Radiolab re-ran and updated a story they did in 2016 about the downfall of Gary Hart, and how it was perpetuated by a change in how the media covered presidents and presidential candidates post-Watergate (or post-women-getting-into-the-White-House-press-corps depending on whom you ask). It's a relatively nuanced examination of the story -- made me think a lot about WHY we need to know what we think we need to know about our quote-unquote leaders . . .
Radiolab re-ran and updated a story they did in 2016 about the downfall of Gary Hart, and how it was perpetuated by a change in how the media covered presidents and presidential candidates post-Watergate (or post-women-getting-into-the-White-House-press-corps depending on whom you ask). It's a relatively nuanced examination of the story -- made me think a lot about WHY we need to know what we think we need to know about our quote-unquote leaders . . .