Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson and David Plotz discuss voting rights, Russia's recent moves, with guest Nina Jankowicz; and the increasing politicization of cable news.
Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:
Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute: Electoral Count Act of 1887
David Becker on Face the Nation: “Elections Expert David Becker Denounces ‘Efforts to Sow Confusion and Chaos’ ”
Emily Bazelon for the New York Times: “Democracy Worked This Year. but It Is Under Threat.”
Christina A. Cassidy for AP News: “Far Too Little Vote Fraud to Tip Election to Trump, AP Finds”
How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict, by Nina Jankowicz
Anne Applebaum for the Atlantic: “The Science of Making Americans Hurt Their Own Country”
Here’s this week’s chatter:
Emily: Jan Ransom for the New York Times: “A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video”
David: Nathanael Johnson thread on Twitter and We Are Lady Parts TV show
John: The Mezzanine, by Nicholson Baker and “On Keeping a Notebook,” by Joan Didion
Listener chatter from Bea Scott: The History of Democracy Has Yet to Be Written by Thomas Geoghegan
For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment John, Emily, and David discuss rule-breaking and Novak Djokovic’s moves in Australia.
Tweet us your questions and chatters @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
Podcast production by Jocelyn Frank.
Research and show notes by Shayna Elliot.
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