Lying about and with Statistics and the Attack on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and independent news

Plato's Cave: Economic and Media Analysis in a Dark Time
08/08/2025 56 min Temporada 1 Episodio 6

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We discuss Trump's attack on the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its real consequences. We discuss the defunding of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as part of a larger attempt to control the content of news. We also ponder the Texas redistricting scandal and the war between the Governors of Texas, California, and New York on non-Census redistricting of congressional districts.

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