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Misinformation epidemic: How conspiracy theorists and wannabe doctors confuse the public

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#12: Richard Carpiano on medical misinformation and unqualified Covid-19 punditry


Pat Bagley on the conservative takeover of Mormonism and the GOP he once knew

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Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley talks about his 43-year career observing politics, Utah, and Mormonism


How internet trolls from the late 90s and early 2000s created the ethos of American conservatism

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Journalist Robyn Pennacchia discusses the rise of sexist trolling and how it merged with Christian nationalism to create today’s right-wing extremism


America’s for-profit media system has harmed our politics

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Veteran media critic Parker Molloy discusses how media sensationalism and desire for access prevents ‘mainstream’ journalists from fully reporting what they know


Editorial cartooning is under threat in the age of the meme

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Nationally syndicated cartoonists Nick Anderson and Nate Beeler discuss how the rise of the web has the nation’s editorial artists banding together


Can we trust opinion polls? The Pew Research Center is trying to make sure

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Election polls nationally were fairly accurate in 2016, but big errors at the state level indicate that conducting surveys is becoming more difficult in the future


Trump hasn’t really changed the GOP all that much, former Republican presidential adviser says

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After decades in the heart of Republican economic policy and decades after leaving it, economist Bruce Bartlett says his former party hasn’t changed all that much


Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and the battle for change

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Democratic socialists say liberals aren’t working toward the radical change America needs


Public opinion on impeachment is complicated

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Marist College pollster Lee Miringoff shows that impeachment for President Trump isn’t a sure thing with the public


No one wants to cut spending, including Republican voters

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Political scientist Matt Grossman discusses how state-level Republicans keep failing to cut government to the bone


 

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