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We had an insightful conversation with Kevin Williamson of the National Review. Kevin has been a media blogger with the National Review since the beginning of 2008. Kevin talked to us about the causative factors of media bias. Some of the ideas he described are surprisingly simple but nonetheless powerful. He explained how many journalist simply have similar backgrounds and are based in similar social circles which reinforce established thinking. this thinking is often upper middle class and skewed leftward. We also discuss areas where the media just gets in wrong in terms of trying to interpret events or subjects with a significant lack of expertise. This issue is especially relevant with regard to topics such as economics. We also explore how the US media attempts to cover international news and often fails to detect trends and provide insights on emerging patterns that the US public never gets the chance to examine.
You can check out some of Kevin's works at:
http://media.nationalreview.com
Kevin refers to a few subjects that may be of interest to listeners:
Pakistan's ISI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter_Services_Intelligence
United States-India Nuclear Deal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States-India_Peaceful_Atomic_Energy_Cooperation_Act
We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did. Sphere: Related Content
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