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Scene on Radio: Capitalism

S4 E11: More Truth

Scene on Radio: Capitalism

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.911K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy?

Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with host/producer John Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews with David Mindich, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and Kevin Young.

The series editor is Loretta Williams. *The View from Somewhere *editor: Ramona Martinez. Music by Algiers, John Erik Kaada, Eric Neveux, and Lucas Biewen. Music consulting and production help from Joe Augustine of Narrative Music.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, Chandra, I I'm gonna read you a quote from Thomas Jefferson. Okay. Do we have to?

0:08.6

Just one more probably the last one

0:12.6

This is from a letter he wrote in 1789

0:16.2

Quote wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government

0:22.4

Was he right?

0:23.8

well, so basically what he's saying is

0:27.0

democracy is a good idea and

0:29.6

It's like a good way for society to govern itself as long as people get good information

0:35.9

Yeah, I mean, I would agree with that statement and

0:39.6

And yeah, I understand why you brought up Jefferson on that topic because you almost have to if you're considering the American context

0:46.9

But you know, he's not really the person that I would look to for guidance on democracy for lots of reasons

0:53.4

That we've covered in this season and previous ones. I hear you

0:57.6

TJ's pro-democracy credentials are

1:01.6

shaky overall

1:03.1

Yeah, you know, and I mean, I think we could probably both think of some people who've been more consistent

1:07.9

proponents of democracy and have thought more deeply about it

1:11.8

One great place to start actually is the research of Courtney Thompson who's written about black women struggles in democracy

1:18.7

But you know, I'm thinking about activists like Dorothy Height who pointed out that

1:23.3

One of Jefferson's legacies is that he kind of taught white people that full democracy only belongs to them

1:29.5

You know or the brilliant black feminist scholar Patricia Hill Collins who is basically pointed out that you know

1:36.9

When faced with struggles to make democracy live up to its promise

1:42.4

people in the political center

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