And im so honored to have a great and dear friend to i to our country. Former senator phil graham with us and his coauthor john early to talk about their new book the the myth of american inequality government biases the policy and i mentioned that this is an important topic me because before i to aei and then for a while while i was to air i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up and i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state. And when i wrote about them here at aei that we would made progress that we werent getting credit for, because the official statistics of the United States did not account that progress in an accurate way. And there was something wrong with where were telling each other the facts about what was going on and. Now the topic is not new one i think our two coauthors would acknowledge that others before them like every stat Scott Winship michael strai
Im rachel august. I am correspondent for kqed, california politics and government desk, and i cohost our political breakdown podcast. And i am thrilled to be here moderating. Todays program with, author and Television Journalist katie tah. Shes here to discuss latest book, rough draft. It is an anchor for msnbc live and has reported for other nbc programs, including early today tonight, nbc nightly news, meet the press, nbctv, msnbc, and the one youve all been waiting for, the Weather Channel. In a rough draft, katie opens up about the oftentimes ignored challenges dangers and hardship faced by the broadcast media from always being under the public eye to dealing with the news climate that is increasingly hectic, political and hostile. She also talks about her relationship her parents, both journalists themselves, and how that shaped her journey to fame. And if you have questions for katie, i will be taking them later in the script so you can put them in the text chat on youtube and we
This. I think, important conversation about a topic that i have cared a lot about for my entire career. And im so to have a great and dear friend to i to our country. Former senator phil gramm with us and his coauthor early to talk about their wonderful new book, the the myth of american inequality how government biases the policy debate. And i mentioned that this is an important topic to me because. Before i came to aei and then for a while while i was at a i spent all of my time focusing on people at the bottom of the income scale and how we can help them move up. And i had seen and felt both when i worked in these programs in new york city, in new york state, and when i wrote about them here at aei, that we would made progress, that we werent getting credit for, because the official says, is because of the united states. I did not account for that progress in an accurate way. And there was something wrong with the way we were telling each other the facts about what was going on and
California politics and government desk, and i cohost our political breakdown podcast. And i am thrilled to be here moderating. Todays program with, author and Television Journalist katie tah. Shes here to discuss latest book, rough draft. It is an anchor for msnbc live and has reported for other nbc programs, including early today tonight, nbc nightly news, meet the press, nbctv, msnbc, and the one youve all been waiting for, the Weather Channel. In a rough draft, katie opens up about the oftentimes ignored challenges dangers and hardship faced by the broadcast media from always being under the public eye to dealing with the news climate that is increasingly hectic, political and hostile. She also talks about her relationship her parents, both journalists themselves, and how that shaped her journey to fame. And if you have questions for katie, i will be taking them later in the script so you can put them in the text chat on youtube and well to those later. In the meantime, welcome. Ka
California politics and government desk, and i cohost our political breakdown podcast. And i am thrilled to be here moderating. Todays program with, author and Television Journalist katie tah. Shes here to discuss latest book, rough draft. It is an anchor for msnbc live and has reported for other nbc programs, including early today tonight, nbc nightly news, meet the press, nbctv, msnbc, and the one youve all been waiting for, the Weather Channel. In a rough draft, katie opens up about the oftentimes ignored challenges dangers and hardship faced by the broadcast media from always being under the public eye to dealing with the news climate that is increasingly hectic, political and hostile. She also talks about her relationship her parents, both journalists themselves, and how that shaped her journey to fame. And if you have questions for katie, i will be taking them later in the script so you can put them in the text chat on youtube and well to those later. In the meantime, welcome. Ka