high-fiving each over. [laughter] i guess i would say usually a politician being quieted in the middle of indictedded in the middle of a campaign, not the best strategy. lucy, as a former republican, hasn t the country been bitterly divided since donald trump came down the escalator in 2015, and are the media plague it up, perhaps playing it up perhaps for if ratings? of course, they re stoking the divisiveness. there s no question. and the fact that, you know, we ve seen in the trump era just the further siloing of where americans get their news, right? people could be next door neighbors and living in completely different environments and realities, right? we ve lost as a country the sense of a common set of facts, right? that said, i think that in this particular case you can hold in your mind, i just want to sort of take issue with clay s characterization that this is setting a precedent. you can hold in your mind that this is both discome discomfit discomfiting to the thin
were simply kind of marshalling scientific evidence. - infection is considerably less severe in people who are fully vaccinated. - vaccines are remarkably effective, and mandates work. - it is completely clear now that the vaccines don t really work. - new data seems to support skepticism of the effectiveness of social distancing. - the pandemic really aggravated this situation of siloing of news. you have over a million people died, in the wealthiest country. we have less than 5% of the population, but about 1/4 of the deaths. how is it possible? because of the misinformation that was being spewed for political reasons. - when there s misinformation spreading, it spreads like wildfire, and then when the debunking comes around, it never catches up to the truth. [all chanting] stop the steal! stop the steal!
where people thought that government was conspiring against them. on the other side, were people who, you know, were simply kind of marshalling scientific evidence. - infection is considerably less severe in people who are fully vaccinated. - vaccines are remarkably effective, and mandates work. - it is completely clear now that the vaccines don t really work. - new data seems to support skepticism of the effectiveness of social distancing. - the pandemic really aggravated this situation of siloing of news. you have over a million people died, in the wealthiest country. we have less than 5% of the population, but about 1/4 of the deaths. how is it possible? because of the misinformation that was being spewed for political reasons. - when there s misinformation spreading, it spreads like wildfire, and then when the debunking comes around, it never catches up to the truth.
were simply kind of marshalling scientific evidence. - infection is considerably less severe in people who are fully vaccinated. - vaccines are remarkably effective, and mandates work. - it is completely clear now that the vaccines don t really work. - new data seems to support skepticism of the effectiveness of social distancing. - the pandemic really aggravated this situation of siloing of news. you have over a million people died, in the wealthiest country. we have less than 5% of the population, but about 1/4 of the deaths. how is it possible? because of the misinformation that was being spewed for political reasons. - when there s misinformation spreading, it spreads like wildfire, and then when the debunking comes around, it never catches up to the truth. [all chanting] stop the steal! stop the steal!
were simply kind of marshalling scientific evidence. - infection is considerably less severe in people who are fully vaccinated. - vaccines are remarkably effective, and mandates work. - it is completely clear now that the vaccines don t really work. - new data seems to support skepticism of the effectiveness of social distancing. - the pandemic really aggravated this situation of siloing of news. you have over a million people died, in the wealthiest country. we have less than 5% of the population, but about 1/4 of the deaths. how is it possible? because of the misinformation that was being spewed for political reasons. - when there s misinformation spreading, it spreads like wildfire, and then when the debunking comes around, it never catches up to the truth. [all chanting] stop the steal! stop the steal!