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The media's attempts to understand (and dismiss) Trump voters. Plus, the rise of the "electoral-industrial complex" and reactions to the 2016 election around the world. (episode)
Outright racists? The disaffected working class? Astute political subversives? The media struggles to explain the Trump insurgency.
Contempt for the poor has always been a fixture of American society.
You've heard that money buys elections. But if most of it is used on ineffective television ads, then what is it really buying?
China has not been known for a robust, independent press. But a crackdown from the government has made it official: state-run news outlets are now mouthpieces for the Communist Party.
This week, in an op-ed published by the state-run Global Times, the Chinese government used Trump’s rise as an object lesson on the perils of democracy.