About this episode
Josh Levs discusses the media's misleading coverage of political candidates and highlights the public's desire for moderation, featuring guest Rex Huppke.
Submit media fails you see, and get facts, links, images and more at TheyStandCorrected.substack.com . Celebrate and support the fight for truth by becoming a Founding Member! News giants have been fixating on horse-race coverage of primaries, and misleading the country. While the headlines play up support for far-right and far-left candidates, Americans are clamoring for moderation. Today, Josh digs into the data. He shows that overwhelming numbers of Americans say Republicans and Democrats have gone too far in their ideological directions. He highlights how Big Media hides the truth about the top issues for voters. A survey finds that Americans worry “a great deal” about terrorism — even more than energy affordability and illegal immigration. But you wouldn’t know that from the New York Times.  Also, the media keeps churning out political predictions despite a long record of being very wrong. USA Today humor columnist Rex Huppke joins Josh to discuss his wish: “Make stupidity embarrassing again.” Josh shares the story of a “news” anchor known for spouting nonsense shamelessly before Trump became president the first time.  Plus, new arrests of women in…
People in this episode
Host: Josh Levs
Guest: Rex Huppke
Topics covered
- media coverage
- political moderation
- public opinion
- terrorism
- slavery
- political predictions
Keywords
- media fails
- political candidates
- public opinion
- terrorism
- slavery
- moderation
- political predictions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New York Times, USA Today, ISIS
Places: Islamic Republic of Iran
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