22 June 2018
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (Foundation for Defense of Democracies, daveedgr.com) and Daniel Drezner (PostEverything, The System Worked, The Ideas Industry)
- Nicholas Kristof’s shocking claim that academia is a liberal echo chamber . 00:26
- Dan fears the marginalization of academics in the marketplace of ideas . 07:52
- Why academics have trouble dealing with populism . 14:46
- A coming wave of research on “the Trump voter”? . 30:35
- The blurry line between fake and biased news . 42:07
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Recorded:Dec 22
Posted:Dec 22, 2016
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Foreign Entanglements | Dec 22, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross & Daniel Drezner
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