a John Meacham in C-13 original studio, be sure to
0:54.2	subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Odyssey or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
1:24.2	America has always been a country of competing visions, a nation shaped by the push and pull
1:35.1	of vigorous debate, by the clash of interests, by contending visions of power, by tragic lines
1:42.8	of color, class and identity.
1:45.2	But there's been a common denominator to our finest hours, a basic agreement, if not
2:01.6	on what to do about the problems that face us, at least on what those problems were. Now,
2:08.3	that consensus for ever fragile feels fundamentally broken.
2:15.3	Recent polling shows that 39% of Americans believe the election that just occurred, quote,
2:20.8	was rigged.
2:21.8	The best way we can show respect for the voters who were upset is by telling them the truth.
2:30.8	I'm John Meacham. Welcome to Fate of Fact, Season 1, a presentation of Shining City Audio,
2:42.1	a C-13 original studio. This series is about how and why facts became a casualty of war
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