Is the Liberal Bias of Mainstream Media a Myth?: An Interview With Greg Sargent

Dec 15, 2022

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Do You Think the Press Will Change the Way It Covers Trump?

Introduction

2min

Are You Against the Republican Party Right Now?

6min

The Right Has Always Been a Reactionary Movement

4min

Is Mitch McConnell Trying to Co-Opt Trumpist Energy?

2min

The Culture War Is Eating Politics, Right?

4min

The Media and the American Right

3min

The American Right's Model of American Politics, Right?

3min

Is There Something to the Bias Question?

2min

Is the Washington Post Really Using Us in Bad Faith?

3min

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The Importance of the Press in a Democracy

4min

11.

Do the Next Two or Four Years Look Different?

4min

12.

What Are the Most Significant Threats Going Into 2024?

3min

13.

Do You Think the Press Will Change the Way It Covers Trump?

5min

Our guest today is Greg Sargent. He’s a columnist at The Washington Post and author of the book An Uncivil War: Taking Back Our Democracy in an Age of Trumpian Disinformation and Thunderdome Politics. Our discussion digs into the state of the American right, its conflicting constituencies, and its fringe and conspiratorial elements, as well as how the press has covered all of it.

Reactionary Minds is a project of The UnPopulist. Hosted by Aaron Ross Powell. Produced by Landry Ayres.

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