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Jack Mirkinson
Senior editor at The Nation and co-founder of Discourse Blog, invited to discuss media punditry, politics-as-sport framing, and related ideological consequences.
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Oct 1, 2025
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Ep 229: Sociopathic 'You Got To Hand it To 'Em' Punditry and the Rise of Politics as Sport
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Jack Mirkinson, a senior editor at The Nation and co-founder of Discourse Blog, tackles the trend of political punditry reducing serious issues to a game-like analysis. They explore how praising tactical skills, like those of Robert E. Lee, sanitizes harmful legacies while framing politicians like Ron DeSantis as visionaries despite their controversial actions. The conversation dives into the moral consequences of treating politics as sport, emphasizing the privilege that allows pundits to ignore real-world impacts, and critiques the euphemisms that sterilize violence in media.
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