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Meantime, I’m suffering a severe case of cognitive dissonance. The polls showing Clinton wildly ahead don’t match with what I see and hear in the real world as I travel the country, watch Trump’s rallies and Clinton’s speeches, and listen to friends and strangers of all stripes. So I begin examining the poll methodologies. I discover a lot that the
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Ever since Reagan, the Republican Party has been a coalition of business interests and downscale whites, many of them evangelical Christians. By 2010 it was like a figure in a hall of mirrors whose head and body have been severed but continue to move as if they’re still attached. The persistence of the coalition required an immense amount of self-d
... See moreGeorge Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
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Antonio Garcia Martinez • Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
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Media critic Howard Kurtz is one of the few noting the decidedly unjournalistic tone of the sordid saga. “Where are the corrections from everyone else who ran with this story?” he asks on his Fox News program, Media Buzz.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
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The Epley was invented in 1980, a detail I find dubious in the same way I find the fresh ink in the Mormon Bible dubious.