Tonight we will have on the hosts of The Rundown, a conservative media group, who hosts a podcast as well weekly live shows where they talk about some of the most important issues of the day from a conservative perspective. We have dialogued from some time, and I have been a contributor on their live show as well, and today they are to talk about the divides in this country, and how it is we are to bridge them – as well as other topics. Please see the show notes below for topic information, as well as links to their pages as well. Comments are welcome.
The Rundown Media Group – https://therundownmg.com/
The Rundown Live Shows – https://www.facebook.com/TheRundownMG/
Show Notes
02:37 – American’s viewing the other side of their political persuasion as an “enemy”
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/22/key-facts-partisanship/
03:30 – The Fairness Doctrine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairness_doctrine
03:32 – The Rise of Ring-Wing Media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_media_(U.S._political_right)
05:26 – Media conglomerates in The United States
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6
10:53 – Americans views on abortion.
https://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/
15:53 – Do Republican policies support upward mobility?
16:26 – Do entitlement programs with “cut-offs” work better?
https://www.cbpp.org/research/would-an-entitlement-cap-be-a-wise-idea
17:24 – The 2nd Gilded Age in America today
https://anamericaninquiry.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/is-a-second-gilded-age-upon-us/
17:37 – Is Capitalism working today in America?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/12/capitalism-isnt-working-thomas-piketty
18:06 – Do corporations pay their fair shares in taxes?
https://www.epi.org/publication/its-time-for-corporations-to-pay-their-fair-share-of-taxes/
20:53 – Google & their work with the Chinese government
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-google-idUSKCN1QV296
21:06 – Chinese stipulations regarding American companies working in their country
21:24 – Censored search engine being worked on currently
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/02/635047694/google-plans-for-a-censored-search-engine-in-china
21:27 Zuckerberg deposition to Congress
21:35 – Are corporations “above the law”?
26:51 – Elizabeth Warren and her proposal to break up the major tech companies
32:02 – Suzannah B. Troy – NYC Activist
32:13 – Kim Ann – Real Talk With The Angry Soccer Mom
33:11 – Social media and the bubble of confirmation bias today
34:53 – Bill Maher on reaching out to conservative listeners
36:21 – Ben Shapiro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shapiro
38:50 – Beto O’Rourke getting questioned by a college students about financial disclosures
44:30 – VOCAL-NY, a local community organization in Brooklyn servicing the needs of the NYS community.
44:08 – 45:32; My apologies for the background noise, constant sirens are a fact of living in New York City.
46:49 – The Facts on Safe Injection (Consumption) Spaces
