Biased Journos, Young Radicals, and Pre-Election Spooks (w/ Robby Soave)

Reason Magazine senior editor Robby Soave is known for exposing the biases and blindspots of the media. In his book Panic Attack: Young Radicals at the Age of Trump he follows the growing trends of illiberalism in America. In preparation for Nov. 3 madness, we talked about media bias, monopolies, the dangers of revoking Section 230, and — of course — the nightmare that is the 2020 elections…

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On the agenda:

[0:37] Libertarians: we abhor both sides!

[2:58] The case for journalists telegraphing their political views

[5:57] “Everything about the Trump years wants you to commit to a team… with the media in the non-Trump team.”

[10:12] “You can be objective without being unbiased.”

[11:03] The Covington incident

[13:32] Why didn’t you vote for Biden?

[15:47] What makes Trump appalling to you?

[18:45] On the excesses of the left and what they might mean for the election

[25:21] If Trump loses, what happens on the right?

[27:47] If Trump is re-elected…

[28:59] Young Radicals and the new understanding of “safety”

[32:07] Where do they draw the line?

[34:40] The hard sciences have been more resistant

[36:08] The injustice of a humanities degree

[36:48] It’s filtering into K12 education too

[38:30] The underlying institutional issues at play

[43:33] The misaligned incentives of Higher Education

[51:38] Are we drawing too much or too little attention to this issue?

[56:14] On Section 230 and social media

[1:02:15] The Monopoly (non)argument

[1:08:52] How do you solve crony capitalism?

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