Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What's behind our information polarization?
The Fairness Doctrine was revoked in the 1980s, leading to the rise of right wing talk radio in the 90s. Veteran newsman Ted Koppel has said that’s why we have such a poisoned media climate. We discuss fairness, fake news, and whether we can overcome political polarization.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Fairness Doctrine was revoked in the 1980s, leading to the rise of right wing talk radio in the 90s. Veteran newsman Ted Koppel has said that’s why we have such a poisoned media climate. We discuss fairness, fake news, and whether we can overcome political polarization.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Bill Handel
KFI Radio host
Joy-Ann Reid
“AM Joy” on MSNBC; and co-editor of the book “We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama.”
Norman Ornstein
American Enterprise Institute / Atlantic
The full episode
3 of 4Who will build Trump's wall?- 0:00Deadline looms for companies wanting to build the border wall
- 10:35Novel about Nazi looted art reveals link between Vienna, LA and the Holocaust
- 24:46What's behind our information polarization?You’re reading this
- 41:56UC Berkeley scientist finds meaning in the nut-gathering habits of squirrels