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Published · transcript-backedEzra Klein: belief
6 Oct 2016 Conversations with Tyler Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World
“I think there’s a lot of shaming in the media about what opinions you can and cannot hold about whether Muslims should be able to come to the US, or what you can and can’t say about Mexican immigrants, or African Americans, or for that matter, by the way, white people.”
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- Ezra Klein
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- 6 Oct 2016
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Say Trump voters. Yeah. I think there’s a lot of shaming in the media about what opinions you can and cannot hold about whether Muslims should be able to come to the US, or what you can and can’t say about Mexican immigrants, or African Americans, or for that matter, by the way, white people. There’s a lot of shaming in the media against anybody who is seen as looking down on the “legitimate grievances” of Trump voters. There’s a lot of, “No, you need empathy for this set of ideas, but this other set of ideas you can confidently attack.” So I don’t think the media operates without shame, I just don’t think it shames single mothers, nor do I think it should. Why shouldn’t we worry more about single motherhood? It seems to be a social problem.…
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